Sharpchick
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I'm in the process of building my bog filter for my 275 gallon stock tank to convert it into a goldfish pond. (Taking photos each step of the way, and will do a bog filter build thread in this forum when it's complete, which I expect to be on or before the first of May.)
And I go into the house and look at Gypsy and Blondie in their 29 gallon tank.
And look back at the photos I had of them when they were wee things, and the tank looked quite large.
They are growing so well. But they would have more space in the pond instead of the tank, so I've decided that instead of rescuing comets and shubunkins for the pond, I'm going to make the goldfish pond for ryukins.
I'm in USDA hardiness zone 7. My freeze free location on the map below is the area of Arkansas with the lighter shade of gray.
I've turned off the heater in their tank to let the temperature (if it will) start dropping. I'll use successive water changes over the next couple of weeks to try and gradually lower the temperature to try to keep from having a huge difference in temp to acclimate them to before going into the pond.
By the time they are ready to go in, we are forecasted to have air temps reliably in the upper 70s, so after this round of storms tonight, I'll go ahead and fill the tank to let the water start warming up.
This will be a 275 gallon tank with a 60 gallon (probably functional 50 gallon when you take into account the gravel) bog filter.
How many ryukins do you think are appropriate? I'm thinking 8 would be on the high end for my comfort level. I'm not going to mix them with comets or shubunkins.
And I go into the house and look at Gypsy and Blondie in their 29 gallon tank.
And look back at the photos I had of them when they were wee things, and the tank looked quite large.
They are growing so well. But they would have more space in the pond instead of the tank, so I've decided that instead of rescuing comets and shubunkins for the pond, I'm going to make the goldfish pond for ryukins.
I'm in USDA hardiness zone 7. My freeze free location on the map below is the area of Arkansas with the lighter shade of gray.
I've turned off the heater in their tank to let the temperature (if it will) start dropping. I'll use successive water changes over the next couple of weeks to try and gradually lower the temperature to try to keep from having a huge difference in temp to acclimate them to before going into the pond.
By the time they are ready to go in, we are forecasted to have air temps reliably in the upper 70s, so after this round of storms tonight, I'll go ahead and fill the tank to let the water start warming up.
This will be a 275 gallon tank with a 60 gallon (probably functional 50 gallon when you take into account the gravel) bog filter.
How many ryukins do you think are appropriate? I'm thinking 8 would be on the high end for my comfort level. I'm not going to mix them with comets or shubunkins.