Im in the very initial mental planning stages of a new tank and just wanted to run a couple of ideas by you all. Obviously these ideas are based on dealing with Panaque waste (duh!).
The first being an upside down weir. Instead of the intake being at the top of the weir and water filling one chamber and then exiting the tank. The weir would consist of 2 panels. The water would enter from the bottom, flow upwards over another weir and then down to exit the tank via a bulkhead.
And then a raised floor (to work in cooperation with the upside down weir). On top of the glass floor, a raised grate (perhaps egg crate). Then a pump placed so that debris falling through the grate would be directed towards the upside down weir. My idea was to have roughly half the tank like this with relatively large pebbles and slates on top of the grate to try and simulate a river bed.
Obviously in my head these both work perfectly but then again I have no aquarium DIY experience at all, so I might be missing some very basic principles here.
I'll try to do some pictures to illustrate these ideas if you cant visualise them. So what do you think? Plausible? Please entertain me with comments and criticisms.
The first being an upside down weir. Instead of the intake being at the top of the weir and water filling one chamber and then exiting the tank. The weir would consist of 2 panels. The water would enter from the bottom, flow upwards over another weir and then down to exit the tank via a bulkhead.
And then a raised floor (to work in cooperation with the upside down weir). On top of the glass floor, a raised grate (perhaps egg crate). Then a pump placed so that debris falling through the grate would be directed towards the upside down weir. My idea was to have roughly half the tank like this with relatively large pebbles and slates on top of the grate to try and simulate a river bed.
Obviously in my head these both work perfectly but then again I have no aquarium DIY experience at all, so I might be missing some very basic principles here.
I'll try to do some pictures to illustrate these ideas if you cant visualise them. So what do you think? Plausible? Please entertain me with comments and criticisms.
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I am sure he will find this thread and go into great detail for you
