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question? could you turn a 300 gallon tank in to a self sustaining biosphere like an outdoor pond?im using the waterfall method pump. I pump water from the bottom of my tank into a bucket with a drain that allows water to fall back into the tank, thus aerating the water. The bucket has egg foam, polyfoam, carbon sheets, and carbon media in layers. The bottom filter and pump has a foam biofilter in it to hold the beneficial bacteria, a screen, which pumps 550 gph. Someone told me to add lava rocks to my filter and to my tank to harbor beneficial bacteria, but I haven't gotten to the store yet to do this. Thanks for your ideas.Mo
FNE...Great post. Thanks for your information. I have a couple questions. I'm simply using a 35 gallon tote filled with water currently as I'm looking for a bigger hardsided tank....but for now, what I have, is what I'll use. I'm using a waterfall 30 gallon filter which uses the "bag type" carbon filtration and a 5" airstone bubbling air from the bottom. I don't want to put too many fish in it in fear that I may lose them due to the ammonia buildup over time. Most of my baits will be in the 5-8" range for pike. I plan on doing 1/3 water changes about every 2-3 weeks. So far a week has gone by, and everything is fine. I have about 3 dozen dace in this set up currently. I want to go get more for the tank, but I don't want to add too many to this set up. The tank is outside for now until freezing temps arrive then I'll bring into my unfinished cellar where it stays very cold. In your opinion, how many baits could this tank hold before it gets overfilled with fish? Should these fish be fed at all? Thanks.
use bioballs in my prefilter ceramic white plastic blue and carbon black in layers with carbon closest to the pumps outflow found them at petco real cheap id like to run more like a pond than a tank also lid is a great idea ive had them jump through a 1" hole i screen and tape all the openings what about seasalt ? thankx mo
Petco sells it. I use Ammo-Carb. It's a mix of ammonia removing resin and carbon.
FNE, about the Ammo Carb ammonia remover.....it appears to be a solid. Do you add it into the filter bag on the waterfall filter? Does it just replace the existing carbon you add, or do you add it along with the existing carbon. I'd imagine that as long as you rinse it well, the Ammo Carb can just be added in or used as a stand alone carbon that just replaces the little bags of carbon??
Barley? As a filter material I've never used it. As a beer making material, all the time.
great post!!!!
What about maintaining the temperature in the tank? I don't have an unheated basement to keep it in. I think it would freeze in my unheated garage. I was thinking of sinking the tank in to the ground and using an insulated cover. Let the ground's geothermal energy keep it at a constant temperature.