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My 5g dwarf puffer tank sits no more than 3" away from my 90g planted community tank(in the works). The 90g is using a jebo canister rated at 300gph and I'm moving my penguin 330 over from the 55g. Is there any way I can connect the dp tank to the 90g filtration so they both use the cannister. I thought a simple splice into both the output and intake of the cannister with seperate smaller intake strainer and output in the dp tank. The problem though is possibly getting too much gph on the dp tank and how would I splice it? My 2nd idea was a sump type setup pumping water through the dp tank and back into the 90g but I haven't a clue how to set something like that up without flooding the place. It would really help keep the water in great condition in the puffer tank and allow water changes to the larger tank without stressing the puffers or knock the eco complete and plants around. The tank is so small it's really hard for me to pour more water in without knocking things around or get suction started on the tube to remove water. There's also some algae in the puffer tank which would be taken care of by the plants in the 90g.

the only way i see right off the top of my head is to fabricate up a central filtration system that utilizes overflows and a sump to filter it all at once and keep it consistient. The only problem is that you'll need to drain both tanks and start drilling holes... not something that's recommended on your 90 as it's probably tempered glass and you need special bits to drill it w/o shattering it.

I'd say you're better off keeping the filtration seperate.. i mean lets be real, we're talking about a 5g. Just be careful when you do maintenance and take your time. Many of us maintain smaller tanks, it just requires patience.

Sorry

i mean lets be real, we're talking about a 5g. Just be careful when you do maintenance and take your time. Many of us maintain smaller tanks, it just requires patience.

I hate small tanks. Anything under 20g I'd rather not setup at all but I love the little puffer I rescued. I don't have anywhere else to put him or I would have.

Except this is a pointless topic now because the filter quit on my 5g... The plants kept the water in good enough shape the puffer was alive but he wasn't doing well. I cleaned the filter, got it working, no idea why it stopped because it wasn't dirty and as soon as I put it back together it worked again. He still wasn't doing good so I did a 2g waterchange. It also helped having the water fall from the filter to oxygenate the tank and the shrimp in there were immediately alot more active. The puffer even started swimming around more. Today though I found him dead at the bottom sort of swollen up

I want more puffers but I don't want to do another small tank and I have no space for anything bigger. I can't drill either tanks though so it's probably not possible to connect.

Last edited by sham at 03-Aug-2005 14:53

if your tanks are on the same level, like the same table or something, then you could make/buy a over flow box, and have that flow into your smaller db tank, then use a power head to pump the water back into your larger tank. you could use a power head that would give you the right flow for the db tank size/fish load.. i could draw you a diogram and email it too you if you want..
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good luck

hey i've wondered the same thing many times, and unless you really want to drill holesit's not really feasible...sorry, be happy it's a 5 gallon...I have 3-1 gallons, 1-2.5, 1-2.0, 2-10s, 1-20, 1-29, 1-55, 1-125 and I use the python on all of them. Like Tim said you just have to be patient and deal with the smaller tanks, or just get rid of it...yes, it can be a pain, but hey it's really no big deal:%)what's a little sanity:%)hml

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

I may just get rid of the 5g and 20g that are sharing my altered 55g stand and put up a 55g salt tank. Not until I have more money though. For now the 5g is a shrimp tank and the 20g is a hospital tank.

to bad you don,t live in my neck of the woods i,ve got a 15 gal drilled tank i,d give ya:#(