Unfiltered and unheated.....

[bigspizz]

really the only fish that could survive in a pond like that for any amount of time are koi just because they are so tough other then that fish would be dead in a matter of days rather then weeks...

O'Rly?........

 

[balton777]

BTW...a tank in the bathroom is the sign of a true fish zealot. Welcome to the club.

Mo

LOL...so true.

Even with the stressful bickering, I learned something on this thread. I'm glad the question was asked because this subject is not something I would have EVER used the 'search' feature for.

 

[bmxer4ever]

I know of someone who got really creative with a nonpowered in-loo aquarium. He had a high tank toilet (like you saw in "The Godfather") that he plumbed a drain line from (T'd off the tank supply). The water to the toilet tank was filtered by a 3-stage filter so the water was ready for the aquarium without needing chemical treatment. A constant drip line fed into a 6 gallon aquarium. There was a small overflow chamber installed at the top of the aquarium. Another hose left the back of the aquarium and was mounted (zip-tied) to the toilet seat fastening hardware where the drain water led directly into the bowl. The 6 gallon aquarium received a 4 GPD constant water drip change and the white clouds seemed to be doing fine.
Since the toilet feed line is under pressure, I'm sure this system would also work with modern conventional commodes.

That has to be the strangest reply I've ever had from anyone, especially a mod. Oddball, you win the prize.

 

[StripeGirl]

hey, an extension chord would solve all your problems.

 

[bmxer4ever]

hey, an extension chord would solve all your problems.

Electricity + wet bathroom floor = death.

No thanks.

This is the very reason it has to be unfiltered and unheated. I have no power at all in the bathroom. Solid sandstone walls between rooms makes running anything in from another room a difficult proposition. I live in a Red sandstone tenement building, built around 1910. Similar to a New York Brownstone.

But thanks for the suggestion.....

 

[frasertheking]

most any carp can live in still ponds .

how do you think they did aquariums before the invention of power ?

 

[krzr3000]

What about doing this for filtration....excuse the crappy paint drawing but its just a constant siphon and you could always put media on the output end. And you would have to figure out a way to hang the siphon tube. It may be a pain to setup but would work once you get a siphon going...

 

[pmtuneman13]

Electricity + wet bathroom floor = death.

No thanks.

This is the very reason it has to be unfiltered and unheated. I have no power at all in the bathroom. Solid sandstone walls between rooms makes running anything in from another room a difficult proposition. I live in a Red sandstone tenement building, built around 1910. Similar to a New York Brownstone.

But thanks for the suggestion.....

Well that changes things a bit. Good luck with whatever you do.

 

[Aquamojo]

As for me being rude, that's personal opinion. I'm a sarcastic person (in real life and on the internet), so if I say anything that is deemed offensive chances are I'm not being serious (such as that "those pics are the most terrible pics of the same thing over and over" comment). I'm also very direct, I won't beat around the bush and try to be nice. If you have a small tank, what more is there to say? GET A BIGGER TANK. DUH EINSTEIN. I've kept fish for some time now, and it's through criticism that made me improve.

I couldn't have said it better myself.