inkidu
04-07-2010, 01:39 PM
No offense but sometimes I feel like a freshwater guy in a saltwater world.
Discus fish are what I always liked maybe one day I will get salty.
Been thinking about a monster diy saltwater tank i.e. only one side glass/acrylic. Lion fish.
But I first want to be able to raise the food. Peppermint Shrimp
Here is my idea. Set up a channel made of pipe that switches back on itself
several times. All along the length of the trough, pipe cut in half, alternate flat 1/4 pie shape
pieces that would be like boulders in a creek i.e. set up eddy currents that would trap/hold up
young peppermint Shrimp. Make the pipe long enough that almost certainly some of the shrimp would
get big enough before the end of the pipe. (I have read that they are very susceptible to "mechanical"
damage). Have a slight drop along the length of the trough use low water flow and of course
use an algae scrubber. ?'s that come to mind. Could this even work? What diameter pipe?
What flow? How long would the pipe need to be? Weighing the return for the amount of trouble/cost?
I have read one main problem/issue with lion fish is feeding them. One great thing would be to see a predator
do its thing. I do keep discus.
Young peppermint shrimp like the dark. (great less I would need to do)
Reasons this might work. They eat copepods. They are sensitive to nitrates.
Algae scrubber provides food and zero nitrates.
What does anyone think?
Discus fish are what I always liked maybe one day I will get salty.
Been thinking about a monster diy saltwater tank i.e. only one side glass/acrylic. Lion fish.
But I first want to be able to raise the food. Peppermint Shrimp
Here is my idea. Set up a channel made of pipe that switches back on itself
several times. All along the length of the trough, pipe cut in half, alternate flat 1/4 pie shape
pieces that would be like boulders in a creek i.e. set up eddy currents that would trap/hold up
young peppermint Shrimp. Make the pipe long enough that almost certainly some of the shrimp would
get big enough before the end of the pipe. (I have read that they are very susceptible to "mechanical"
damage). Have a slight drop along the length of the trough use low water flow and of course
use an algae scrubber. ?'s that come to mind. Could this even work? What diameter pipe?
What flow? How long would the pipe need to be? Weighing the return for the amount of trouble/cost?
I have read one main problem/issue with lion fish is feeding them. One great thing would be to see a predator
do its thing. I do keep discus.
Young peppermint shrimp like the dark. (great less I would need to do)
Reasons this might work. They eat copepods. They are sensitive to nitrates.
Algae scrubber provides food and zero nitrates.
What does anyone think?