River tank manifold for a 30-40 gallon (3ft long)

[raecarrow]

Hey everyone!

I was just wondering if anyone has been successful in setting up a river tank manifold in a 3ft tank before? I've been reading up on doing this and Some people have said that it is hard to setup one in a tank smaller then 4ft long. Is this true? I just want to do my homework before rushing into this. (Homework is about all I can do right now because I am going to be low on money for a month or two).

[Ashleigh]

Its not that difficult to do-no harder than a manifold for a 4ft. The only problem, is as the aquarium is much shorter so you get current bouncing back off the opposite side of the powerheads. This hasn't really been a problem for me-the fish I have in there love the current. It might help to look at slightly weaker powerheads. I have maxijet 600's in the 2.5ft below and theres a lot of bounce, but it still does the job




Ashleigh

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I currently have an AquaClear 20 powerhead. I was considering getting another one and attaching them to the pipes. Would I need any other equipment? The powerhead I has blows bubbles so aeration shouldn't be a problem.

[Ashleigh]

Yes you will be better with another powerhead if the width of your tank allows it. Im not familar with the Aqua powerheads-whats the output? Another way could be to have 3 pipes with 3 sponges but only 2 powerheads. Have you had a look at the drawings that Martin put up? That will show you all what you need Just make sure that everything fits and you have everything before starting-its a complete pain rushing around when your trying to build it trying to find stuff you forgot cause you were an idiot


Ashleigh

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The aquaclear 20 flow is 127gph. Would two of these be enough?