My first ghetto pond.
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Slacker87;4361279; said:
The scene goes like this:
Visitors arrive and theres the usual small talk; 'Hi, how you going?' 'Hows work?' etc etc. Then one of my family members will say 'hey, have you seen the fish yet?', they reply 'no' then proceed to tell me about their 20 gallon tank with fantails, suckerfish or chicklids as were heading to my room.
I open the door and they see a tank immediately to their right, they get the expession of "oh yeah, not bad" then we take a step further and they see the pond...
Every single person that comes in does the exact same thing; their jaw drops, their head moves forward, their head moves back and turns to face me, they give me the look of "are you serious?" and then say 'your'e crazy' and I just smile and nod.
They usually try to have a look in it and I tell them "Its empty, but this is who will be going in it". I turn them around to see sally and they all get shocked to see a fish that is bigger then their cat staring back at them. After the shock all the usual jokes come out, "mmm she looks tasty", "if shes too big for the tank why dont you just eat her" etc etc proceeded by "oh yeah I caught one that big at the river a couple years back" or "you paid HOW much for it?"
After that I try to kick em out lol
Bahahahahaha thats funny as. Still shocked its in your room, how long till sally goes in is a cycling issue????
Its still cycling. Ammonia is at 0.75 and nitrite is at 0.3 12 hours after I last dosed ammonia. So its slowly getting there, Im hoping it will only be a few more weeks before I can chuck her in.
I have a feeling I dont quite have enough bio media because the cycling has dragged on for so long without much change. As soon as I get a day off Im gonna buy another 10kg or so.
I have a feeling I dont quite have enough bio media because the cycling has dragged on for so long without much change. As soon as I get a day off Im gonna buy another 10kg or so.
ok that was my next question, my pond will be cold water so i can only assume the cycle of mine may take a very long time......
moo.;4368376; said:
it will be intensive it'll be in our shed that gets about 10 hours of sun too, so naturally it should about 20-22 degrees in summer.
Here's a question I seen asked yet...
How are you going to put Sally into her new home? That's a big @$$ed fish and I doubt she'll wanna get picked up and out of the water!
The reason for the question, I have a 13" Pleco that has sharp barbs on his fins, I'm not looking forward to grabbing him and moving him to a tank I am setting up now (50 gal to a 75gallon) My big net I have isn't that big and when I used a freezer bag before he poked holes in the sides and I had 2 streams of water when I released him from the transportation bag!
Way cool set BTW, looking to set up a similar filter in an outdoor pond, but in Washington state, it does get below freezing every winter, so no RTC's or Aro's for outside...An Arowana in pond out back might take care of the racoon problem I have, wouldn't that be a site, racoon goes fishing and the fish pulls it into the water and eats it! MUWAHAHA!! (Dr Evil laugh)
How are you going to put Sally into her new home? That's a big @$$ed fish and I doubt she'll wanna get picked up and out of the water!
The reason for the question, I have a 13" Pleco that has sharp barbs on his fins, I'm not looking forward to grabbing him and moving him to a tank I am setting up now (50 gal to a 75gallon) My big net I have isn't that big and when I used a freezer bag before he poked holes in the sides and I had 2 streams of water when I released him from the transportation bag!
Way cool set BTW, looking to set up a similar filter in an outdoor pond, but in Washington state, it does get below freezing every winter, so no RTC's or Aro's for outside...An Arowana in pond out back might take care of the racoon problem I have, wouldn't that be a site, racoon goes fishing and the fish pulls it into the water and eats it! MUWAHAHA!! (Dr Evil laugh)
to interject ive heard a wet t shirt is the best approach for big uns.
Maybe a touch of clove oil.
Maybe a touch of clove oil.
