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| Author: | Fallingbrook [ Nov 11th, '17, 06:40 ] | ||
| Post subject: | New trout tank | ||
 Hey folks.Greetings from the Ottawa Valley, Canada. Very excited today. Got my trout tank installed. Just in time for winter. Had -12 temp last night. So my system includes a 7' steel tank with a liner. I have a 1" line running from my 1 acre pond delivering a continuous flow of 12 degree water. I've set up as a test for this winter with no fish. I'll stock it next spring with fingerlings. Not sure how many.
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| Author: | scotty435 [ Nov 11th, '17, 13:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New trout tank |
Welcome to the forum Fallingbrook. Great project, I'll be interested to hear how it comes out. I don't know if you have electricity available but you might want to consider running a heating cable along the line in case it completely freezes. I'm not sure you'll have that problem with continuous flow but I've encountered it with intermittent pumping through a water sampling line during cold weather (even using the foam insulation - especially where two pieces join). |
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| Author: | boss [ Nov 11th, '17, 20:57 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New trout tank |
Welcome to the group. Looks like a hardy system you built. Is the inside steel with the liner? If so what makes it look like two tone plastic on the outside? Is that insulated cladding? |
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| Author: | Fallingbrook [ Nov 11th, '17, 21:36 ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: New trout tank | ||
So my background is fisheries. I studies fisheries at University of Toronto and worked in the field for a while. As a kid I had a room filled with aquariums. I ended up leaving the field for a better paying job in teaching. That is by way of explaining why the trout tank. I bought my property for the water. I live on 80 acres just outside Renfrew, Ontario and about an hour from Ottawa. It has a great stream and a spring fed ravine which I dammed to create this pond. Always I had the dream of raising fish....in this case trout. So the tank is part of a steel silo I cut off from. There is a custom vinyl liner. The blue is Tremclad paint. I like it to look pretty  . I run water from the pond by gravity. There is no electricity. Once I get fish in it...next spring I hope to have a solar bulk fish feeder installed. Until then I am running the tank through the winter to test for cold endurance. I'm still not sure how the system will handle -30 temperature.
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