Patent ID: 8481328

Claim:
A water flow pattern simulation tank, comprising: a tank base; a tank aquarium having an aquarium interior carried by said tank base; at least one nozzle in said tank aquarium; at least one drain in said tank aquarium in spaced-apart relationship to said at least one nozzle; a pump disposed in fluid communication with said at least one nozzle and said at least one drain; and at least one insert placed in said tank aquarium generally between said at least one nozzle and said at least one drain, said at least one insert including at least one of the following: a strainer insert including a strainer insert frame having a strainer mesh; a plurality of downstream inserts having a plurality of panel notches, respectively; a pair of meandering inserts having a pair of misaligned panel notches, respectively; a low head dam insert having a base panel portion and an angled panel portion carried by said base panel portion; a low water bridge insert having a pair of spaced-apart insert panels and at least one insert conduit extending through and between said insert panels; a hydraulic insert having a generally rectangular hydraulic insert panel; and an eddy insert having an eddy insert panel and a panel notch in said eddy insert panel.