One 1,000G Indoor Monsterfish Pond Coming Up! (Ghetto Style)

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Jack Dempsey
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MeAko;3364391; said:
First "Real" Resident:
2' Iridescent Shark - Pangasius hypophthalmus

Hello, welcome to your new home


All this room for me?!

New Driftwood at the center of the pond
No, way, no way!!!!!!!!!!!! i would kill for having a 2' ID Shark!!!!!!! :drool:beautiful filtration system and beautiful driftwood!!!!! and beautiful house :nilly:and everything is beautiful!!! :headbang2
 

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Enmascarado;3382243; said:
No, way, no way!!!!!!!!!!!! i would kill for having a 2' ID Shark!!!!!!! :drool:beautiful filtration system and beautiful driftwood!!!!! and beautiful house :nilly:and everything is beautiful!!! :headbang2
hehe.

Wait till you see my wife. She's happy for me, encourages me and allows me time with the fish, is there anything more beautiful than that? :)

The seller of that ID Shark is trying to sell me another two footer for $12.50, just a tad bit more expensive, should I take him up on the offer? :naughty:
 

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Lambrakopoulos;3381826; said:
Stick your Clown Knife & Pacu in your pond they should be just fine. I have my Clown Knife in my pond with my Pacu & they don't bother each other at all, if anything just watch them to see what happens. But your Clown Knife is really big so the Pacu really won't mess around with him.
Actually aggression is not really my main concern. Here's my timeline:

June '09, I realized that the Intex pool wasn't being used anymore, I researched online and realized there were other crazy folks who used this pool as a pond. I set it up and realized that there was a very minor leak. Took a few more weeks to source tarps and finally set it up by August.

August 05, 2009: I started to dump water changes from my 100G into the pond.

August 09, 2009: I set up an improvised filtration system mixing my old media with my new media. Added some tilapia, feeders and hito. Pond is about 1/3 full at this point.

August 13, 2009: DIY 4 Level Cabinet Filtration set up. The 4 day old+new media was further mixed into the cabinet allowing BB to further multiply exponentially. On this day I added the 2' ID Shark. Might be earlier than I should have but the owner was in a rush to dispose. 2/3 full at this point.

Checked for ammonia: 0ppm. (That friggin' cabinet filtration actually works!! ;) )

Throughout this time, I've been adding more and more water into the pond, I have not done any water change yet. I guess I should test for Nitrates. For all intents and purposes, my pond is not even 2 weeks old. Today, the pond is about 75-80% "full".

So my question is whether my pond is stable and mature enough for me to start throwing other fish into it. I'm generally a patient man who can exercise restraint, but if you guys start encouraging me, I'll start stocking that pond like crazy...
 

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Jack Dempsey
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MeAko;3383595; said:
hehe.

Wait till you see my wife. She's happy for me, encourages me and allows me time with the fish, is there anything more beautiful than that? :)
Beautiful wife indeed!

MeAko;3383595; said:
The seller of that ID Shark is trying to sell me another two footer for $12.50, just a tad bit more expensive, should I take him up on the offer? :naughty:
Hey go for it, over here a fish like that costs a zillion of times that price! hey and don't forget to post pics of it!.
 

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Impressive
 

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blakeness;3385632; said:
hows the bottom drawer? is it still overflowing? again great job with the filter.. btw is filter enough for the 1000g pond?
The workers of my landlord, who will continue with the renovations of the house have yet to come back. I asked them to bring a 1" drill head, when I get it, I'll drill more holes at the bottom drawer. For the moment, I just took the bottom drawer out and the water is just dripping down directly unto the pond's surface.

Whether the cabinet will be enough? I guess filtration will be like tank space, it's never enough. But the plan is I will add another filtration cabinet or cannister, there needs to be at least two considering my volume and planned stocking. Each filtration driven by a Rio 20HF which moves around 1,000G of water an hour when raised 4ft, so with two, I'm pretty much moving the entire volume every 30 mins.
 

blakeness

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thanks for the info. may i suggest if you make the holes larger to 1.1/2 or 2inch. ive been looking for a great diy filter and i like ur design and am planning to use your design to my aquarium. if you dont mind. hehe....
 
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