100,000 gal. pond needs advice!

[Adrius]

howdy! me and my friend got a huge cement pond in our house (100,000 gal.)...ive got a few questions:
1. our ponds water is alkaline (7.8) and we would like to know how to acidify it to 7.0? driftwood? WC?
2. we got 4 filtering systems with each system including: 1 tetra U.V., 1 Mag Drive pump, 1 tetra pond bio-filter. Is this ok?
3. we got 6 p.bass, 1 silver aro, 1 oscar, 2 pacu, 6 dourado, 2 carps, 1 gar, 1 pike cichlid and a whole bunch of tilapia. How frequently do we need a WC? Since its a big pond and with very few fish, ammonia and nitrite are practically 0.
thanks!

 

[ray777]

Pics Must see this...

 

[Mudfrog]

Agreed.. need pics.

 

[Adrius]

Agreed.. need pics.

no problemo...cameras battery charging...

 

[CichlidAddict]

On a pond that size, couldn't you add some type of plants to absorb the nitrates? Then you would almost never have to change water.

 

[WeeNe858]

i wouldint bother with the water changes, just water top offs. add in floating plants like water lettuce and hychiths, hornworts will also help oxygenate the water.

clean your filters once a month and you should be fine

 

[Onion01]

hey, vc mora aonde em brasilia? Eu era de Sao Paolo, mas agora estou em Miami. Vc deveria colocar algums pirarucus

 

[Adrius]

im having problems uploading the pics on mfk, so i posted the same topic on www.aquaticpredators.com with the pics!
ive tried adding plants, but they all died...i dont remember which type of plants they were...any suggestions on how to keep them alive, and if they should be rooted...

 

[Mudfrog]

Searched AP but couldn't find it...

 

[Adrius]

Searched AP but couldn't find it...

here it is:
http://aquaticpredators.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=35857