My Saltwater Pond

rmonsters · Feb 2, 2018

Approx 650g
Coralife 300g Skimmer
LED Floodlight
3 Nylon Socks for mechanical filtration
Pumps: Magdrive 700 and 950
Koraila Magnum 9
Jebao Powerhead

Best Fish-Jake · Feb 2, 2018

Welcome to R2R! Wow thats a beautiful Niger! Such personality too.. I'd love to see some kind of shark/ray in there

4FordFamily · Feb 2, 2018

Welcome home, you will love it here!

Neat pond, we need some underwater GoPro shots!!

rmonsters · Feb 2, 2018

Yes GoPro shots in the works.

Maximizer · Feb 27, 2018

Let's see some more details on this!! It's awesome. What's the evap like and humidity in the room? Always wanted to do something like this.

rmonsters · Feb 27, 2018

see below

rmonsters · Feb 27, 2018

For evaporation I have an auto top off that pulls from 2 - 6 1/2 gallon containers. I need to get a larger one. This last about a week.
The room is open so temperature is stable.
I will post a video on the filtration which is really simple.

Maximizer · Mar 2, 2018

What room do you have this in? Does the surface agitation bother you much

rmonsters · Mar 3, 2018

Maximizer said:
What room do you have this in? Does the surface agitation bother you much

I have this in a separate room behind the house.
There are two large powerheads that cause a lot of agitation but not too bad.
This is needed for good flow , oxygen and PH.

Maximizer · Mar 4, 2018

rmonsters said:
I have this in a separate room behind the house.
There are two large powerheads that cause a lot of agitation but not too bad.
This is needed for good flow , oxygen and PH.

How's the humidity in that room? I'm going to set up a smaller one to see how I like the view. Trial run for a bigger one lol

rmonsters · Mar 10, 2018

Maximizer said:
How's the humidity in that room? I'm going to set up a smaller one to see how I like the view. Trial run for a bigger one lol

Humidity is low.
The room is open to the outside with no walls on two sides so I get good oxygen exchange as well.

elisa h · May 8, 2018

Very cool pond! I love all the fish. I’m thinking about having one built once I move mainly because you can go so much bigger for the money compared to a glass tank. I also think it’s more natural for the fish compared to a glass box. What is this one made of? Also do you find the coral life skimmer is enough? Skimmers can be crazy expensive for big systems!

rmonsters · May 9, 2018

elisa h said:
Very cool pond! I love all the fish. I’m thinking about having one built once I move mainly because you can go so much bigger for the money compared to a glass tank. I also think it’s more natural for the fish compared to a glass box. What is this one made of? Also do you find the coral life skimmer is enough? Skimmers can be crazy expensive for big systems!

It is a half cut from a 3000g water tank. Double walled so very strong.
I am going to add another skimmer to help with the bio load.