The plans for this and all the sturgeon I plan to get is to go into my outdoor pond that is in the works. The plan is to have a viewing window into the basement of my house and a good sized pond outside. Something around 10,000-20,000 gals or depending on my depth. I have not sat down and figured out the total gals for the pond yet as it isn't in yet. It will hold a handful of sturgeon and koi year round. Debating on if I will run the filtration in the house or not still.