Flowing River Tank?

[Fishman0]

this system is for existing swimming pools but does not require any extra plumbing... it is called a water treadmill http://www.badujet.com/owner.html

when i worked for a pool construction company we installed one on a new pool but required its own pump just to power the jet

 

[SimonL]

That would have to be a tank in excess of 10,000 gallons. That pump supposedly puts out about 5000 gallons per minute, which equals about 300,000 gallons per hour lol.

 

[Fishman0]

i dont think thats overkill lol.

no i was thinking of something along the lines of that system but may go with my suction idea

 

[FSM]

How big of a tank are you thinking of using?

A quietone 4000 and a 55 gallon tank would work great. Simple and efficient.

To replicate anything close to the natural current would use a ridiculous amount of energy, and electricity isn't free.

 

[Fishman0]

what schooling fish like/need constant current?
if i were to do the 55gal then i could just settle with a powerhead, but i would like to do somthing like an 6-8' tank... but idk how well that will fit into my budget haha.

so does anyone know of any small schooling fish that need constant current?

 

[Noto]

The majority of smaller cyprinids like current, so there's your barbs, danios, shiners, dace...about 2000 species all told right there. Most of them are shoalers.

 

[Fishman0]

i would really want trout but the water must be kept absolutely perfect ive heard, since they are "delicate" but im not sure if thats going to be possible

 

[Noto]

Clean water is very important to them, but cold well-oxygenated water is moreso. The trouble comes when you try to keep them at room temp (the very edge of their temp tolerance) and then let the water quality decline- the fish just can't handle it. I am told they are reasonably hardy in 50-60 F water. Keeping them, like other gamefish, entails additional legal considerations in some cases.

 

[Fishman0]

Yeah trout are prob not the best for home aquariums anyway... I would like to find s schooling fish that likes a deacent constant water velocity

 

[Noto]

There are too many choices to list. Here are a few questions to narrow it down:

Are you interested in a biotope? There are many schooling stream species available from eastern/central North America, Amazonian South America, and Southeast Asia, and a few from Africa and Central America.

What size will the tank be?

How large do you want your largest fish to be?

Do you want a heated or an unheated tank?