Nossy Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 (edited) Heya team. Thought I'd start a small tank for the gaming room. I wanted a betta but they didn't have any in Stock at the time. So came home with 6 harlequin Rasborras and 2 bristle nose pleco. (This was in my 35 liter tank. Thought the combo all up would be quite cool)I got home today to find my fish tank spewing water everywhere. I managed to grab a bucket and catch some of the water into a bucket for the fish and scooped them out ( timing of me getting home then was crazy!!!) Now I got them safe and shot back to the fish shop. He only had very basic tanks in Stock 25 liter /20 liter very cheap looking plastic tanks. So I ended up with a 19 liter Fluval Chi. My understanding is a tank of that size would've pushed the 35 to its limit. Now the 19? Gosh. Looks like I ain't getting the betta or dother you.guys think it will be ok till the Rasborra start to grow? Because everything are babies atm. Or any tips on nicely creating a false sump on this tank. Cheers team Edited January 20, 2016 by Nossy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 Bad luck about your tank but I really like those Fluval Chi's. From personal observations betta don't particularly like the Chi's if they are long finned variety but no doubt others have no issues. It's all to do with the water movement and few places to be able to get out of it.Your BN will be the biggest issue. They are messy and will put too much loading on the filter in a tank that size. Your harlequins may be okay. I've see guppies in the Chi tank and they were fine.Sumps are not my thing, I have someone else work out and build mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nossy Posted January 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 The plan is to move the BN to my main tank once they're big enough to hold their own then look ato getting shrimp. But wanted to know if there was any way to house a bigger volume of water somewhere that could work as a sump? I do have a 30l container I could connect up but unfortunately not sure how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCD Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Google "syphon sump filter" it may be helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nossy Posted January 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 This afternoon iv been reading into these https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ1mF9UMMEQ anyone know how if i can find one that can happily flow only 24GPH? Or do you guys think i should be creating a new topic somewhere else?cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Try posting under DIY. I know it can be done. I know the theory how to do it but where to obtain the pieces for it I am not sure of. PVC piping can be used - it looks tidy and and a pump for the return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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