New Pond setup

[eklikewhoa]

I would not put RCS in there to test. If you want to test shrimp then get amano or something that won't take over and will be easy to catch out.

[76dragon]

THey will be easy to catch and get out. I am only gonna put 4 or 5 as a test so its not a big deal

Phung

[thebaoster]

From the guy on tpt. He shipped really quick. Ordered on Sunday, shipped on Monday and got it Wednesday.

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sponsors-power-seller-specials/156946-double-red-line-akadama-black-lava.html

nilocg

+1 He's really fast but the shipping is pretty hefty.

Are you going to order some more from him Phung? I would like to get 2 more bag.

[76dragon]

I can , but shipping is 15 bucks per box. I am thinking about waiting til I go to Dallas and find a place there.

[76dragon]

Checked my mailbox (front door) and this came in the mail. I am going to cut it into 5inch squares and make filters out of them for the shrimp pond experiment.

It even has the holes in there already. I'm stoked. I bought the food just because shipping was free with the Poret form

[eklikewhoa]

Heard nothing but good things about that food.

[76dragon]

Yea, but I need to use my 2 bags of diy shrimp mix first then I can start experimenting with other stuff.

Im I the only one that hoards fish food. I probably have about 200 dollars worth of dry fish food. I am trying to use it , but I keep ordering more.


Phung

Heard nothing but good things about that food.

[eklikewhoa]

That's why I stopped myself from ordering that food. I keep buying shrimp food cause I can use it for my trophs too if the shrimp don't eat it and now have all kinds of crap everywhere when I still have a bucket of NLS.

[76dragon]

Ok , I finally brought both pond outside and plumbed them . I will post pictures later on the final setup.

Here are some of the beginnings.

[76dragon]

This happened the weekend that I go to Houston for the auction. This is what I came home to.




I added the UV sterilizer inline with the pump and after a week, it is almost clear

I will post the finished setup tomorrow with both 300G tubs plumbed together being filtered by a tetra pond filter that i won at the HAS auction a year or 2 ago.

I have about 2-300 fry in there growing. Mbunas and peacocks

[myjohnson]

Why not build a roof over it like Jim's dad?

Something simple you can take down, like that black cloth thingy.

[eklikewhoa]

Is that a dead spider monkey in the cloudy picture?

[76dragon]

I want it in ghe sun. Ill will grow algae in the sides. Which the fish will eat. Hence better coloration and faster growth. Simce i put the uv sterelizer in. The water has become clear again. Ill post pics later

Why not build a roof over it like Jim's dad?

Something simple you can take down, like that black cloth thingy.

[76dragon]

No my friend. Its a piece of driftwood

Is that a dead spider monkey in the cloudy picture?

[TexSun]

Any pictures of the full pond? Let's see some of these shrimp breeding ponds!