Mmmsushi
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How to?
I have a 55 gallon Tank and a 10 gallon tank. My 55 gallon tank is a community tank and I would like to connect the water flow with my 10 gallon tank and use it as a hatchery/breading tank. I it easier to maintain the water parameters on a big tank than a little one so I was wanting to connect their water, so in essence it is one big tank in two places.
I have two ideas on how I could achieve this, but I was hoping there was already an established method.
idea 1. Drill 3-4 holes at the water line of my big tank, seal water lines in those holes and have the water lines drain into my smaller tank, kind of like a over flow system. Then have a pump in the little tank that would pump the water back to the big tank.
idea 2. Find a pump(s) that would have the exact same flow rate pump the water from one tank to the other and back. They must have the exact same flow rate as to not over flow one tank and drain the other.
Any other ideas or methods that already exist? Drilling would be a simpler setup, but I am iffy about drilling holes in glass.
I have a 55 gallon Tank and a 10 gallon tank. My 55 gallon tank is a community tank and I would like to connect the water flow with my 10 gallon tank and use it as a hatchery/breading tank. I it easier to maintain the water parameters on a big tank than a little one so I was wanting to connect their water, so in essence it is one big tank in two places.
I have two ideas on how I could achieve this, but I was hoping there was already an established method.
idea 1. Drill 3-4 holes at the water line of my big tank, seal water lines in those holes and have the water lines drain into my smaller tank, kind of like a over flow system. Then have a pump in the little tank that would pump the water back to the big tank.
idea 2. Find a pump(s) that would have the exact same flow rate pump the water from one tank to the other and back. They must have the exact same flow rate as to not over flow one tank and drain the other.
Any other ideas or methods that already exist? Drilling would be a simpler setup, but I am iffy about drilling holes in glass.