How much filtration for this beast?

that_fish_Guy

that_fish_Guy

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I have obtained an intex metal framed pool (1,700) gallons approximately and it's a circle , 12 foot in diameter and 2 and a half feet deep yeah it's a beast haha I will be stocking it with the following 2 RTC 1 TSN and 1 RTCxTSN and a silver Arowana (possibly only 1 RTC and mabye not the arowana ) the fish I currently have to go in the pond is my silver arowana 2 feet long and my red tailed catfish 1.3 feet long. The big question is how big and how much filtration will I need I was thinking 2 55 gallon drums filled with pot scrubbers,filter floss, and sponges. They will be filters powered by one single 5,000 gallon per hour pump will this be sufficient for the bio load I will have if not can someone please recommend me a filtration idea . And also I will add MULTIPLE. Heaters to the filters or ponds to keep temps up mabye just like 3 pond heaters or something I don't know.... And also I will be adding pond air pumps for oxygen what do you recommend I do I will want it to be DIY. Any extra recommendations your expert advice is needed thank you all in advance for helping me with this monster setup


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fuzzlebug

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Fluidized bed filter , 2 100g drums with k1 media.YouTube king of diy large tank build

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rodger

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You will be overstocked regardless of filtration. How are you going to keep the Ari from committing suicide? They are notorious jumpers.
 
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doomiedee

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rodger said:
You will be overstocked regardless of filtration. How are you going to keep the Ari from committing suicide? They are notorious jumpers.
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A large net would help. The same ones used on outdoor ponds to keep birds of prey and other animals out.


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DDK

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Best bet is empty 55 gallon food grade drums with media in them. You can craigslist them for around 20 dollars each or just go to a coco cola factory or a food manufacturing factory and ask if you can pick through their garbage for some drums. They usually hold flavoring or syrups so a good rinse and there perfect (food grade is always blue containers no matter what the size if its in a volume). I personally would just use two or three filled with gravel as a prefilter and then one with some bio media that wont lose its surface area such as k1. Make sure you have back wash system to make maintenance a flip of a switch and hooking up a shop vac or a leaf blower.

heres an idea of what I mean.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu5fqpNCF2Q

But that much gravel is going to cost you a decent amount even at a rock yard. And k1 is going to be a pretty penny too but i figure that's the cheapest and simplest way to do it unless your into pot scrubbers!!!! I wouldnt use them in a pond though, they clog easily but with 2-3 jugs of gravel I'm sure not too much muck is going to get past the gravel.
 
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