My winter QT for koi

[MrPonder]

this is where my fish spent their first winter, cant wait to put them back in the pond

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=29298717



Doug

 

[Dr Joe]

Is that a plastic tank?

 

[MrPonder]

Is that a plastic tank?

no its galvanized...



doug

 

[Nic]

galvanized tanks are not good they leach there coating to the water

 

[kumdoalan]

this is where

could you video the filter setup?
Im interested in how the tank fits into the context of the room and the filters , as well as the type of lights you used to shoot the video?

 

[MrPonder]

I have heard that it does, but i have used this for 5 years now...maybe the algae coast stops it from leaching? my fish have grown almost 5 inches total in there this winter. i can do a video sure, it looks different slightly

I took the submersable out and put it into the drum...got great results


ill go shoot one now

My lights are grow lights and my spectrum matches sunlight, i ws able to grow some water plants and bloom flowers

 

[MrPonder]

could you video the filter setup?
Im interested in how the tank fits into the context of the room and the filters , as well as the type of lights you used to shoot the video?

here you go, looks like a highway of water lines but its pretty simplistic and works, needs tweaking every couple weeks but nothing big, had an prange peel clog my bottom drain and overflowed the tank but nothing big


http://s119.photobucket.com/albums/o125/sirshepherdmaster/?action=view&current=MOV00250.flv

 

[kumdoalan]

Now thatrs what Im talking about!
http://s119.photobucket.com/albums/o...t=MOV00250.flv

Real life going on there big time!
Thanks for the little look at the filters and the lights.
I learned a lot.

QUESTION; where did you get the blue barrels?

 

[benzjamin13]

Beautiful Koi!

 

[Dr Joe]

Sorry, I knew it was galvanized (& could see the algae build-up) I just wanted to you to say it to see how long it would take to get the leaching comment, NEW MFK record ...Les than ONE minute .

I've used them for what seems like eons, after I scrub the oil out of them, then season them for a year. The algae's secretions help coat the interior surface and seal it, lab tests showed no leached metals.

Nice winter set-ups too.

Dr Joe

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