Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Raising Forage and Bait FHM tank

This is my current in progress build tank of 62 gallons. I originally had the water very murky so bad that I couldn't see my hand at the bottom of the tank so I flushed it 2x and have finally got it to where the filter can do a decent job. I'm also adding in a air pump at the other end of the tank away from the filter to increase circulation and aeration.

Nice looking tank for the job.

Did you add river sand? That usually includes a lot of very fine material.

I think washed gravel might serve you better if you ever do FHM version 2.0.

I did, I still have yet to put the spawning structures in place. Next one I'll look into using pea gravel or a combination of the 2.

Yep, I did the exact same thing on the sand.

One of my daughters wanted some of the cute yellow bullheads from our creek in an aquarium tank. I put the sand from their original environment in their new tank. Now every time she does a water transfer, it stirs up a ton of fines in the tank.

P.S. Lots of good threads on Pond Boss for FHM spawning structures.

Good luck on your FHM project!

You will have to use some sort of biological filter to filter the water. Think of a big freshwater aquarium.

The filter I'm going to be using has a bio filter installed along with a charcoal filter. I'll also have an air pump set up as well in the tank.

Just remember that the bio filter needs about 30-45 days being charged with Ammonia to get the biological side of things working the way they should. Keep testing daily for Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate.