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Just an idea but what if I ran individual systems with HOB or Canisters and placed a very fine sponge type material around the intake to avoid losing fry?

Just thinking off the top of my head.

Or just use sponge filters and several water changes weekly to get rid of all the uneaten food and fish waste. Seems that just a sponge filter would cost me a lot of time doing water changes. Don't know how well a sponge filter filters, never needed one til now.

Then again, a centralized system would allow me to control exact water parameters easier.


Brainstorming!!!!!!!
 
titansfever83;1204488; said:
Thanks Bigspizz!

There's not a day go by that I don't think about how to get one step closer to where I want to be.

I was offered a trip to another country the other day to go and collect any type of wilds we can get our hands on, but money was an issue for me. Boy did I want to go!!! AARRRRGGH!!!!!

Anyway, I'm just having trouble finding some nice F0 or F1 of the type of fish I want to start with. Hoping the man going on the trip can bring back some of what I'm looking for. Thats why I'm trying to get the breeding tanks up and going.

Bigspizz, where u live?
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Washington state...Why do you ask? I also saw that trip, and could have afforded it, but I am saving for a LARGE setup. After the LARGE tank, I can buy breeders. I have all the grow-out tanks a man could want. I am tempted to do rubber-made tubs, but that would take away from observations.
 
titansfever83;1204733; said:
Just an idea but what if I ran individual systems with HOB or Canisters and placed a very fine sponge type material around the intake to avoid losing fry?

Just thinking off the top of my head.

Or just use sponge filters and several water changes weekly to get rid of all the uneaten food and fish waste. Seems that just a sponge filter would cost me a lot of time doing water changes. Don't know how well a sponge filter filters, never needed one til now.

Then again, a centralized system would allow me to control exact water parameters easier.


Brainstorming!!!!!!!
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I think the sponge on the intake of an HOB would get suffocated with the proper density that you would need. Fry can wiggle through the smallest sponges you would be surprised. Sponge filters and Why not a harmless cleaner to eat un eaten food? Snail, Baby plec? When doing your changes drop all tanks at the same time and then use a hose to re fill. this will cut maintenance down dramatically. I would use nothing but sponges in fry tanks.
 
I know for a fact that the Hydro line of sponge filters work a LOT better than people realize. No extra water changes where ever needed on any of our tanks filtered by JUST the hydro 5's. Overall maintance is actully less than with HOB units.

As far as using HOB units and or canisters with a foam prefilter...I can't personally recomend it. At best you'll be cutting the flow rate of the filters down a great deal and you may even distroy them all together.

I feel that the advantages and flexability of having individual tanks FAR outweigh any benifit you might gain in maintance time.
 
Central filtration tanks are easy to take off the system. You just turn off the tap so no incoming water enters..... and hence no water drains out. Also part of the reason I advocate air driven filters as well as central filtration. Once you get a few tanks, you most definitely do need to cut down on maintenance time. Wait till you reach a few hundred tanks and you will understand.

As I am sure your realising, there are lots of ways to do the same thing so you need to work out which suits your style of fishkeeping best.
 
Bigspizz- I asked where u live just because of possible joint venture in the future. Other side of the country, though.


Wolf- The sponge idea was just a thought because I have a handful of old HOBs that I'm not using and are enough to filter 20s and 30s

Fishdance- I like your thinking. Multiple tanks on a centralized filter with shutoffs at every tank and spongefilters ready!

Thanks to all of you. I hope to sit down this weekend and draw up a picture of my breeding room and determine how many tanks. Where to run water and electric. Just to see what I'll be up against. I'm sure there will be many more questions in the near future.

When I begin the project I'll post pics in either this forum or DIY forum.


Thanks again.

Jamie
 
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