kadoxu
Member
Hi,
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Last year I started keeping Fancy Goldfish. I have 11 of these (wildly overstocked, I know) in a Juwel Rio 240, bare bottom setup, plastic ornamental plants just to give some texture to it, floating plants to keep the water a bit nicer for them, some huge ramshorn snails to help keeping it clean for a bit longer, and a EHEIM Pro 4+ 600 to keep up with the huge amounts of waste these poop factories produce, and an air curtain that helps to keep the bottom clean by creating a bit of circular flow that slowly pushes fish poop to the filter intake.
This tank has been running for 9 months now, nothing wrong with it, fish are happy and healthy, just a bit of poop build up near the filter intake, but I know how to fix that one.
Now, I also made myself a member of the Goldfish Society of Great Britain, and they are going to do a "Pearlscale Challenge" were they give a couple of fish to interested members, so they can grow them up and take them to a couple shows during the next year or so. I'm picking up 2 of these on Sunday, so I set up a nice "container" (can't really call tank to a £5 plastic tub) with a couple sponge filters, floating plants, etc...
The issue: Debris build up on the bottom of the tank.
So I'm trying to come up with something to help me fix it. I've search loads, but aren't really 100% happy with any of the options I found.
Option 1 - I kinda like this, but building an internal overflow for a plastic tub seems too much trouble... I do have some ideas on how to achieve this though.
Option 2 - Also like the idea of this connected to a spray bar that pushes debris into it, but couldn't really find cheap polyester tube. Probably something similar with PVC pipes?
Any ideas?
A couple more details about the "container", it's a 50L clear plastic container, I really don't want to make holes in it, and will be at ground level. I'll provide some pics later, if I can.
(If you don't want a background story, skip 3 paragraphs...
)Last year I started keeping Fancy Goldfish. I have 11 of these (wildly overstocked, I know) in a Juwel Rio 240, bare bottom setup, plastic ornamental plants just to give some texture to it, floating plants to keep the water a bit nicer for them, some huge ramshorn snails to help keeping it clean for a bit longer, and a EHEIM Pro 4+ 600 to keep up with the huge amounts of waste these poop factories produce, and an air curtain that helps to keep the bottom clean by creating a bit of circular flow that slowly pushes fish poop to the filter intake.
This tank has been running for 9 months now, nothing wrong with it, fish are happy and healthy, just a bit of poop build up near the filter intake, but I know how to fix that one.
Now, I also made myself a member of the Goldfish Society of Great Britain, and they are going to do a "Pearlscale Challenge" were they give a couple of fish to interested members, so they can grow them up and take them to a couple shows during the next year or so. I'm picking up 2 of these on Sunday, so I set up a nice "container" (can't really call tank to a £5 plastic tub) with a couple sponge filters, floating plants, etc...
The issue: Debris build up on the bottom of the tank.
So I'm trying to come up with something to help me fix it. I've search loads, but aren't really 100% happy with any of the options I found.
Option 1 - I kinda like this, but building an internal overflow for a plastic tub seems too much trouble... I do have some ideas on how to achieve this though.
Option 2 - Also like the idea of this connected to a spray bar that pushes debris into it, but couldn't really find cheap polyester tube. Probably something similar with PVC pipes?
Any ideas?
A couple more details about the "container", it's a 50L clear plastic container, I really don't want to make holes in it, and will be at ground level. I'll provide some pics later, if I can.
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