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| Author: | swittmann [ Dec 9th, '12, 17:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Barra in Sump |
Do you think 1 or 2 barra would be ok to pop into a Sump Tank? What sort of depth would they need to have as a minimum? Would they be ok with the rise and fall of water levels? |
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| Author: | arbe [ Dec 9th, '12, 17:20 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Barra in Sump |
Not sure if this applies but I put yabbies in one of my sumps. I run a siphon/flood and drain system. When ever the bed drained it stirred the water up so much it was pushing them all over the place - poor little buggers. How deep is your sump and how much fluctuation does it have? |
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| Author: | swittmann [ Dec 9th, '12, 17:28 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Barra in Sump |
It's 400L If all 3 beds fill at the same time it can have about 150L left in it. |
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| Author: | arbe [ Dec 9th, '12, 18:13 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Barra in Sump |
With all three beds full at the same time what is the depth of the water in the sump? |
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| Author: | ccBear [ Dec 9th, '12, 18:15 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Barra in Sump |
What state are you in, do you have the correct temperature range for barra |
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| Author: | swittmann [ Dec 9th, '12, 18:47 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Barra in Sump |
I'm in South Australia, I've read of people doing Barra in Summer and Trout in winter here. I'll force all 3 beds to fill at the same time and take a measure. But on a guess I would say about 12-15cm. It's basically a chop 2 so there is a constant flow coming into the ST from the FT also. |
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| Author: | RupertofOZ [ Dec 9th, '12, 18:52 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Barra in Sump |
Barra like clean water... I wouldn't be push the shit from the fish tank.... into the sump tank.. and then pumping some of it back to the fish tank... And a small volume of water... in the sump tank... is going to warm, and cool... quickly... stressing the Barra... |
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| Author: | RupertofOZ [ Dec 9th, '12, 18:53 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Barra in Sump |
P.S.... if you were going to do Barra... you should have had them in end of OCtober @ 100mm+... Too late to try them now IMO.... unless you get a hot summer (I think we will)... and are prepared to heat them end of April... |
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| Author: | swittmann [ Dec 9th, '12, 19:23 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Barra in Sump |
RupertofOZ wrote: Barra like clean water... I wouldn't be push the shit from the fish tank.... into the sump tank.. and then pumping some of it back to the fish tank... And a small volume of water... in the sump tank... is going to warm, and cool... quickly... stressing the Barra... I run a filter between the FT and ST. It is very rare that all 3 beds line up and end up filling to the maximum level at the same time but because it is possible I figured that I would quote the extreme. |
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| Author: | swittmann [ Dec 9th, '12, 19:26 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Barra in Sump |
RupertofOZ wrote: P.S.... if you were going to do Barra... you should have had them in end of OCtober @ 100mm+... Too late to try them now IMO.... unless you get a hot summer (I think we will)... and are prepared to heat them end of April... It get's extremely hot here in summer. We can get weeks that are 40+ although I don't intend to heat the water so it looks like I will skip them this time around. |
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