Mespe's 50 Gallon Aquarium setup in Progress

[mespe]

Here's a GIf of the bottle filling up

[attachment=0:3s2z50xg]bottles.GIF[/attachment:3s2z50xg]

Don't know why the color is skewed in all but the first frame, I give up,,,

On a side note, the pulleys (not pictured yet) that change from vertical to horizontal going to the bottles moved on me and the sequencing stopped, as the bobbins were catching on the 1/4 inbetween the GBs.

I put one worm in the RGB (Right Grow Bed) it's the GB that will accumulate most solids, if not all.

[urbanfarmer]

Think I found my sump tank

http://www.toysrus.com/product/prodpop. ... totCount=0

I figure if I pad the pool, and don't have little kids play in it, it should last a good long while, or atleast until a suitable replacement is found, something shallow,,,

500 gallons for $25 free shipping: http://www.amazon.com/Intex-Sun-Fish-Sn ... 00005O6TY/

[mespe]

Think I found my sump tank

http://www.toysrus.com/product/prodpop. ... totCount=0

I figure if I pad the pool, and don't have little kids play in it, it should last a good long while, or atleast until a suitable replacement is found, something shallow,,,

500 gallons for $25 free shipping: http://www.amazon.com/Intex-Sun-Fish-Sn ... 00005O6TY/

Don't waste your time or money, the vinyl pool won't work. It leaked. Kmart has a solid plastic pool for about $12 about the same size.

[urbanfarmer]

Think I found my sump tank

http://www.toysrus.com/product/prodpop. ... totCount=0

I figure if I pad the pool, and don't have little kids play in it, it should last a good long while, or atleast until a suitable replacement is found, something shallow,,,

500 gallons for $25 free shipping: http://www.amazon.com/Intex-Sun-Fish-Sn ... 00005O6TY/

Don't waste your time or money, the vinyl pool won't work. It leaked. Kmart has a solid plastic pool for about $12 about the same size.

HEEEEEY THANKS!!! I WILL CHECK THAT OUT.

Mine hasn't leaked yet, but believe me, it has been on my mind! I am worried it will just pop. I can see the undergrowth in the liner, and it's not all that thick... The only good thing I can say is I checked with the company, and they assured me it is untreated vinyl that is safe for potable water. I don't have documentation on that, just the word of the customer support rep on the other line. He was American... but hey that could be good or bad I guess!!! LOL

[urbanfarmer]

I couldn't find it on Kmart's website. I can only find: http://www.acehardwaresuperstore.com/al ... 30454.html

$159.99 for 12x of them, but they only hold 240 gallons. About $14 a piece...

I can check my local store at a later date, but any ideas?

[mespe]

I couldn't find it on Kmart's website. I can only find: http://www.acehardwaresuperstore.com/al ... 30454.html

$159.99 for 12x of them, but they only hold 240 gallons. About $14 a piece...

I can check my local store at a later date, but any ideas?

I know, I looked for it online, but it wasn't there, it's a seasonal thing, when I first started Kmart didn't have them in yet. They are in now, they have a bigger plastic pool too, but it wouldn't fit under 2 GBs.


IMPORTANT LESSON: Make sure that you ALLWAYS have enough ready to go water, incase you develope a leak. When I cleaned the solids out today, water started overflowing in the lettuce trough, to the point where the pump was running dry because the sump emptied. I had too, gulp add chlorinated water to the sump, because there was not enough water in the blue rain barrel that I have. I turned the pump off and plugged in the aerator, hoping that some of the cholorine will off-gas before I kill all the bacteria that I've worked so hard to establish.

[urbanfarmer]

You should have put water in the rain barrel and put a bubbler in there. After a few hours it should reduce the chlorine quite a bit. If you only have chlorine in your water, you can make an emergency fill filter type thing out of carbon and PVC (thicker and longer is better, as you already know). I used to keep one handy for such events. But...

I found my water doesn't hurt my bacteria or system (at least I can't notice anything). I have emptied and refilled the whole thing with no side effects. I can add a bunch of ammonia/urea right after and it cycles under the load no problem. I have goldfish in the system I am talking about, and they are TOUGH. They have been selected to survive the TOUGH conditions of my negligence. By selected, I mean they were TOUGH enough to handle the extreme ammonia, temperature, nitrite, and chlorine spikes. They have also made babies; so, if anyone wants some TOUGH fingerlings let me know! LOL (I'm not really selling them, they are too hard to catch). Did I mention my fish are TOUGH?!?

Tilapia sized goldfish...

[keith_r]

i did a 50% water change last summer with tap water, and 1 "bigger" top off after a leak (maybe 75%!),, bluegill and perch were fine
after that i did keep a couple 5 gallon buckets with bubblers going

[samtheman]

I have been using this inline garden hose filter that I bought at Camping World to remove the chlorine :

http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/it ... ilter/7225

I have used it on my pond and my fish tanks for a while now with no issues.

[urbanfarmer]

I have been using this inline garden hose filter that I bought at Camping World to remove the chlorine :

http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/it ... ilter/7225

I have used it on my pond and my fish tanks for a while now with no issues.

EXCELLENT FIND! This will definitely come in handy!