I have built an outdoor cement pond and I'm setting up a filtration system for catfish - any recommendations? The pond is about 3metresx2.5metresx1.5m(depth).
Thanks
John
Thanks
John
Outdoor Cement Pond - Catfish Breeding
- Thread starter John Kwasniuk
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before you and anything pill it with water and let it sit to allow lime and minerals to leech out , do it afew time to get most of it out.
is the pond heated?
do you want tropicals or natives?
is the pond heated?
do you want tropicals or natives?
Check aquaticeco.com and you'll find filtration systems for commercial applications such as catfish breeding. I have high-density ponds and use a large bead filter with a dedicated blower to keep the filter beads moving and aerated. The bead filter holds 650 gals of water/media. A 300gal prefilter performs my coarse and medium stripping, pH balancing (limestone rubble), calcium infusion (suspended crushed oyster shell, and holds a chamber with a ballcock and auto-valve to trickle fill the 9000gal system (soon to be 18000gals). I use 3 30gal/min pumps on the system (2 inline/1 backup). The system also has a commercial-size protein skimmer that I use partially for stripping and mainly for increasing dissolved O2. With this system, I'm able to raise crays at a concentration level of 150lbs per 450gal bin.
as a concrete worker alow at leats a week for it to dry good and paint it with pool paint the guy at the home store can tell you wich one is not toxic. it is pretty big so just a good amount of floating plants should be all the filter you need as long as you dont overstock