Does this sound good enough for the fish I plan on Stocking ?
So here is the setup when complete:
300 gallon stock tank,
63" x 69" x 25"
Stock:
3 Giant Rapheals, 1 Sailfin Pim,
2 Spotted Rapheals, 2 Black Ghost Knives, 2 Koi, and 2 large goldfish(1 shubunkin and 1 watonai ).
Filtration:
30 gallon tote that will have about 1100gph drizzling out of sides of a pipe onto 4 layers of filter pads for bio and mechanical, water then hits lava rock and 40 Liters of seachem matrix, None of this will be submerged, water then rests into a settling chamber where it pours out of the tote and into a filter sock and then into the stock tank again.
Location: Indoors
Heating: Two 200 watt stealth heaters , opposite sides of tank of each other.
Lid: To conserve moisture and heat loss a clear tarp.
Hides: At least One per catfish and knivefish.
Water Changes: 30-50% twice a month.
Plants: Plastic and a live peacelilly planted so it floats, and live Hornwort.
Lighting: 8 hrs a day, 2 48 inch flouresecents 6500k and/or two cfl's 6500k.
Air Pumps/ Bubblers: two, on opposite ends below each heater to better circulate heat from heaters.
ThanK YOU.
So here is the setup when complete:
300 gallon stock tank,
Stock:
3 Giant Rapheals, 1 Sailfin Pim,
2 Spotted Rapheals, 2 Black Ghost Knives, 2 Koi, and 2 large goldfish(1 shubunkin and 1 watonai ).
Filtration:
30 gallon tote that will have about 1100gph drizzling out of sides of a pipe onto 4 layers of filter pads for bio and mechanical, water then hits lava rock and 40 Liters of seachem matrix, None of this will be submerged, water then rests into a settling chamber where it pours out of the tote and into a filter sock and then into the stock tank again.
Location: Indoors
Heating: Two 200 watt stealth heaters , opposite sides of tank of each other.
Lid: To conserve moisture and heat loss a clear tarp.
Hides: At least One per catfish and knivefish.
Water Changes: 30-50% twice a month.
Plants: Plastic and a live peacelilly planted so it floats, and live Hornwort.
Lighting: 8 hrs a day, 2 48 inch flouresecents 6500k and/or two cfl's 6500k.
Air Pumps/ Bubblers: two, on opposite ends below each heater to better circulate heat from heaters.
ThanK YOU.
