Stream Setups

[Vivarium1]

Hi. I have a spare tank that I would like to make into a stream tank. The stream would be like 3-4 inches deep, like 3-4 inches wide. The land area would be a "false bottom" with coco fiber, moss, plants, etc on each side of the stream. I forgot to mention that covering the egg crate would be weed bocker pinned onto the egg crate. There would then be big, rectangle shaped rocks that are about 5-6 inches high going above the false bottom to keep the dirt on top of the false bottom. It would also cover the weed blocker and help the salamanders or newts get out of the water. I also forget to say that the stream would only go 3/4 of the way down the the tank and there would be a pool at the end of the tank. This is just an idea so comments are welcome. Hopefully this will be able to house some red salamanders or another type of stream salamander, or newt. Thanks

[Grimm]

Just letting you know, that unless your stream has an extremely low slope and speed, you will not be able to maintain it 3x3 inches in size. The amount of water that the pump will need to supply will be to great and you will most likely end up with a water jet shooting the glass top. That is unless you have enough room to use a very low pressure, high flow pump. With regular water pumps I think the most you will be able to get is a water trickle effect, especially since you want the stream to slope down 3/4 of the tank height.

[Vivarium1]

Its not going to be like a waterfall where I need to pump the water to the top of the tank. It is going to be like a pump pushing the water down to tank and then having the water get circulated back to the top. So the pump is where the pool is going to be and then pump water to the top of the stream and the water is going to flow down to the pool again.