I had been thinking for a long time about setting up 2 tanks, a few feet apart with a tube connecting the tanks that the fish could use to travel back and forth between the tanks. My step-daughter recently got married and I was given permission from my better half to turn one of our bedrooms (no longer needed as a bedroom) into a "man-cave". So my plan was to get an "L" shaped desk to use in a corner of the room and set up a tank on each "wing" of the desk. The tube will go across the middle of the desk over my computer monitor. I have purchased 2 tanks used, that I was told were 40 and 50 gallons but using a formula I found and plugging in the inner measurements, they're 27 and 33 gallons. I'm not sure, though, because they look a whole lot bigger than my 20 long.
Another aspect of this system is that I'm planning on running a water supply that will trickle in about a gallon a day of fresh water for about a 7 gallon a week automatic water change. I have a HOB overflow that will drain off the overflow from the water supply.
The aquascape is created with lace rock attached to an eggcrage (drop ceiling flourescent light diffuser) framework, with the gaps filled in with expanding foam. The foam is then painted with 2 part finishing exopy and sprinkled with sand to make it look like rock. I have used this technique with 3 previous reef tanks and 1 previous planted tank and was very pleased with the results.
There has been one rummy nose to cross the bridge, no neons.
Yes, duckweed. :icon_frow What a mistake that was to put that in the tank. I scoop out handfuls every day and I'm afraid I am cursed to be doing this forever. Any suggestions on how to rid myself of this scourge?
There has been one rummy nose to cross the bridge, no neons.
Yes, duckweed. :icon_frow What a mistake that was to put that in the tank. I scoop out handfuls every day and I'm afraid I am cursed to be doing this forever. Any suggestions on how to rid myself of this scourge?
Very easy buy a gold fish at lfs for ten cents give him about 2 minutes in ther nad BAM all gone. BTW you seriosly deserve somekind of award for all this but for now heres this..... :thumbsup:
PS: gonna probably copy your rock idea i did that with a Desktop case before never thought of it in a tank though... unreal!!!!
Just wanted to give a little update on the fishbridge system. The plants have really taken off. the german rams, the male apisto, and the loaches travel back and forth between the 2 tanks several times a day. They other fish, not so much. It's fun to surf the net on my little netbook between the 2 tanks because every few minutes I'll catch movement out of the corner of my eye and look up to the bridge and see fish switching tanks. Sometimes they shoot across in an instant and sometimes they hang out in the tube for a while as if they're trying to make up their minds which tank to go to. :icon_wink
It's fun to surf the net on my little netbook between the 2 tanks because every few minutes I'll catch movement out of the corner of my eye and look up to the bridge and see fish switching tanks. Sometimes they shoot across in an instant and sometimes they hang out in the tube for a while as if they're trying to make up their minds which tank to go to. :icon_wink
This sounds awesome! Your bridge system / office setup is my new dream office setup! I don't currently have the space, but one day when I do, I'm totally stealing your amazing idea / setup! :hihi:
Pretty cool idea, and very well executed. I'm curious about what would happen if the SCWD was to stop working, as they occasionally do. Would the water just continuously flow to the tank that is not getting any SCWD flow, or could it lead to an overflow?
Actually, a few days ago I saw an incident where 3 rummy nose tetras ganged up an a young cherry shrimp. You know how the shrimp like to hit the hyperspace button when threatened? Well, the rummies had this guy surrounded so no matter where he zipped to, there was a fish close by to nip at him. Eventually, the shrimp had used up all his hyperspace jumps and the rummies got him. It was a juvenile, maybe 1/2" long. You would think that it wouldn't take long for the fish to rid the tank of all shrimp, especially the rams and the loaches. But if I shine a flashlight into the tanks in the middle of the night, when the lights have been off for a while, the tanks are literally teeming with shrimp.
This female betta crosses the bridge about every 5 minutes. Last week, I took the bridge out for cleaning. When I put it back in, the betta went into the bridge in about 1 minute, almost as if she was waiting for the bridge to be re-opened because she had some pressing business in the other tank!!
I just read this entire journal and I'm blown away! You seem so handy and you executed this perfectly it seems! Your Tank #2 is beautiful! And the whole setup is amazing. Definitely subscribing to this thread! I am so jealous of those rockscapes, they are so nice.
How do you remove the bridge by the way? I meant to ask this a while ago and forgot. Is it as simple as siphoning out the water? You can't just burp this thing, that would be a mess... no?
Is that the only fish that uses the bridge? If so its still worth having it there! I was glued to the screen watching her make her way through the bridge! and smiling and snickering the whole time!
GREAT BUILD! A+ fishbreath
-Aaron
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