home made river tank?
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I dont have a link, but i was thinking about it for my 55 gal. It has a whisper powerfilter on it. I was thinking to add the glass panes seal with silicon. THen i was thinkgin to cut pieces of slate rock to my liking and silicon those to the glass. then have my filter at the biggest end. and cover the intake tube with a hose and run in through the glass breaks and to the shallowest pool for sucking. and then the water will suck one end and fall in to the other.
This link will give you the basics and a decent equipment list:
http://badmanstropicalfish.com/paludarium/paludarium.html
Get some acrylic sheets, pvc, acrylic saw blades and hole saws, and a lot of sealant...and you're good to go.
I recently put together a little paludarium tank (not really a river tank), and I used some of Badman's (see link) ideas. Though I didn't agree with him on all the choices he made, he still had a very good equipment list and "how tos."
CoNMaN: I used this approach (including the slate) to build a waterfall and shallow elevated pool in my tank. It works well. I also made a little acrylic "box" to put the filter or filter media in, so no equipment is visible.
Note: Since these tanks usually don't have much water in them, you may want to consider using an overflow/sump. If you do, you won't have to bother with drilling the acrylic...just overflow from the tank in the deepest pool and pump back in from the sump at the most elevated pool. And it increases the water volume...
Good luck! Its quite the endeavor.
- mb
http://badmanstropicalfish.com/paludarium/paludarium.html
Get some acrylic sheets, pvc, acrylic saw blades and hole saws, and a lot of sealant...and you're good to go.
I recently put together a little paludarium tank (not really a river tank), and I used some of Badman's (see link) ideas. Though I didn't agree with him on all the choices he made, he still had a very good equipment list and "how tos."
CoNMaN: I used this approach (including the slate) to build a waterfall and shallow elevated pool in my tank. It works well. I also made a little acrylic "box" to put the filter or filter media in, so no equipment is visible.
Note: Since these tanks usually don't have much water in them, you may want to consider using an overflow/sump. If you do, you won't have to bother with drilling the acrylic...just overflow from the tank in the deepest pool and pump back in from the sump at the most elevated pool. And it increases the water volume...
Good luck! Its quite the endeavor.
- mb
Yeah, 10 gallon is pretty small for a river tank...I'd go with a 20 gallon at the very least. Just think--the more room you have to work in, the easier it'll be to use the sealant and add decorations. Also, height is a big issue if you want any air plants or a land section...
If I were you, I'd invest in a 55 gallon--they make pretty good river tanks.
If I were you, I'd invest in a 55 gallon--they make pretty good river tanks.