Overflow port on a viv?

[OctaneJunglist]

Ok, so I got this idea from my Dad's saltwater tank at his place; And the reason I got this idea is for a few reasons, primarily to have 1 central location for my main water supply and eliminate having to put pumps under a false bottom (everything plumbing oriented would be external), so what I'm thinking is; More space in the tank, easier to change/clean the water/centralized water and pump (1 semi high power pump split to run however many waterfalls in however many tanks you have). I'll attach a Sketchup pic of what I got so far.

First time using sketchup so bear with the quality.

And of course the majority of the piping is going to be flexi type, not with permanent bends like it portrays here.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Chase

Edit: tank is a 20g long that I'm gonna put a pair of azureus in, and I'll also have a 40g branched from that set up to house a few Leucomelas in

[Mink]

itd work well, ive copied the same design from my dads tanks and it worked well

[Judy S]

The only reservation I would have...and I certainly am NO expert...is the inherent issue of cross-contamination between the tanks. Has that been considered at all???

[OctaneJunglist]

Yeah, I have thought of that, I'm going to have a pretty decent carbon filter on the output line as well as a ton of neutral clay pelets on the left side of the resivoir tank to take care of solids- Since I'm going to have almost the same vegetation in both tanks I don't think It'll be an issue, and if it is, no love lost- I'm just trying this as an experiment more or less and I'm gonna have the viv's running for atleast 2 months before I put the frogs in them.

[OctaneJunglist]

And this guy is far from an expert, I've had reptiles all throughout my childhood and just recently decided that dart frogs are awesome...When I pick up a hobby I tend to go overboard with it so that's why I was wantin to try something different/innovative

[Judy S]

when you say "this guy" are you referring to yourself??? Before you get to far along into having a shared water system between the two vivs...you may want to pose the contamination issue in a more obvious question form...and perhaps with using the term "health" or something like it...Darts can't tolerate some things that other frogs can...so with the darts,there is perhaps a chance... I do like the concept though

[Mink]

He mentions them both being dart frog tanks.

[Judy S]

yes, I understood that as well...but still my concern for the darts was that if one of them has a health issue, transmission of that problem and pay into the other viv. I just suggest that his situation be run by people who may have a learned opinion...that sure ain't me!!

[Mink]

and im saying that unless he is watching his hands/equipment and has the tanks seperated more the risk of contamination is already high enough that the added effects of the combined filter is not going to be determental to the health.

[Judy S]

You have a very valid point...the washing of hands, etc., is a good practice when working between tanks...but I still stick to my suggestion about running it by more experienced froggers...let's let the OP decide after the OP does his/her due dilligence...