Self-sustained aqua life in a 1000 Liter (250 G) tank

[Shankar Patel]

Hi. I am a novice in this field. I have recently built a 1,000 Liter
tank (approx-250 G, dimension 7Ft * 3Ft, 2Ft deep) in my garden
(Ahmedabad, India). It is built with bricks/mortar and covered in/out
by glaze tiles/glass mosaic. Yearly temparature varies between 5 to 45
degree centigrades. Annual rainfall (June-Sept) 25 inches. Tank is
open to sky.

I need some help. Common/scientific names ***AND*** pictures of aqua
life (including plants) that can be SELF-sustained with minimal
intervention.

Pictures are important, because there seems tobe lot of confusion
regarding names. ALSO, the rider "SELF-sustained" is important,
because the tank may have tobe left unttended for few days whenever we
are not at home.

It all began 2 months ago, when I put an old bath tub in the garden
with some grass and 50 guppy fishes. After one month I put a turtle in
it. I have NEVER fed anything to fishes or turtle. NOW, there is a lot
of algae in it.

Since past 5 days, I have (in the new tank) some water grass, some
algae, one fresh water turtle (2kg weight) and hundreds of guppy
fishes (1-2 inch long fish supplied by our malaria department to
prevent growth of mosquitos).

The reason for this posting is that, most of information on net is
regarding indoor aquaria of much smaller sizes. Advise regarding
design/layout of aqua life in new tank is also welcome.

Thanking in anticipation.

- Shankar

[Sue]

I suggest you try a pond newsgroup ;o)


"Shankar Patel" > wrote in message
om...
> Hi. I am a novice in this field. I have recently built a 1,000 Liter
> tank (approx-250 G, dimension 7Ft * 3Ft, 2Ft deep) in my garden
> (Ahmedabad, India). It is built with bricks/mortar and covered in/out
> by glaze tiles/glass mosaic. Yearly temparature varies between 5 to 45
> degree centigrades. Annual rainfall (June-Sept) 25 inches. Tank is
> open to sky.
>
> I need some help. Common/scientific names ***AND*** pictures of aqua
>

[Mr Happy]

Hi

Loads of people have much bigger tanks and systems than the one
you have built so it isn't the size that is the problem

I am not at all sure how long a pond 24" inces deep will self
sustain at 45C as the water won't hold much oxygen so your life
will need to be small or be able to breathe in other ways

With natural conditions so variable, you need to mimic something
in your local nature so I suggest you contact biology dept of
local university or similar

Most people here try to fight nature with heaters/coolers PH
hangers etc.....we even do this to outside ponds...you need
different advise

M

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[Polarhound]

Does that count even if we built a 280g pond in the bedroom of a
single-wide trailer? (And yes, we did do it. It houses a 4' redtail
catfish.)

Sue wrote:

> I suggest you try a pond newsgroup ;o)
>
>
> "Shankar Patel" > wrote in message
> om...
>
>>Hi. I am a novice in this field. I have recently built a 1,000 Liter
>>tank (approx-250 G, dimension 7Ft * 3Ft, 2Ft deep) in my garden
>>(Ahmedabad, India). It is built with bricks/mortar and covered in/out
>>by glaze tiles/glass mosaic. Yearly temparature varies between 5 to 45
>>degree centigrades. Annual rainfall (June-Sept) 25 inches. Tank is
>>open to sky.
>>
>>I need some help. Common/scientific names ***AND*** pictures of aqua
>>
>
>

[Sue]

Of course it does - I helped my brother build a glass fronted semi-raised
tank in his conservatory last year - its 11 foot long by over 4' wide & deep
so over 1000 gallons. Pond filters work out cheaper than tank supplies ;oP


"Polarhound" > wrote in message
...
> Does that count even if we built a 280g pond in the bedroom of a
> single-wide trailer? (And yes, we did do it. It houses a 4' redtail
> catfish.)
>
> Sue wrote:
>
>> I suggest you try a pond newsgroup ;o)