How To Run Multiple Fish Tanks On One Filter

Is it possible?

I'm talking similar... 3-4 10g tanks.

Don't come across why not however the first problem I see is that you would need to regulate the flow with some sort of valves.

If for example your filter did 600g an hr and y'all had the tubes split for 3 tanks. It may non automatically pull 200 from each tank, depends or length of tubes and routing etc.

Next would be the flow going dorsum, once more demand to regulate as yous don't want 50g a 60 minutes coming out but 100g going back in if you lot get me.

Lastly with seperate tanks and seperate filters y'all are stopping disese from spreading tank to tank. In one tank you can isolate and treat merely having them linked could spell dissaster!

just my tuppence worth lol

Well, fish stores practise it but they have a pretty big system. For little tanks that size, I'd just get iv AC30'due south and exist done with information technology and illness would not exist spread from tank to tank.

Information technology'due south pretty easy with a sump filter and overflows on each tank,
merely it's also pretty expensive for "fail safe" overflow setups.

Quote Originally Posted past Lady Hobbs

Well, fish stores do it just they have a pretty large system. For little tanks that size, I'd but go 4 AC30's and exist washed with it and disease would not exist spread from tank to tank.

I would take idea that if disease can spread betwixt fish in 1 tank it would (abeit lower hazard) exist able to spread between tanks on a mutual filter organization.

Would the filter exist able to grab all the bugs etc?

Also medicating one tank would require you lot to use enough for all the water in the system non only the one tank.

If the stocking levels were low such every bit in betta tanks or tanks with very few fish information technology tin be done. This would exist a more economical projection if you lot used multiple sponge filters run off of a bigger air pump.

Here is a link for ya
http://www.planetinverts.com/DIY_sponge_filters.html

What you will need to practise this yourself is an air pimp such as this one
http://www.bigalsonline.ca/BigAlsCA/...erluftpumpsl65

Various airline fittings air lines and of grade the sponge filters.

I hope this helps.

Make overflows out of PVC pipe. Use a tupperwear/sterilite tub as a sump. Four PVC ball valves, return hoses. 400GPH pump or so. Submariner UV sterilizer for the sump. Lift pump, airline tubing, and iv bank check valves. Probably price a total of nigh $200 for everything. All tank's h2o levels would never change, you lot'd accept a much larger volume of water stabilizing water params, 1 heater in the sump for all tanks. One big HOB on the sump or DIY wet/dry. Lots of advantages and a couple depict backs but worth the effort.

Sark

Another thing to recollect is yous would have a single indicate of failure, meaning if your pump died, or you lot lost the cycle for whatever reason, or have any problems with the sump, you would have no filtration until you got it fixed on any of your tanks.

Not a dealbreaker, but something to consider, as I, and I am sure many others tin can tell you, stuff happens.

Quote Originally Posted past Sarkazmo

Make overflows out of PVC pipe. Utilize a tupperwear/sterilite tub as a sump. Four PVC ball valves, return hoses. 400GPH pump or then. Submariner UV sterilizer for the sump. Lift pump, airline tubing, and 4 check valves. Probably cost a total of most $200 for everything. All tank'south water levels would never alter, y'all'd have a much larger book of water stabilizing water params, 1 heater in the sump for all tanks. I large HOB on the sump or DIY wet/dry out. Lots of advantages and a couple draw backs but worth the try.

Sark

or 3-4 AC20 HOBs and a spare impeller for about one-half that.

Some other approach would exist to h2o bridge the tanks together. Then utilize a unmarried canister filter. Put the return in one "cease" and the intake in another, with a heater in the heart. Water changes could be tricky, but it might exist less expensive. I think for smaller tanks it might not exist worth the endeavour or expense. But, what about going the other way? Tank 1 large tank and division it.

--chris

Yeah, information technology'south possible, just i outbreak of viral disease could destroy ALL the tanks instead of simply one. Make sure y'all keep that in mind.

However, personally, depending on the filter brand, the amount of racket and size it would take to get all those hooked to one system wouldn't be worth information technology in my opinion. Not to mention you'd take to make sure the menstruation rates didn't vary tank to tank.