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Very nice!

That is an impressive rate of flow!

I think that you are correct Vance, that you will have to put a sponge or some object in the current and measure the speed. I will be very curious to hear the results.

Vance- Yes, concentrating the flow in a small area and not letting it spread out as you have, certainly does give you a strong flow. A calculation shows that if you have 1300 gph moving through a 4 inch diameter tube, the water is moving at a rate of 6.638 inches per second through the tube. That's ...

It is certainly strong enough. Nicely done.

You have a very beautiful tank!

Excellent! Thank you for all of the details. You have quite a nice setup.

In my 9 foot 300 gallon tank I have 4 Tunze pumps that each move 3500 GPH and it is not that strong of a current. Even when I put two of these pumps in a 75 gallon tank it was really quite a strong current, but the loaches seemed to really like it. Thus I think that it is nearly impossible to get to...

The tank looks great!

Cloudhands- I hope that you are not too sore from your adventure under the house.

I would say that there is a good chance that your loach has parasites. You should put it in a quarantine tank and treat it. On the Fish, Health, and Treatment forum there is a sticky on treating with Levamisole. It is hard to get now, but there are other good products available. Search this forum fo...

Your tank is looking good.

Your experiment has certainly been a success. All that growth must be removing a substantial amount of nitrate from the water. Thanks for keeping us posted.

Very nice! Your loaches look nice and healthy.

Great photos. Very nice!

Very impressive! With that tile and drain, you will never have a soaked floor again.