I had to remove the cats as they got big enough to cause some real damage. Stocked at present with the following:
red oscar 14"
albino tiger oscar 12"
RB Pacu 15"
Gold Tinfoil Barb 8"
Texas Cichlid 8"
Bluegill 7"
Sunfish 4"
Pike cichlid 7"
Widebar Datnoid 12"
Green Terror 4"
Red Devil 5"
Peacock Bass 7"
Pleco 9"
Jack Dempsey 6"
Jack Dempsey 4"
I would like to add an aro, but not sure about him jumping out or being too aggressive. Also considering a florida gar if my LFS will lower them from their current price (35). They have been there for months, so maybe he will.
Any other ideas for a cool addition to the pond???
MistirE;685625; said:
Looks like a fun project. Any other fish you plan on putting in such a large space. I would love to put some monsters in that.
I use several submersible heaters in the sump. Probably about 900 watts or so and that keeps it at 74. Barely adequate, I know, but in 16 months I have lost only one fish to disease.
As to the filter, I really dont have time to put a breakdown of it, unfortunately, It really wasnt taht complex, and you could probably do much better ones yourselves. Just google DIY sump filter and you can find scads of free designs. That's how I did it.
One tip, I use nylon scouring pads from the dollar store as well as chopped up mattress foam for filter media. Seems to work great.