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My Winter Shiner Setup
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To explain the picture, the black box on top is a 5000 gal KOI Pond environmental filter. It provides a home and structure for the beneficial bacteria to grow and flourish. They feed on ammonia & nitrates from the fish. As the water travels through oxygen is added to the water too. The White box underneath is a Penguin Chiller, it's fantastic, it can keep the water in my 300 gal tank (summer tank) at 65 degrees effortlessly. The pump is a simple pond pump sold at Lowes along with the hose. A dual output air pump and supplemental air stones add extra oxygen so my shiners are very "Frisky". The shiners like the Shad Keeper additive in the water too.
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Which size chiller are you using? I have a stainless tank that I am going to use for keeping bait and would like to use a set up similar to yours.
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Sorry to take so long to respond, I've been on Ross Barnett the last 4 days and just got home. I will post closeup pictures so you can see the chiller & filter. I run some pond clearer periodically, the barley base stuff, really keeps the water perfectly clear.
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The Chiller has worked flawlessly since the install, I don't have to run it all the time as it is in the A/C.
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The environmental filter needs cleaning periodically
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I was curious as to what size chiller you are using. I went to the website and they have several sizes. Thank you for the additional pictures.
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I just went to their website but the exact one I have is no longer available. The order confirmation on my unit says it is 1/2HP unit
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that is quite a set up :highfive
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I'm sure it works. Pretty much everything I have in my 5ooo gal Koi pond! Great idea.