my 75 gal is going into action!
#1 Guest_hmt321_*
Posted 29 December 2006 - 08:07 PM
my question pertains to bio-load
I want to put a warmouth and a bullhead in the 75 gal, tank dims are 18 x 48 cant remember the hight right now but i think 22"
the tank will be non planted (i will float some duck weed, and other stuff on the top, but this will be lower light tank)
I will use a eheim 2028 canister for filtration
i will do 1/3 water change per week
with in 3 years the warmouth and bullhead (probably a snail) will be 9-11" and i do not want to be in a situation where i have to do 50% water changes every other day to keep my nitrates lower than 20%
I am assuming that a warmouth would have the same bioload as a oscar, but i am unsure about a bullhead
what do you think
#2 Guest_chad55_*
Posted 29 December 2006 - 11:07 PM
Chad
#3 Guest_Gambusia_*
Posted 08 January 2007 - 01:04 PM
They're in great shape
#4 Guest_nativecajun_*
Posted 08 January 2007 - 02:16 PM
#5 Guest_hmt321_*
Posted 08 January 2007 - 03:34 PM
side view
if i add another fish to the mix it will probably be a shadow bass (if i can get one) the trick is to get all three approximately the same size (so someone does not become lunch).
I have in the past gotten fish and put them in a "grow out" tank and told myself " ill get a 100 gal in 2 years and move them out" and it never happened. I wana plan for the long haul. I would hate to be in a situation where i have to do multiple water changes a week to get my nitrates lower than 20% or so. Log on to
http://i27.photobuck...newtankfin2.jpg that forum is full of stories about maxed out bio-loads.
I was on the cusp of adding the shadow bass to the mix and i think i will do it.
thanks for the input
#6 Guest_nativecajun_*
Posted 09 January 2007 - 07:09 AM
the lower tank (the 40 gal) is high light heavily planted here is a pict of what it will look like
side view
if i add another fish to the mix it will probably be a shadow bass (if i can get one) the trick is to get all three approximately the same size (so someone does not become lunch).
I have in the past gotten fish and put them in a "grow out" tank and told myself " ill get a 100 gal in 2 years and move them out" and it never happened. I wana plan for the long haul. I would hate to be in a situation where i have to do multiple water changes a week to get my nitrates lower than 20% or so. Log on to
http://i27.photobuck...newtankfin2.jpg that forum is full of stories about maxed out bio-loads.
I was on the cusp of adding the shadow bass to the mix and i think i will do it.
thanks for the input
OK MHO about maxed out bio loads. The general writing/articles/books in my opinion are a little on the conservative side. I have been keeping fish for well lets say a long time. I am about to hit the half decade point in life and have been keeping fish since I was in the single digits of my age. Like I said I think you will have no problem with more than three fish in a forty or better yet your seventy. And with a 25% water change every two weeks or even at every month I think is over kill on the amount of fish you will have in there. Then again I am not a plant keeper so if the nitrates are a problem for the plants I have no knowledge in that area. But my gut instinct on over forty years of keeping fish I think the guied lines set out in books are way on the conservative side to almost being silly. Again that is my opinion.
And by the way do you have a patent on this stand Idea of yours. I am a X carpenter/trim carpenter and a woodworker among the many other hobbies I enjoy. I am currently a Liscensed Electrical Contractor here in the Chattanooga area. I really like the idea you have there. My daughter has mentioned to me that I should make a stand that holds two aquariums in the past and like I said I really like your plan there. So do you mind if I borrow it for lets say ten to thirty years or so.
#7 Guest_hmt321_*
Posted 09 January 2007 - 07:47 AM
i have a framing plan if you are interested
#8 Guest_nativecajun_*
Posted 09 January 2007 - 11:37 AM
knock yourself out
i have a framing plan if you are interested
No problem. Never did like plans. I look at things then I decide how I like to build them. I am a ultra perfectionest sometimes to my detriment. So I appreciate the offer but I just coppied and pasted your post on the plan and that is all I need. Besides my tanks will more than likely be different dimensions. AGAIN THANKS I APPRECIATE THE OFFER VERY MUCH.
#9 Guest_nativecajun_*
Posted 09 January 2007 - 11:54 AM
#10 Guest_smbass_*
Posted 09 January 2007 - 12:03 PM
#11 Guest_nativecajun_*
Posted 09 January 2007 - 12:09 PM
I really appreciate the offer on the plan, and by the look of your computer generated illustration it is evident you are very proffesional at what you do. But I am a little old school so I just look at something and decide how "I want to build it". You know like when an old codger is set in his ways and wants to do things his way. [u]
#12 Guest_hmt321_*
Posted 09 January 2007 - 01:51 PM
one slight sugestion on your plan... You may want the bottom tank off the floor a little more cleaning tanks can be difficult if they are close to the ground because the siphoning of gravel doesn't work too well. I have run into this problem myself with stands i have built so just passing on my experience.
are you using a python? I will have 2 test it
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HATE THIS SOFTWARE??? I add a reply then I decide I want to edit it and it does not show up. Or does not show the parts I add/take off but when I log in again it does. And WTH is guided mode, full edit, quick edit. Is'nt an edit an edit come on. I mean how complicated do they have to make this thing. Or maybe its me. I mean I did grow up with slide rule and no airconditioning In southern Louisiana. LOL Sometimes I add a reply or quote and it does not show up. Am I on too many drugs or is this software crazy. And don't be to honest with me about the drug part LOL. And what is the difference between quote and reply on the bottom of this box. I mean do they not do the same thing.
I really appreciate the offer on the plan, and by the look of your computer generated illustration it is evident you are very proffesional at what you do. But I am a little old school so I just look at something and decide how "I want to build it". You know like when an old codger is set in his ways and wants to do things his way. [u]
pull the choke out on your computer a just a little, that should fix the software
lol, i know what you mean.
I basicly use the computer to get framing lengths and such down, i always end up revising my stands on the spot.
#13 Guest_nativecajun_*
Posted 09 January 2007 - 05:16 PM
#14 Guest_nativecajun_*
Posted 13 January 2007 - 03:29 AM
Daniel
#15 Guest_nativecajun_*
Posted 21 January 2007 - 06:17 AM
I have had this 75 gal for a while now and I am going to build a stand where my 40 gal goes under it.
my question pertains to bio-load
I want to put a warmouth and a bullhead in the 75 gal, tank dims are 18 x 48 cant remember the hight right now but i think 22"
the tank will be non planted (i will float some duck weed, and other stuff on the top, but this will be lower light tank)
I will use a eheim 2028 canister for filtration
i will do 1/3 water change per week
with in 3 years the warmouth and bullhead (probably a snail) will be 9-11" and i do not want to be in a situation where i have to do 50% water changes every other day to keep my nitrates lower than 20%
I am assuming that a warmouth would have the same bioload as a oscar, but i am unsure about a bullhead
what do you think
I have kept both warmouth and Oscar. An Oscar is extreemly messy eater/pooper while the warmouth is not. I would think the bioload for the warmouth would be lower. Also the Oscar is going to be digging/fanning the gravel all the time so he will be stirring up trouble so to speak. Yes an Oscar is definatly messier than a warmouth. And to choose a warmouth over an oscar for me would be hard. They are both so awesome. But if you want a true native that is totally awesome choose the warmouth. Words cannot explain how much I like warmouths. Beautiful wattery camelions.
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