Thank you for the information Cecil. I was planning on looking into larger tanks in the future; I wanted to start small and cheap so I was planning to use (3) 55 gals(on their side for more horizontal surface area than if they were standing and keep the stocking density low). I definitely plan on cycling the system for a long time before any fish are added. I will be using filter media from my aquarium that has a pet sunfish in it to kick start the bacteria (supplemented with some feed in the water). I got the coupon that you mailed me about a week ago and mailed it in with a check. Do you know when the books will be coming out?
At a density of 6 small sunfish per barrel on its side do you still think the stress would be high? Perhaps I should just go straight to the stock tank rather than taking baby steps and upgrading as the fish get larger. This will be interesting, I don't think the wife realizes this is going in the basement yet.
