Gyre Nano

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Originally Posted by BCOrchidGuy

Very cool, very very cool. I was thinking Rio17HF (lol) I had one in my 155 gallon and it blew the sand off the bottom of the other end (5ft away).

I really like it, I think it's a cool idea, well done.

Doug

yeah, I almost crapped my pants when it worked like I thought it would . The video's not that great, and doesn't really show that the entire water column above the plate is moving as one giant mass. I'm booking a video camera after class tomorrow to get a good recording of it.

About 20 minutes ago, I put some base rock I put in the tank on top of the platform and the water just continued flowing; the rocks didn't really break up the momentum. Was neat, because the article explained that your rock would create the turbulence the corals need, which is exactly what I saw

I'm also thinking the potential of a tank designed like this might allow one to use thinner glass for the side panels. Anyone think it's a stretch to build a tank like this that's 48" long, 2' tall and 18" wide using 1/4" glass? The center plate would give about 18" of height and 3' of width to the display area. I think it would still be quite strong, and only require stronger floor pane of the tank. It would be technically a 90g tank, but built with 1/4" glass, and maybe a thicker glass for the bottom. It would give 50g of display space, and could be integrated into the stand somehow.

I remember seeing the guys on mythbuster creating a water gyre tank to simulate the aerodynamics of a pickup truck.