Tsn and Rtc

MonkeeFish · Post by **MonkeeFish** » 31 Jan 2004, 06:39

I am juss wondering about the TigerShovelNose Cat and the Redtail catfish. It is really required to have good water current in the pond let say 8x4x3 also that is in feets and what kind of filteration would be good, Im thinking of a DIY drum filter that would sit above the pond and submersible pump would pump water into the drum and in the drum would be sponges. So what could be used to make a good water current without the TSN or the RTC swallowing or eating the equipment ????

I have read all the posts in this section containing RTC and TSN so I am well awared of the size these guys can get and the stuff they can do so please no need to comment me on this. But please comment me on my idea and my opinion about housing these guys.

Thanks for your time

Post by **Silurus** » 31 Jan 2004, 12:39

Please put a proper location in your profile. If you do, maybe help would be a little more forthcoming.

MonkeeFish · Post by **MonkeeFish** » 31 Jan 2004, 17:13

Okay thanks Silurus

magnum4 · Post by **magnum4** » 31 Jan 2004, 19:48

Bigger pond if you can make one 18x6x3 would be what i would aim for. I would recommend you get two different types of pond pump. One for filters and two for creating currents. The filter pump should be able to handle solids of about 8mm+ and should be able to turn the volume of the pond over every hour. current pumps are pressure pumps able to shift large volumes of water but cannot deal with solids aim for two of these able to turn the volume of the pond over 4-8 times each per hour. Put the two pressure pumps one end of the pond one set 6" below water level and one set 6" off the bottom. The filer pump i would place at the the opposite end of the pond so the solid waste will be removed more efficiently. the return pipes from the filer should make a splash back in to put more oxygen back into the water. OASE make the best equiptment with the longest guarantees.

If you want explain what type of DIY filter system you have in mind how many drums are you setting up what size are they. we could help in that area as well.

is this the first time keeping large catfish? I think you have underestimated how much waste these fish produce.

MonkeeFish · Post by **MonkeeFish** » 31 Jan 2004, 20:22

magnum::: how many drums do you think i should use and what type of material should be added into the drums beside the sponges.

magnum i guess i did underestimated these fishes and the amount of waste they produced.
Also when you said this "Put the two pressure pumps one end of the pond one set 6" below water level and one set 6" off the bottom" do you mean that both the pressured pump should be placed at one end???

thanks for your time

coelacanth · Post by **coelacanth** » 03 Feb 2004, 12:55

magnum4 wrote:I would recommend you get two different types of pond pump. One for filters and two for creating currents.

This is pretty close to what I'd suggest, although I'd have some coarse mechanical filtration as part of the circulation system. This would be cleaned very frequently (the best way would be to have a particle interception screen or similar) and is purely there to remove solid waste. Even a settelment chamber would help. This would then allow the nitrifying filter to function as efficiently as possible. Having a decent amount of circulation will create some environmental enrichment by having something for the fish to swim against rather than just sitting on the bottom (although there should be a low current refuge area for those times when everything just seems like too much bother..).

MonkeeFish · Post by **MonkeeFish** » 03 Feb 2004, 23:58

Hmm would cleaning once a week be enough or more is needed???