Tank of baby steps

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Jo_nz

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Apr 30, 2005
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This tank is being done on a budget of as little as possible. So far spent on it is $14. I have had the tank sitting in my garage with one broken end for a number of years, a fellow club member gave me the glass and I have put it together. OK so the lights need fixing - in a couple of weeks I plan to hang them from the ceiling. Just lots of little things to be done.
I would like to set up a fixed heat radiation system for under the sand but thats something that will have to wait for the next tank.
The tank holds only a few fish at present but I plan it to be not so much a "large fish" tank (I already have one), but a large "fish tank", holding communities of fish.

The rock is black shale and some greywacke sourced from a local river which also happens to be where the supply water comes from, the fish love it and its easy to chisel and form.
into shape. Slowly but surely it will come together.

The black baskets are house plants which like humid warm environments. Its an experiment in filtration and plant growth.

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as copied from Practical Fishkeeping Magazine converters. Note in bold

Results
Pond size 244 x 51 x 51 cm/96" x 20" x 20"
Volume 635 l./140 gal. maximum (168 US gal.)
Surface area 2 sqm/22 sqft maximum

Stocking guidelines
Based on a stocking rate of 1" of fish per 10 gal. your pond will hold a maximum of 36 cm/14" of fish.Your pond should be able to safely house 1 goldfish (maximum). These need to be added gradually and care needs to be taken to ensure that the pond is mature and the water unpolluted.

You have chosen to build a pond with a depth of less than 75cm/30". If you keep Koi or live in a particular exposed area prone to extended cold spells, this may be insufficient to allow proper over-wintering. A water depth of 90cm/36" is a better option, but you could go much deeper if you intend to keep K
 
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