Kit for running water

Jacinto Silva · Post by **Jacinto Silva** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 9:58 pm

Kit for creating running water

Used material:

2* 1500 l/h power heads
¾ inch diameter “Hydronil” pipe
Several ¾ inch connections
3 Cylindrical filter sponges

andyj · Post by **andyj** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 1:25 pm

Looks very good mate

I set-up my 4'6" tank with something a bit similair to this set-up:

http://www.loaches.com/river_tank.html

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 1:00 pm

Looks excellent.

Thanks fo that guys, I have a feeling I may be getting some pipework for christmas!!!

andyj · Post by **andyj** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 10:46 am

No probs Rob

I think all the pipework for mine, cost me under £10

I already had a 1200 l/h powerhead going spare, so that saved a few pennies!!

Will try and get some pics of my set-up, whilst I'm in the middle of setting it back up after moving house.

Andy

Whitepine · Post by **Whitepine** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 8:16 pm

Your set up looks alot like this one:

http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9408

This also has a nice parts list and how it looks in pieces.

Cheers, Whitepine

Jacinto Silva · Post by **Jacinto Silva** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 9:29 pm

Hi Whitepine

Bingo!!!!... There’s exactly where I got the idea!

Cheers

andyj · Post by **andyj** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:19 pm

Shane's thread is also where I initially got the idea for mine from !!!

Welcome to the forum Whitepine !!!

Andy

snr69 · Post by **snr69** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 9:41 am

What's the thoughts on this setup ? Does this help the environment ? Has anybody found this helps with breeding environments ?

Simon

thebuddy · Post by **thebuddy** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:30 pm

yes is this somthing that is a good thing for the plecs or is it just cool

TomSharland · Post by **TomSharland** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 8:37 pm

Here's my efforts, hope you like. (Although the fish are L333's not L46's)

Tom

TomSharland · Post by **TomSharland** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 9:30 pm

snr69 wrote:What's the thoughts on this setup ? Does this help the environment ? Has anybody found this helps with breeding environments ?

Simon

My thoughts on this are..... no, not really

TomSharland · Post by **TomSharland** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 9:33 pm

snr69 wrote:What's the thoughts on this setup ? Does this help the environment ? Has anybody found this helps with breeding environments ?

Simon

My thoughts on this are..... no, not really. My L333's breed with or without flow. Admittadly, they do like the flow, and are often seen swimming on the spot, right into the flow (but only after lights out when they get brave

).

Tom

samsffr · Post by **samsffr** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 2:37 am

I was just wondering if the the filters were in enough quanitity? I have tried to use these types with powerheads and find that they want to suck up the filters.... Looks like a great idea, is it working?

crazie.eddie · Post by **crazie.eddie** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 6:06 am

I would have to guess, overtime, they would fill up with gunk and would be a PITA to clean. It would be much easier to use canister filter with spray bar on one side, and the intake on the other...

As you can see from my other post, my river setup is very simple and easy to maintain....

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