SOO glad this board was added!
So I am setting up my spawning tanks. I have planned for three. see my plan below
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Not including water in the filters - 'A' is a 2000 gallon tank where my parents will live year round. I figure about 6 or 8 max. 'B' tank is a 600 gallon spawning tank and 'C' is a 1000 gallon holding tank for the fry. I also have my current pond that is a 1000 gallons as well. I plan to have three females and 3 to 5 males. Probably two butterfly, two ogon and two or three kohaku.
The 'A' tank will have a 4 barrel filtration system. The first barrel is an empty SC receiving water from a gravity bottom drain, the second is filled with mechanical filtration media and receives water via gravity from the first barrel. An external pump (apx 4000 gph) will pull from the second barrel and send water up to 2 elevated barrel that will be trickle towers filled with bio media. One barrel will flow directly into the pond and the second will feed two TPRs. I will post drawings once I have them.
the other two tanks will each have a two barrel filtration set up, a SC barrel that has mechanical media at the top. flowing into a second filled with bio media and back to the pond.
so you think this is enough water to handle the spawn of three females? Or should I stick with just two females? I can easily add more barrels for additional filtration if the water quality becomes an issue, but I don't have the space for more water.