6000 litre indoor pond

[lelid26]

Hello. In about 6-8 months I am going to build a pond measuring 11feet, 5 wide and 4 height. i already have a red tail catfish, tiger shovel nose and an asian redtail all of which are still small, ie not more than 20cm since it is only recently that I bought them as juveniles but are growing steadly. What would you put in this 6000 litre pond, (heated)?

i ws thinking of adding to the above an arowana, snake head, gar and a couple of oscars and if possible a peacock bass or an armatus or even maybe a planiceps ctafish.

What do you think???

Thanks

 

[lelid26]

Hello.....any help please....thanks...

 

[Kevaldo]

sounds good, what are you planning to build the tank out of? and what filtration are you going to use?

i would put ray's and peacock bass in there and then add a Lince cat, and when i had saved all my money for a very long time then get a super red aro. thats my dream tank

 

[Muske]

As long as they cant fit in the RTC's mouth they should work.

 

[lelid26]

[FONT=&quot]Hello, thanks for answering![/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]I was planning to build it in the basement, so the water temperature will be more or less constant even though it will be heated.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]First of all there is already the stone wall on which there are 2 stores of the house. Then all I will do is to build another front wall either from bricks or stone and will strengthen it with iron rods placed through the wall.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Then a layer of about 10cm thickness jablo will cover the walls thus to insulate it and then a covering of marine wood will be screwed to the jablo and the walls. Then a thick covering of fiberglass will be laid o n the wood.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Afterwards I was planning for a 15,000 liter per hour pump since I calculate that the pond will have a maximum capacity of 6000 liters. Then also I will add a small pump which will be with a timer, thus all the dirt will be carried towards the ‘big’ pump. As a filtration I am planning to use biohome….see[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]http://www.aqua-bio.com/en/biohome/biohome.html[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]This site says about biohome pellets:[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Recommended ratio of media to water is as follows; [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Marine Environment 1 Liter Biohome = 1125 Liters of water[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Freshwater 1 Liter Biohome = 2250 Liters of water[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]So……I will only need about 3 liters of filter media....if it is true!!![/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Then everything will be covered with some sort of thick plastic…so the fish will not jump out. Regarding heating I was planning for about 5 eheim/jagger heaters considering that my cold water aquarium in the basement, its temperature never falls more than 19 degrees Celsius.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]What do you think? [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Thanks in advance![/FONT]

 

[Muske]

If you are going to fiberglass over the wood, don't waste your money on marine grade plywood. A 3/4" 4 X 8' sheet of untreated CDX Plywood runs anywhere from 18-24 bucks. That same sheet in marine grade will cost about 75 bucks.