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That would really be up to you. If you feel it's eating, perhaps it will be OK, but I've heard they are not easy to keep.



Dan

i guess if there moving up and down in the pipe the body movement would shift and move the build up. ill talk to my lfs about the external pump idea. if i see a blue ribbon eel eating/ exhibiting normal and healthy life signs would you still recommend against purchasing it?

Not sure about the flow rates, never really gave it much thought.

As for build up in the PVC pipe, I have never noticed any in mine. Seeing how they live in the pipe, they tend to keep them clean.




Dan

what fators would i have to consider such as the rate of syphon vs the outgoing water pump rate? thats about all the proplems i can think of. thanks for the idea. how often do you change your powerhead impeller?
the hermits i have are blue leg hermits.
a main concern with the design i was thinking of is that if i use pvc pipes and the eel resides in them alot of its waste such as left over food and c*ap would remain in the pipe and would build up instead of being blown around and hopefully devoured by the liverock inhabitants. does this seem like a logical reason not to use pvc?

As far as your pump idea. Try this. Get another tank and put it at the back of your tank like an overflow box. Use a siphon tube to transfer water form the main to the overflow box. Then pump it back to your main tank. This will give you water movment, as well as a larger water system making your tank more stable.

Dan

As far as hermits go, sound like your talking about the large hermits. I shoudl have been more specific, micro hermits. These are under a inch in size.

As far as flow, start off with two powerheads, one at each back corner pointed in a x patern towards teh front center. Then you can add more powerheads as needed. In my tank I have several powerheads pointed at different levels to everythign moves. Try to watch for dead spots where detris can settle, this is what you want to avoid.



Dan