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| Author: | mantis [ Mar 30th, '11, 17:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Jade perch overwintering project |
Been planning this for a while and the tank arrived today. I braced up the table in the shed and here tis Attachment: 001 (Small).JPG [ 55.47 KiB | Viewed 5399 times ] Filled and canister filter running Attachment: 003 (Small).JPG [ 37.17 KiB | Viewed 5399 times ] 25 Jades ordered from livefish 
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| Author: | freoboy [ Mar 30th, '11, 17:03 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jade perch overwintering project |
you and jamey been collaborating  how big is the tank??? |
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| Author: | mantis [ Mar 30th, '11, 17:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jade perch overwintering project |
Its a 200L 1.2M long 500mm high and 350 deep. Canister filter should turn that volume over 4 times and hour, and have seeded the filter with some clay balls from the ap. Will throw a few goldfish in it tommorow. |
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| Author: | freoboy [ Mar 30th, '11, 17:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jade perch overwintering project |
nice, it looked alot smaller in the pics   I seeded my AQ filters with clay balls, they work a treat 
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| Author: | Jamey [ Mar 30th, '11, 17:25 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jade perch overwintering project |
freoboy wrote: you and jamey been collaborating how big is the tank??? We collaborate on a daily basis im organising an IBC in the garage.... just gotta wait for the missus to go away for the weekend to put it all in...... once its there it cant move Nice tank Richo, should do the job nicely )
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| Author: | mantis [ Mar 31st, '11, 17:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jade perch overwintering project |
Got 6 goldfish to start cycling the tank and went back to check on them when getting a beer and two have gone completely missing. I suspect a furry feline theif.  So first addition this weekend will be a good lid 
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| Author: | Jamey [ Mar 31st, '11, 17:15 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jade perch overwintering project |
mantis wrote: Got 6 goldfish to start cycling the tank and went back to check on them when getting a beer and two have gone completely missing. I suspect a furry feline theif. So first addition this weekend will be a good lid then add a rotti to the shed
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| Author: | Food&Fish [ Apr 4th, '11, 14:51 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jade perch overwintering project |
Jade tank at 15 and they are still feeding |
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| Author: | mantis [ Apr 4th, '11, 18:17 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jade perch overwintering project |
Sorry I missed your post, I should subscribe to my own posts eh What size are they now FF |
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| Author: | Food&Fish [ Apr 4th, '11, 18:29 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jade perch overwintering project |
mantis wrote: Sorry I missed your post, I should subscribe to my own posts eh What size are they now FF Biggest 7 to 8 in long |
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| Author: | mantis [ Apr 4th, '11, 18:58 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jade perch overwintering project |
Gonna have to harvest mine in the next couple of weeks. They look a good size in the tank but we all know what that means eh Hoping that getting this time of year and overwintering them in the shed, will give me a head start when they go into the AP in after the trout harvest Well its my plan  oh yeah, and this plan doesnt involve HSM's 
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| Author: | mantis [ Apr 4th, '11, 19:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jade perch overwintering project |
9 goldfish going well , but one died a couple of days ago. Got some sheet polystyrene and painted it black and stuck it to the back and sides of the tank. The fish calmed down quickly as there reflections disappeared from the glass Got some K1 media on order for an ABF for this tank and another for the small greenhouse AP system |
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| Author: | freoboy [ Apr 4th, '11, 22:11 ] |
| Post subject: | Jade perch overwintering project |
mantis wrote: 9 goldfish going well , but one died a couple of days ago. Got some sheet polystyrene and painted it black and stuck it to the back and sides of the tank. The fish calmed down quickly as there reflections disappeared from the glass Got some K1 media on order for an ABF for this tank and another for the small greenhouse AP system Cool will that be the only filter?? Or still use the other one too?? |
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| Author: | mantis [ Apr 5th, '11, 07:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jade perch overwintering project |
No, I have a canister filter running on it now and it will stay as the mechanical/bio filter. The ABF will just help with the bio, I hope |
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| Author: | Jamey [ Apr 5th, '11, 09:03 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jade perch overwintering project |
I need to getmyself another Air Pump for a couple of ABF's in the trout tank i reckon..... What size PVC u using ?? u can get Air Disc's i was thinking bout using some 120mm pipe with a 90mm air disk in the bottom then just using some cutup Polypipe as medium.... same idea as whats in the byap magazine Ed 6 |
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