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Goldfish poop = nice growth!
- Thread starter kadoxu
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DutchMuch
Member
looks nice 
goldscapes
Member
Fantastic tank!
Could you tell us a little more about it?
Is it indoors or outside?
Does this tank take a lot of cleaning or do you leave the poop in there deliberately as plant food?
Could you tell us a little more about it?
Is it indoors or outside?
Does this tank take a lot of cleaning or do you leave the poop in there deliberately as plant food?
kadoxu
Member
Thank you!
So, the tank is in a conservatory.
- Equipment:
- Tank & stand - Juwel Rio 240
- Filter - EHEIM Pro 4+
- Heater - Hydor 300w Inline heater
- I keep the tank at 20ºC minimum all year round
- Air pump - EHEIM Air Pump 400
- This is connected to a background air curtain
- Decorations:
- Plastic plants
- 3ft Marineland Bamboo
- 6ft Garland Type plant
- Planters - all filled with clay pebbles
- IKEA SUNNERSTA Container - modified with holes in the bottom and spray painted black
- Hanging herb plant pot
- Plastic plants
- Plants:
- Floaters - all grown in separate tanks and added weekly because goldfish eat most of them
- Water Lettuce
- Frogbit
- Salvinia natans
- Duckweed
- Submerged plants - recently added these. I've just put them in the middle of the plastic plants to see if they survive, it also gives a more realistic look to the plants and I wanted the goldfish to have a few more things to nibble on.
- Elodea Densa
- Ceratophyllum Demersum
- Myriophyllum spicatum
- Emersed plants
- Spider plant
- Pothos
- Floaters - all grown in separate tanks and added weekly because goldfish eat most of them
- Fish & inverts
- Fancy Goldfish
- Red Pearlscale
- Red & White Pearlscale
- Calico Veiltail
- Red Fantail
- Calico Fantail
- Blue Oranda
- Black Moor
- Red Telescope
- White Ryukin
- Goldfish - these are moved to an outside pond when it's a bit warmer
- Sarasa Comet
- London Shubunkin
- Platies - most of these are also moved outside when it's warmer
- 3 x Bristlenose Plecos - added recently
- Ramshorn snails
- Fancy Goldfish
The lights and air pump are on from 9AM to 6PM. The air curtain, along with the filter output, creates a bit of a tumbling flow which pushes debris into the filter intake while keeping the flow slow enough for the goldfish to swim comfortably.
Maintenance is changing 50% of water and cleaning a bit of algae on the front glass panel every week, and cleaning the filter at least once a month.
I allow algae to grow on the sides and back, because it is good for the the Platies to graze on.
For water changes I've put together some RO tubing with a tap which connects to my garden hose (which slowly fills the tank without affecting water temperature) and a PVC hang on overflow (which drains tank water to the garden).
goldscapes
Member
That’s fantastic, thank you!
Some really clever ideas to keep it all working nicely.
Some really clever ideas to keep it all working nicely.
FrankieLane
Seedling
How are the plants fairing with the goldfish? I've been looking at these older threads trying to gather ideas for my planted goldfish tank.
I've been looking at these older threads trying to gather ideas for my planted goldfish tank.