Re: [RML] Set up

Adrian Tappin (atappin at ecn.net.au)
Fri, 13 Nov 1998 05:44:10 +1000

At 09:57 12/11/98 -0800,Dan Simon wrote:
>I want to set up a bank of 10 & 20 gallon tanks for the purpose of
>breeding various 'bows. To keep expenses down I would like to utilize
>a central filter and drill overflows in each tank. However, I am
>wondering if it is possible for different types to cross fertilize
>with this sort of set up ? (i.e. If the eggs or sperm were to get
>drawn into the overflow and into the central filter and then back into
>a different tank. Is this 1) possible and 2) likely ?
>
>Your thoughts are appreciate.

I use trickle filters on all my large tanks and it is not unusual for eggs
to be transported from the tank through the overflow, pass the prefilter and
down into the sump where they hatch and you can see the fry swimming around
in the sump. I guess the next step is that they could be suck up through the
pump back into the aquarium again?

Personally, I hate recirculating systems that are hooked up together because
if you get a problem in one tank, you end up with it in all of them.

Adrian.

Adrian R. Tappin
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