Water thickeners
 

What kinds of water/food thickeners are there?

I am planning a mod that includes a small tank of water. Plain water is too free flowing though. I want it to be 2-3 times as thick as normal water, and to be murky, but not colored.

Also, would most pumps be able to stand the pressure at 2-10 GPM?

I don't know about the longevity, but look at xanthum gum. I use it for thickening in bar syrups and ice cream ... others use it in soups.

Also, you may be able to use glycerin. Both are organic, so yrmv.

Can you post pics of either of the two in water? (I want to see what it looks like)

You can get xantham gum at your supermarket for $5 for a bag of it with the health food stuff, and you can get glycerin at your crafts store with cake decorating stuff. If I waste the little glycerin I have left my wife will kill me (she wants Sloe Screw against the Wall ice cream tonight, so ... [mind out of the gutter: Sloe Gin, SoCo, Vodka, orange flavoring, strawberries, all in ice cream form, hehe]), and I got the last bag of Xantham in the area so I'm a bit leery of using it. It gives you the consistancy of the syrup that baristas use in coffee, if that helps.