onlyme Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 Has one ever done any quantitive work on a specification for these things and is willing to share with me? I'll show you mine if you show me yours??? ) Craig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmfir1 Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 Hi Craig, I've actually got a rack using drop sides of 2 tanks (4 x 18 x18), with the ability to add one more on top of the rack. I'm using one air pump to power the drop sides on all of the tanks, which is a very power effecient way considering I only use 25 watts to effectively power 3 tanks. I have two out flows for each drop side, of which the drop side filters take up 4 inches of each tanks end. There are two glass plates with a 2mm gap in between of which I would probably recommend 3mm after seeing these operate for a while. I use these tanks as my fry tanks to grow them out before placing in a larger tank, and have had hundreds of fry of up to 4-5cm in them without any trouble from the filters ability to handle that amount of fish. Unfortunately i don't have a working camera at the moment but will post a photo in the future if you are interested. The tanks were made for a total of $175 each by a local aquarium maker, including lids and the drop sides complete. The rack I made myself from the DIY on the Sydney Cichlid site, which makes for a very cheap way to have growing tanks. hope this helps. Regards, Clinton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyme Posted February 19, 2005 Author Share Posted February 19, 2005 It does help, thanks. Did I make your tanks? I have made several with a 2mm gap and I agree although they work OK the gap could be bigger. Craig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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