Is this a good idea?

[Onion01]

for filtration? I was looking at the waterfall filtration setup, and am curious about this hypothetical setup. Two pond filters draw water up into the waterfall setup above, which comes back into the tank. Not complicated at all.

Then, for quick water changes, two drains on the bottom, with a turn valve to start water flow out a hose.

That is it. What are the flaws with the idea? It seems too simple to be good for a large, multi hundred, maybe 1000 gallon setup.

 

[oddballer]

having a pump inside can cause pumps to clog i would use a overflow with a prefilter into a sump........

 

[Onion01]

having a pump inside can cause pumps to clog i would use a overflow with a prefilter into a sump........

cool, that's one mistake out of the way. So, but what about mechanical filtration?

 

[Red Devil]

wouldn't you rather have this in filtration/setup forum?

 

[Onion01]

wouldn't you rather have this in filtration/setup forum?

whoops, i hang around here so much i didn't think to post it in the appropriate forum. thanks liz

 

[oddballer]

cool, that's one mistake out of the way. So, but what about mechanical filtration?

yea just use a overflow box with prefilter........ or have it drop into a sump with filter sock.......

 

[Ang]

where is the biological filtration?
Is that located in the water fall?

I like your fish. Is it a type of goldfish or piranha

 

[Onion01]

yea just use a overflow box with prefilter........ or have it drop into a sump with filter sock.......

How will that remove the waste on the bottom? just curious, never had a tank with overflow.

is the drain idea good?

where is the biological filtration?
Is that located in the water fall?

I like your fish. Is it a type of goldfish or piranha

it's an onionfish

the biological filtration is in the waterfall. The waterfall are many containers placed on top of each other, and filled with filter media (ex. scrubbies). The water flows through one, and down into the other, until it finally returns to the tank. Lot's of aeration as well.

 

[cassharper]

this just looks like an overflow filter. You don't really need to worry about the pumps clogging if you slap a prefilter on them.

 

[Onion01]

this just looks like an overflow filter. You don't really need to worry about the pumps clogging if you slap a prefilter on them.

so do you agree or disagree with oddballer?