fish rack

[bcjm]

I am building a rack with 3 shelves to house multiple tanks. All small tanks, 30 or less. Total about 200G of water. I want to pump the water up 9 ft to the tanks on the top shelf and let the water overflow to the tanks on the 2nd and the 3rd shelves then return to the sump with wet/dry filter.

Like to hear your opinion on the equipments required like pump type/size, PVC pipe size, tank overflow size etc.

Thanks

 

[IBJJ]

Are you talking about overflowing into each like a cascade fountain or something?

How about letting 1st drain to a surge device for the second one and second drain to surge for the third and third to sump then back to 1st from sump? Have dump bucket (for surge on left of 2nd tank...Dump bucket (for surge on right) for 3rd tank? Just a thought.

 

[sese]

Are you doing it that way because you would only need one return pump?

I'd be afraid that the bottom most tank would have far worse water quality than the upper tanks since all the waste in the upper tanks flows downward. This might not be a problem ,however, if your flow is high enough.

How would the water flow from one tank to the next? A cascade would just block the view.

Sounds like a cool setup, though if you get it right. I'd be interested to see what it looks like.

 

[bcjm]

IBJJ,
What kind of surge bucket are you talking about? What is the purpose about the device?

Scruffy,
I do intend to cascade the water from the top to the bottom. Since the hoses will be all in the back, I don't think it will block the view.