Tank Build
So I'm quite new on here and value any input as I build.
I have been running out of makeshift tanks and sump system in the back room of my wife's business while my house was being built. I'm setting up some small scale aquaculture in Vietnam and I must say getting equiptment can be difficult but getting better but supplys especially for feeds is a nightmare. I currently have to culture all my own feeds and having my phyto culture crash has put a damper on that. So focus is on building a solid tank setup get the fish laying then get back to the feeds.
I am currently running 8 smallish tanks some with dividers to keep pairs seperate. I have harliquin shrimp which I have been working on raising already with quite good results, I have 5 pair of Banggai, 2 pair of occi clowns, one pair of Picasso and a pair of black snowflakes so as you can imagine it's
Getting a little crowded.
My new tanks and stands finally arrived over the weekend after being in order since November. The tanks had to be built in room and will be transferred to the stand later this week so piping can be done.
I have 4 blocks of marine pure seeding in my current tank array for 3 months now to reduce cycle time and another 2 blocks that will be added as excess to help handle the feed load.
I will be running a algae scrubber along with a large refugium which I have cheato and calurpa.
The tanks
The top 2 tanks are 2m X 50 X 40 and are divided into 10 smaller tanks each giving me a total of 20 brood stock tanks. They all
Have individual drains set at 30cm high and the dividers are 35cm allowing emergency overflow into each other in case of a drain blockage.
The sump is 2m X 50 X 50 and the refuge section is 55cm long
Total water volume should be roughly 900L
Cooling will be changed when funds permit to a titanium coil inverter ac unit but will be run with my hailea 1000bh
The current tanks will be re commissioned and used as fry tanks.
I will added a few pics of the start of the tank build from the weekend when I get back to my computer
I have been running out of makeshift tanks and sump system in the back room of my wife's business while my house was being built. I'm setting up some small scale aquaculture in Vietnam and I must say getting equiptment can be difficult but getting better but supplys especially for feeds is a nightmare. I currently have to culture all my own feeds and having my phyto culture crash has put a damper on that. So focus is on building a solid tank setup get the fish laying then get back to the feeds.
I am currently running 8 smallish tanks some with dividers to keep pairs seperate. I have harliquin shrimp which I have been working on raising already with quite good results, I have 5 pair of Banggai, 2 pair of occi clowns, one pair of Picasso and a pair of black snowflakes so as you can imagine it's
Getting a little crowded.
My new tanks and stands finally arrived over the weekend after being in order since November. The tanks had to be built in room and will be transferred to the stand later this week so piping can be done.
I have 4 blocks of marine pure seeding in my current tank array for 3 months now to reduce cycle time and another 2 blocks that will be added as excess to help handle the feed load.
I will be running a algae scrubber along with a large refugium which I have cheato and calurpa.
The tanks
The top 2 tanks are 2m X 50 X 40 and are divided into 10 smaller tanks each giving me a total of 20 brood stock tanks. They all
Have individual drains set at 30cm high and the dividers are 35cm allowing emergency overflow into each other in case of a drain blockage.
The sump is 2m X 50 X 50 and the refuge section is 55cm long
Total water volume should be roughly 900L
Cooling will be changed when funds permit to a titanium coil inverter ac unit but will be run with my hailea 1000bh
The current tanks will be re commissioned and used as fry tanks.
I will added a few pics of the start of the tank build from the weekend when I get back to my computer
