Biotope For Juvenile Salmon
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March 30, 2012 at 6:59 am #302128
Hi all you hill stream experts
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March 30, 2012 at 7:27 am #347708Hi Dave
Think I’d be tempted to copy the types of tanks used for the hillstream loaches with the pipes under the gravel… and yes, a big chiller. They are not cheap to buy and not cheap to run either
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March 30, 2012 at 9:18 pm #347712hi colin, thanks for the advice, can you recommend any suppliers/brands of chillers and designs of systems that i could copy
i’m thinking of a 4ft tank with a sump filter,but will that filter set up just increase the volume of water that needs chilled?
possibly a simpler system with a simple external eheim 2217 and power heads in the tank to create current? or does that sound hopelessly underspec’d
my kids’ school also did the salmon egg hatching program, only a few alevins hatched though in advance of the easter break (i think the chiller was on too cold), though i understand they have now been released into a tributary of the River Lochy. its great that the fisheries’ trusts are getting involved with schools, cultivating the next generation of fish geeks
March 31, 2012 at 7:52 am #347714“cultivating the next generation of fish geeks”
yes, but a tad embarrassing when my daughter corrected me when I called the alevins “fry”!!! LOL Silly Daddy!
Only time I have used chillers was with a large marine tank I helped maintain and he used two Aqua medic Titans, but which ones I can’t recall.
I believe you first job would be to set up a tank and see what the ambient temperature of the water is – bearing in mind that the powerheads/filter will also generate heat and then work out what is needed to get the temperature down to where you need it. I think its worked out in BTUs like a fridge?
I have hear of people scrounging old beer chillers from pubs. I got my hands on one once but never set it up on a tank.
April 19, 2012 at 1:00 pm #347878Chillers aren’t cheap mate – how cold are you looking to get the water?
Link here to some your looking at £300-500 to get the water down by 5-10 degrees C (ish)
http://www.aquatics-warehouse.co.uk/acatal…UM_COOLERS.html
They cost an awful lot to run as well – might not be an issue if it’s for your business?
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