Breeding tanks

[richardhmc]

Hey MFK! Well, I wanted to line the basement wall with 10 gallon tanks or stack them on top of each other on shelves. But, I was wondering if there any ways to filter them all at once instead all individual. would that be possible? one tank will be a pair of dwarf gouramis, another planted tank with zebra danios, and another with a pair of killifish. Any ideas?

 

[duke33]

Big ole sump. I'd try to go with at least 20's. They just seem to do better.

 

[richardhmc]

but wouldnt each fish tank need different parameters? thats what im concerned about

 

[duke33]

I could.nt tell ya. IME as long as everything stays stable.

 

[deacon]

i dont know about your parameters . but as far as the plumbing , im pretty sure there is a thread on that under diy somewhere .

 

[jredner]

A central filtration system would work great until one of your fish gets sick and is sharing it's water with everybody else. If you set up a separate quarantine tank you should be fine, just don't tie it into the breeding tanks.

 

[richardhmc]

thats what I was thinking.. if one there is one fish with ick it could spread to every single fish

 

[lilfats2]

lol yea that would suck come home and every tank has ick because of one fish... I lost all my Piranhas like that...

 

[richardhmc]

I would do the sponge filter in every tank but I dont like the bubbles that come out frmo the top and messing up the water surface because one of my fish need to make bubble nests to breed and another I wanna let duckweed cover up.

So should I or not?

 

[bukster]

if u decide to go with one sump i'd definitely use a uv sterilizer. that'd take care of a lot of the junk in the water that could make u'r fish sick. if u care about the fish it'd be worth the cost