Plunge\Freefall Waterfall?

[coolguycarlos]

I am thinking of creating one for my tank... has anybody actually attempted something like.. I have yet to see a picture of something like this...

Any idea will be appreciated..

[Jason]

I have ran free fall waterfalls before, not only is it quite loud most of the time depending on the height of the drop but also it may displace more water due to splashing, so you need to have a pool or reservoir large enough and deep enough to handle this. these are just a couple problems i have seen working with free falls. How high are you thinking of going and whats at the bottom? (ie) rocks, wood etc. and what kind or return pump are you working with?

[Jumpshot724]

You can do what I'm planning on doing next week.

I'm going to have a waterfall but it will be a number of smaller pools that the water sort of trickles into, overflows into the next, overflows into the next, etc until it returns to the main pool.

Like I said, heav'nt done it yet but it seems to be a good solution to most of those problems.

[coolguycarlos]

Originally Posted by Jason

I have ran free fall waterfalls before, not only is it quite loud most of the time depending on the height of the drop but also it may displace more water due to splashing, so you need to have a pool or reservoir large enough and deep enough to handle this. these are just a couple problems i have seen working with free falls. How high are you thinking of going and whats at the bottom? (ie) rocks, wood etc. and what kind or return pump are you working with?

Well as far as a pool I am planning to have a large pool are were it actually goes to so water displacement shouldnt be an issue... as far as the height.. it wont larger than 13in.. the bottom is composes of small rocks big enough so they wont clog up the pump.. and as far as the pump goes... dont know the actually name but I know its strong enough to do this....

[Waterkeeper]

It is the Depth of the pool of water that is going to help you out here. A more shallow pool is going to splash much more than a deep one. if it's 13" drop I would guess-stimate atleast 6" depth of water to prevent too much splatter.

I was thinking about doing this with my current build, decided against it. I was going to have the fall spill off the top back of my tank, and was going to pour down behind a retaining wall to eliminate splatter. just seemed like it was going to consume too much space in my tank.. If you get one working post us up some pics, maybe I'll go for it in my next viv.