Tide Generating Tank -- Anyone tried this?!?

[Anonymous]

Actually, there are many reefs where axial corallites project above the swell line. Corals exposed to air are NOT kept hydrated primarily by incoming swell, but by mucus excretion, covering themselves in snot essentially.

BTW, hello to you too Brian

 

[Mouse]

Im sure having a tidal zone represented in a encloed reef would be cool, but wouldn't it stink in the same way the sea does when the tide goes out. Having a house that smelt like a rock pool wouldn't be so cool IMO.

 

[Anonymous]

LOL, good point Mouse

 

[O P Ing]

hi.
I don't think so. People pay tens of thousand of dollars just to get that smell when they buy a house right next to the shore. :wink:

Sight (tank content), sound (noisy overflow) and smell, a true multimedia enjoyment! :wink:

 

[liquid]

This may not necessarily be a tidal tank but it's always something I've wanted to try since reading about it in the January 2002 issue of Advanced Aquarist.

What it is is a flow tank. You use a propellor to drive water thru a "racetrack" type setup. It'd be pretty neat for a laminar flow tank setup. A person could put a propellor on each end and every 12 hrs switch between propellors.

Shane

 

[O P Ing]

hi.
Nah! Just make the plumbing symmetrical, and reverse the rotation direction of the propeller.

Some annular tank ("O"-shaped) setups are similar, but the lower recirculation plumbing is not needed. Instead, there are several jet heads that point in the direction to circulate the water in counterclockwise direction (north of equator). Achievable laminar flow rate of several knots/mph is very easy in both methods.