New 1100 Gallon Indoor Pond!

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
Not wanting to hijack this great thread but I use bird netting over a PVC frame to cover my pools. I keep SA Arowana which jump so I use a fairly small gauage and suspend the net high since I hate having to stoop when I get in. 15mm PVC pipe and standard fittings.

I figured this teepee design would be cheapest (least parts and lengths) and allow anything which might get caught up to wriggle out safely. It is dirt cheap too.

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There is a 800 gallon I think but its softer sided instead of the harder liner side like on mine and necrocanis. Someone else has that model with arowana's in it on here.

I checked the temp and it was at 76 when I left for work this morning so 3 degrees in about 6hrs it should be at 78 where I set it when I get home so tonight the planiceps and TSN are going in. :) ~Trent
 
A few updated pics, I moved the Planiceps over into the pond, you can see some gill curl on it still which hopefully the improved water quality/current in the pond along with some melafix will heal over the next couple weeks. It was 15" when I measured it and barely fit in the net...which brings me to my next point.

The TSN is to big for my net so it will have to wait until I can either buy a massive aquarium net or a good landing net from bass pro shops later this weekend. The TSN by my best calculations based on comparison between the planiceps is 18" or so but alot fatter so I don't want to try and risk moving it with my current aquarium net.

The real filtration should be on it in roughly 2 weeks I will be ordering it next saturday more then likely and setup probably by mid week the following week.

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sorry if this was said earlier in the thread but how many gallons is that? and what are the dimensions?
 
use a wet towel to transfer it if its not too far away from point A to point B
 
I just moved my 1ft Tsn and i wouldnt use a net man bad news i used a 5 gal bucket so he wouldnt get stuck and i wouldnt tear him up.
 
I don't ever use nets to transfer fish. At the most I just use them to catch the fish then I grab them with wet gentle hands. I read a really long time ago that this was the best way to move discus so I know it can't really be bad for any other fish.

Chad
 
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