Best way to temporary hold livestock for a year? Ideas needed. - Page 2

IUfan · 06/23/2017, 10:25 AM

Yeah, would be about that, was hoping to find something like a plastic water trough or stock tank in those dimensions, found this: http://gototanks.com/dura-cast-produ...nk-501130.html but it's a bit too wide

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IUfan · 06/23/2017, 10:27 AM

Would like to use it as a sump in the future if I go to a bigger tank, so would get more than one use out of it.

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IUfan · 06/23/2017, 11:58 AM

Think I'm just going to go with that 240 gallon one

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IUfan · 06/23/2017, 12:22 PM

Haha I changed my mind again and bought the 180Gallon one -> http://www.tankandbarrel.com/mobile/...n-mp-2474.html

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Sk8r · 06/23/2017, 12:48 PM

If pondliner will hold up to salt and not pose a problem, you can build an enclosure out of railroad ties or other strong, stable sides, line it with pondliner, and run whatever you need. Koi folk are known to do this for trade show display or wintering-over of young fish in basements.

Maverick1 · 06/23/2017, 11:22 PM

Cinder blocks would work for the structure too

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IUfan · 07/21/2017, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by jmacias

Looking forward to your pics!

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Been a busy couple of weeks!

I :

1. Bought the stock tank below because the 300G Rubbermaid was too big.
2. Drove a giant *** truck with everything I own 1000miles across country, left the tank behind and just brought the temporary tank and some live rock.
3. Set the temporary tank up and flew back to Indy.
4. Caught all my fish and drove them in my car 1000 miles across country (took nearly all day to catch the fish, left Indy at 9:30PM and arrived in Denver at 11AM... and everyone survived.
5. The tank bowed quite a bit so had to drain 90% of the water out of it and make this brace to go around it.
6. Just added the skimmer and some temporary lights for now.

A week since all the fish moved and everyone looks to be doing well.

rock being moved.

looks savage after adding some sand first day set up.

my car loaded with 2- 25G containers full of fish (the battery air pumps were surprisingly amazing btw)

the bucket had a few LPS and my anemone.

Everyone survived!

Bracing on!

Skimmer and temporary light installed

Reggie the Regal saying hi.

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jmacias · 07/21/2017, 06:41 PM

Looking good!

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IUfan · 08/10/2017, 12:11 AM

Just an update, all working well, only issue I'm having is keeping my ATO working accurately. The water will drop .5" before it realizes and turns on the ATO pump. .5" with this surface area is a lot of water. So I can see how this can be an issue.

For now I've changed the code on my ATO to turn the pump on twice a day for 80 minutes. That's roughly 2 gallons a day with a 50mil/min dosing pump.

Then going to put the ATO sensor a bit higher up in the tank and use it as a failsafe to turn the ATO pump off water reaches that level.

Don't much like it, but best I can come up with. If anyone else has some input, then let me know.

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06/23/2017, 12:48 PM	#30
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	If pondliner will hold up to salt and not pose a problem, you can build an enclosure out of railroad ties or other strong, stable sides, line it with pondliner, and run whatever you need. Koi folk are known to do this for trade show display or wintering-over of young fish in basements. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

06/23/2017, 10:25 AM	#26
IUfan Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 841	Yeah, would be about that, was hoping to find something like a plastic water trough or stock tank in those dimensions, found this: http://gototanks.com/dura-cast-produ...nk-501130.html but it's a bit too wide Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

06/23/2017, 10:27 AM	#27
IUfan Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 841	Would like to use it as a sump in the future if I go to a bigger tank, so would get more than one use out of it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

06/23/2017, 11:58 AM	#28
IUfan Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 841	Think I'm just going to go with that 240 gallon one Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

06/23/2017, 12:22 PM	#29
IUfan Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 841	Haha I changed my mind again and bought the 180Gallon one -> http://www.tankandbarrel.com/mobile/...n-mp-2474.html Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

06/23/2017, 11:22 PM	#31
Maverick1 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 127	Cinder blocks would work for the structure too Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

07/21/2017, 06:41 PM	#33
jmacias Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Atwater, CA Posts: 19	Looking good! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

08/10/2017, 12:11 AM	#34
IUfan Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 841	Just an update, all working well, only issue I'm having is keeping my ATO working accurately. The water will drop .5" before it realizes and turns on the ATO pump. .5" with this surface area is a lot of water. So I can see how this can be an issue. For now I've changed the code on my ATO to turn the pump on twice a day for 80 minutes. That's roughly 2 gallons a day with a 50mil/min dosing pump. Then going to put the ATO sensor a bit higher up in the tank and use it as a failsafe to turn the ATO pump off water reaches that level. Don't much like it, but best I can come up with. If anyone else has some input, then let me know. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk