Pat's Piece of the Amazon

[Discus-n00b]

Yeah pat, go ahead and get a few concrete vats sunk into the ground....go big or go home! LOL

Sounds awesome as is, looking forward to keeping up with this.

[Second Hand Pat]

And if they spawn????

Even better but most of the fish will be F1 juvies or wild sub-adults.

definitely subscribing to this thread. cant wait to see how it turns out.

Me too Alan.

[Second Hand Pat]

And if they spawn????

Even better

Ok now this sounds like fun!!

Mishka

Agree Mishka and good way to clean some tank with a little relief on the power bill.

This is something I've always wanted to see done. Living in Seattle in a condo doesn't lend itself to this kind of experimenting but I'll follow your progress with great interest.

Kacey

Thanks Kacey.

interesting experience.. can't wait to see the progress.

[Second Hand Pat]

What an exciting project! I will follow it with great interest.

Questions: you will be able to see the discus only from above, right? Is it possible to add a transparent window in the pool so that you can see the discus? Just wondering...

Thanks Mauro and you are correct. Will only be able to see from above. I would love a window but could add serious cost to the price of the pool.

[Second Hand Pat]

This is an outdoor discus farm in Vietnam:




Do you want to setup something like this?

Certainly not at first and would have to heat the pools in the winter. Could be one way to make discus profitable in the US.

[Second Hand Pat]

Look at the shape of those discus. WOW.

There you go Pat, discus farm in your own backyard. Keith, Bill, Brandon and myself will come down and help you scoop them out like in the picture.

Sounds like fun Jeff, Pat the fish farmer.

I I bet if we get Bill a backhoe the rest of us could watch him dig and drink beer.

I like running my own equipment. Beside this would be all above ground.

[Second Hand Pat]

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Yeah pat, go ahead and get a few concrete vats sunk into the ground....go big or go home! LOL

Sounds awesome as is, looking forward to keeping up with this.

One pool for the summer Matt, proof of concept first

[Trier20]

Beside this would be all above ground.

Ok, above ground the first year. If it's a success, we dig a hole!

[Second Hand Pat]

Ok, above ground the first year. If it's a success, we dig a hole!

Deal, good thing I have 5 acres.

[Kevin C]

Thanks for sharing the pics of the farm in Vietnam.

[plecocicho]

Great and interesting project, i will folow it with glee. Jus watch that Florida doesnt get another fish plague

[Sandz]

If you need another hole digger next year count me in! Im excited to see how this all comes about.

[Second Hand Pat]

OK guys, this is in the works for this summer. We are talking a 12 foot round above ground pool with 33 inch sides...about 1700 gallons. I need to design a filter for this. Nandi and I were talking about a brute can with some sort of media (like rocks) where the water is pulled into holes punched along the bottom of the brute can with a pond pump inside the can pushing water out of the top of the can into the pool. I have never had a pond before so open to comments/suggestions on a filter/flow for this thing.

[dirtyplants]

Might what to check out something called hydro corn, not sure about the name, they use in hydroponics, baked clay balls, cheap comes in fifty pound bags. Very porous. Not sure about the name though.

[evabug1]

I'd look into the different types of things people use for koi pond filtration. Once upon a time I had a 55 gallon drum with settlement chamber at bottom up through several layers of matala and bio on top. I really like the K1 moving beds too that I've seen people build.