new house, new fishroom, 4,000 gallon tank, 1,000 gallon tank, many others and ponds,

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
hi guys,
i wasted a little time and made this scetch of the fishroom with paint from microsoft, it will give you a little idea how the room is setup and what pump lines go where ans so on, it is pretty close to scale, but not exact

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How is it possible that your filtration systems take up so little footprint?!? Are you using the Ultima II more for mechanical filtration or for biological filtration? How often do you backwash it? I still can't work out where the mechanical filtration takes place!
 
WOW, how did I miss this thread? I didn't even know you're the one I've been sending the fish to all this time until I stumbled on this thread! Amazing, and jealous, wish you were out in California, we'd be best friends! Congrats, awesome, stay in touch!
 
How is it possible that your filtration systems take up so little footprint?!? Are you using the Ultima II more for mechanical filtration or for biological filtration? How often do you backwash it? I still can't work out where the mechanical filtration takes place!
im using the ultima 2 for biological filtration, and so far ive only backwashed it once in 7 months,
im using a Sta-Rite System 3 sm120 filter for mechanical filtration, and ive only backwashed it every other month,
it is not in the pics but it is before the ultima filter, im looking for a uv filter for after the ultima filter to kill bacteria, at the moment i keep the water at 83 degrees and that keeps me from having problems with ich, but id still like to add a uv in the mix,
 
Hi Rich,
I hope all is well with the fish room! I saw these guys at the local fish store (Aqua Hut) and I thought of you.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...8588913374.374718.180947658373&type=1&theater
You've probably got more catfish than you can shake a stick at, but I thought you might be interested, based on their size.
How is the arowana doing by the way? Has he grown at all since you put him in your tank?
he is doing great, he started eating and then took on a growth spurt where he grew about 2 inches longer, now i think hes getting fatter since he dont look to be getting longer, but it is hard to tell when you see the fish everyday :)

WOW, how did I miss this thread? I didn't even know you're the one I've been sending the fish to all this time until I stumbled on this thread! Amazing, and jealous, wish you were out in California, we'd be best friends! Congrats, awesome, stay in touch!
hiya, thank you for all the rare fish ive gotten from you, my account bigrich545 and lamanuts are me bigrich and my son joshawa, he does alot of the typing and tedious stuff for me so you have talked to him alot, im just the money behind all the typing :), if you ever find yourself out this way, just email and stop by for sure :)
bigrich
 
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