buddyboy
Fri Apr 16, 2010, 08:49 AM
Now where do i start, Ok my missus has had Discus for a few years and out of 6 fish we ended up with a breeding pair,
So it was a decision that we made to try and rasie the fry and see how far we could go with it, so we organised another tank, cycled the tank and set the pH to 6.4 and sofened the water to suit.
Then we moved all but the pair into the new tank and to date the pair have layed eggs nearly every 3 days and have had wrigglers maybe 6 times now. The must decide they are hungry and dont know what they are yet(common problem with new parrents) or there is to much traffic around the tank, so they eat them.
They are getting better thou as they are lasting longer and longer each time.
Then with some reserch ok maybe ALOT of research we started to plan a breeding setup that we could setup and have 4 pairs, then with some more research and the cost of expanding it if it all took off it grew, and grew, and grew.
The missus was happy with the 4 tanks, and the time it would take to maintain it because we both work full time, Me 55+ hrs a week working at yatla and she works in Brisbane so the commute adds up aswell,
The next thing you know out came the tape measure and a few things got moved around in the garage, pen met paper and the plans came together, it finnaly stopped when i ran out of room for grow out tanks, now to date the size of the setup had grown to 16 tanks and 1 sump.
The next thing to think about was the size of the tanks, more research and came to the decision of tanks of 600x460x460 and the sump was to be 1800x900x600, then i had a brain fade and had a chat to a certain BIG tank builder and was advised to make the sump as big as possible, so now its 2100x1500x600.
All the breeding tanks will be plumbed with overflows run from a manifold with each tank having its own ball valve and loc line for water control, the overflow will be plumbed with a 100mm drain on both levels feeding the sump through filter socks that will be interchangeable.
The final decision hasnt been made on the return pumps as yet but there will 2, 1 run as the main and one as a back is the plan, if this dosnt keep up with the damand then they might be run as one either series or parallel, possibly 2x 18000 lph or there abouts.
Now the lighting hasnt been thought about to much at the moment bit it will be minimal.
As for filtration, it will be filter socks, Seachem Matrix, Glass noodles, peat, Ozone and air dryer and maybe a UV sterilizer for now.
Water changes are made with RO filtered water via a 500 lt water tub plumbed with a 20mm bulkhead and ball valve with a plastic chem loc fitting for easy water changes.
Heating may be 4 or more 300w heaters all set at different tempretures or a heating element run from the computer system it will also have.
Cooling for now will be 2x DIY cooling units using the evepritive method, but we will be looking at a chiller unit or 2.
Also we are looking at getting a Aqua Medic AT Control unit to run it all and so we can log all of the important data for the breeding cycle.
The stand has been made and was built out of 50x50x3 RHS steel and i recon you could service your car on it This thing has been built to last and was painted with rust guard, 10 legs hold if off the ground and are all ajustable.
Nearly forgot the power board was adjusted slightly with 2 new 20a curcits put in and 8 power points put on each curcuit. (Installed by an Electrition of course)
Now no doubt i have forgot a thing or two but thats where you guys come into play so for now ill put some photos up so you can see the progress.
Cheers
Phill & Tess
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So it was a decision that we made to try and rasie the fry and see how far we could go with it, so we organised another tank, cycled the tank and set the pH to 6.4 and sofened the water to suit.
Then we moved all but the pair into the new tank and to date the pair have layed eggs nearly every 3 days and have had wrigglers maybe 6 times now. The must decide they are hungry and dont know what they are yet(common problem with new parrents) or there is to much traffic around the tank, so they eat them.
They are getting better thou as they are lasting longer and longer each time.
Then with some reserch ok maybe ALOT of research we started to plan a breeding setup that we could setup and have 4 pairs, then with some more research and the cost of expanding it if it all took off it grew, and grew, and grew.
The missus was happy with the 4 tanks, and the time it would take to maintain it because we both work full time, Me 55+ hrs a week working at yatla and she works in Brisbane so the commute adds up aswell,
The next thing you know out came the tape measure and a few things got moved around in the garage, pen met paper and the plans came together, it finnaly stopped when i ran out of room for grow out tanks, now to date the size of the setup had grown to 16 tanks and 1 sump.
The next thing to think about was the size of the tanks, more research and came to the decision of tanks of 600x460x460 and the sump was to be 1800x900x600, then i had a brain fade and had a chat to a certain BIG tank builder and was advised to make the sump as big as possible, so now its 2100x1500x600.
All the breeding tanks will be plumbed with overflows run from a manifold with each tank having its own ball valve and loc line for water control, the overflow will be plumbed with a 100mm drain on both levels feeding the sump through filter socks that will be interchangeable.
The final decision hasnt been made on the return pumps as yet but there will 2, 1 run as the main and one as a back is the plan, if this dosnt keep up with the damand then they might be run as one either series or parallel, possibly 2x 18000 lph or there abouts.
Now the lighting hasnt been thought about to much at the moment bit it will be minimal.
As for filtration, it will be filter socks, Seachem Matrix, Glass noodles, peat, Ozone and air dryer and maybe a UV sterilizer for now.
Water changes are made with RO filtered water via a 500 lt water tub plumbed with a 20mm bulkhead and ball valve with a plastic chem loc fitting for easy water changes.
Heating may be 4 or more 300w heaters all set at different tempretures or a heating element run from the computer system it will also have.
Cooling for now will be 2x DIY cooling units using the evepritive method, but we will be looking at a chiller unit or 2.
Also we are looking at getting a Aqua Medic AT Control unit to run it all and so we can log all of the important data for the breeding cycle.
The stand has been made and was built out of 50x50x3 RHS steel and i recon you could service your car on it This thing has been built to last and was painted with rust guard, 10 legs hold if off the ground and are all ajustable.
Nearly forgot the power board was adjusted slightly with 2 new 20a curcits put in and 8 power points put on each curcuit. (Installed by an Electrition of course)
Now no doubt i have forgot a thing or two but thats where you guys come into play so for now ill put some photos up so you can see the progress.
Cheers
Phill & Tess
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z78/bonkaz01/New%20Project/Picture064800x600.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z78/bonkaz01/New%20Project/Picture066800x600.jpg
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