Extreme Optimism Or Forward Planning

gday all. recently got some murray cod. [thanks malawiman ] have 5 juvies in a 4x18 and there pumping. have a 6x18 and 2 ibc"s { previously grew barra to a kilo and ahalf before i swore never to keep a outdoor pond warm again } waiting for them. but today i agreed to buy 2 3000 ltr aquaponics ponds. 2nd hand and a good price i think. the missuss is furious!!!!  {14 tanks in the shed  5 on the patio and im not allowed any inside } i will be trawling the forums and possibly asking some dumb questions  but hey thats how you learn.  so what do                          you reckon people??  optimism? forward planning or a looming divorce case??

 

 

 

 

might be the wrong thread but i would like to thank a couple of forum members i dealt with this week. thanks kane the grandkids are rapt with the great wall,and im pretty happy with the bumblebee!!                    sutester i hope you see this. you showed me,  great beauty, great knowledge and much kindness thank you all

fish are better than wifes. when fish die you can bury them in the garden and not get in trouble

An excellent point Fuggers. You can tell your mate how great his fish look, say how great his wife looks and things dont end so well.

Cant flush the wife

Not in one go anyway...

It's not as much fun using a bag of lime and a shovel with aquarium fish

You can trade fish with friends and strangers...

You can do that with the wife as well, at a swingers party.

party at your place???  mines an old staid school mistress, but a wonderful woman non the less

It's not as much fun using a bag of lime and a shovel with aquarium fish

 

you can fit more than one fish into a 44 gallon drum of lime...

 

we hate em... but we love em too sometimes... mines chef quality cooking and porn star in bedroom,,, but the messiest mofo in the entire world and once a month can kill you with her glare alone.... and tries to wear the pants in the house too.... 

you can fit more than one fish into a 44 gallon drum of lime...
 
we hate em... but we love em too sometimes... mines chef quality cooking and porn star in bedroom,,, but the messiest mofo in the entire world and once a month can kill you with her glare alone.... and tries to wear the pants in the house too....

What do you mean "TRIES"?!?!?

well she tries to tell me what to do... i tell her if you pay all the power/water/rates/insurance bills you can tell me what to do.... shuts her up like a RTC v guppy.. 

thats the logic i use BJ   laughed in the face of danger and bought home the 2 ponds, 3000 ltr each im told  880cm x 2200cm heavy duty aqaponic style, now where to put them and what to put in them,  because the murray cod dont need them yet. fancy putting 1 in the middle of my fish room but have a lot of work to do first.  I have never used sump filters before but for the pond inside, and maybe some of my larger tanks im considering ibc's or sulo bin size sump if any of you people could post some links for that sort of thing i would realy appreciate it. thanks in advance,  cheers shayne

Sumps are good. They are more about efficient design than all out capacity... How bout a grow bed or two, go all out AP?
alternatively you could use pond filters. They are pretty cheap and dont take up much room.

put pond in the middle and load it full of plants.... perfect sump filter for all your tanks