Winter Home.....

[Jojopotato]

Heres a my goldies new home... By the way Hi everyone how ya's all been.. Life's been pretty busy, barely get on and when I do I must confess, Its to quickly check out the other forums.. Sorry... :roll: Anyhow got some time today, I'm going to catch up on my reading and post a pic of the new winter home... its about 47 gallons and houses my seven goldies (4-6 inches each)..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/kjgregor/100_3457.jpg

[Terri]

Love the greenery! Pretty cool seeing the goldies through the tub :grin:

Glad you're still about Jojo :-)

[Jojopotato]

Thanks Terri...

[Busy B]

What a piece of paradise for them! No ice! Gotta love that and now you don't have to worry what's happening under the ice.

Gotta pop in more over here JoJo...they's goofy!!! You gotta help me out!

[Jojopotato]

Thanks Busy... Nothing like your little paradise.

Goofy? Where I dont see him..... Okay I think it's rubbing off... :lol:

[Terri]

Goofy took a quick trip to visit Donald and Daisy but will be back doing his jig soon.... :-P


Ditto Busy Jojo, don't be a stranger... you add sparkle to KR :smile:

[Jojopotato]

OH Dang I was suppose to go with him...:)

Thanks Terri for the kind words.

[Jackie Ramo]

JoJO, how wonderful to have a bit of summer inside. Looks terrific. You sure have a way with plants, hang around I need it to rub off on me.

[Busy B]

You're using an aquarium filter?

[Jojopotato]

Yes, but I've got to come up with something better, That things gotta be cleaned almost every other day... I am also using a pump inside of a basket with filter material(scrubbies Etc.) That needs cleaned about weekly... This could be a long winter... :-?

[Jackie Ramo]

JoJo you'd be better off with a mechanical filter before the scrubbies, it will still need to be cleaned but the scrubbies should be biomedia and not cleaned that often.

[Jojopotato]

Thanks, I just figured out the aquarium filter I have is for twenty gallons.. I guess I will be shopping for a bigger one... That should help... Would you stick to the filters that come with it or would you use scrubbies in it? as for the pump its just in a small pot with scrubbies and I only clean the pump when its plugged..

[Jackie Ramo]

Jo Jo, I'd do a Bickle or Ian tub filter. cheaper and easier and work better. Have to do one myself. Not a DYI myself but I'm trying. Sometimes its the only thing that works. If you really need to do the aquarium thing get one that does 100 gallons. Goldfish are dirty and 47 gallons for 6 of them is too small.

[Busy B]

Have you seen those Tetra ones? I had one last year...mine was the submursible but I set it up above the tank..

Would maybe be overkill but you wouldn't have to clean it so often.

http://www.tetra-fish.com/pond/selectfilter.aspx

[Jackie Ramo]

What's the price range Busy?

[Busy B]

Here they are spendy but so is everything else. Especially aquarium filters..but when the fish go back outside they can be used there too.

[Jackie Ramo]

Yeah my bioforce goes back and forth but its broken and will cost me 70.00 to get parts for it, every 2 years apparently... an O ring and a sponge... seems pricey to me. So I'm still hoping to do diy.

[Jojopotato]

Thanks you two...

[Jackie Ramo]

Don't thank us yet, we haven't found a solution for you.

[Busy B]

I set mine up on top of the tank with a sub pump feeding it..assorted matting and scrubbies and the water spilling back into the tank. Was a PITA as a submursible setup in the pond. But I didn't buy the one with the spraybar because it wasn't available here.