well i guess before going on is this the best way to do a fish room? by that i mean value for $ etc...not just the best way to actually do it...i really would want to stay away from any sorta of cental system as i think that keeps u from keeping fish w/ diff phs etc...and out break would bea mess even if u had a contamination tank...it would be difficult to move things in and out...as if u bought a 12" gar and got 10 quarter size discus lol...etc etc...i mean if it really comes down to it i can just get filters for each tank but that would be an absolute mess...i see most people do the pvc w/ air filters but it seems like they do that with a specific goal in mind. i.e. i'm gonna have 20 20 gallon tanks...where as i am planning to just grab cheap tanks as i find them...so the abilty to change would be huge...however i didn't realize that even w/ the splitter u would get seperate pressures. I thought in 1 continous hose uneffected based on angles would give a constant pressure. sigh...this just gets more confusing.