Plastic Storage Container Indoor Tank

[goestonemoa]

they are about 4 inches now, when they hit 8 ill probably either upgrade or give them to a friend with a pond

yah i had one of them get up to about 3 inches or so in my feeder tank and had fed him real good for a long time.....i fed him to my knife fish

 

[tscharf]

What are you thinking about for filtration

 

[clemsonguy1125]

Honestly I havent decides I was thinking of a homemade system but someone told me I didnt even need one

 

[Noto]

They told you wrong. The only way to have healthy fish without filtration is to do very large, very frequent water changes. You can get good bio-filtration cheaply with a DIY mattenfilter or sponge filter.

 

[clemsonguy1125]

Sorry but what is a matten filter and sponge filter, so far Ive just used store bought ones.

 

[crimsontsavo]

You will most assuredly require some sort of natural or mechanical filtration for healthy fish.

 

[eternity302]

WOW after reading down.. this build is obviously more than $50 already... and it's adding up slowly!

 

[tscharf]

if you have a bunch of live plants you may not need anything but a powerhead and a couple inches of substrat, check in the DIY forum, theres a guy who has an entire green house full of fish and all he uses for filtration is plants, i believe it entitled, " MY fish Greenhouse" or something along those lines.

 

[clemsonguy1125]

Ok but now I am thinking on a bigger scale of one of those giant blue tubs and a slightly smaller blue tub then fill in the middle with great stuff. Ill go to the lake pick up some plants and use the smalll filter I have there. So now maybe somewhere around 50 dollars? And for that Ill have maybe a 40 gallon tank, or Ill look for a cheap pond at Lowes

 

[jordanwrin]

Sounds awsome! Unless you have little kids around the house. Definately post pictures