TO TANK MOVING QUESTIONS RETURN TO TOP Q- What about floating a small tank on water?
A- A small tank of less than 40’ diameter is not usually at risk of much damage from being floated on water; however using water creates a lot of other problems. For one, the area needs to be bermed up to contain the water and this is not always possible, and then after that you have a wet muddy working area. And for two, flooding the pad area where the tank is going to sit can introduce contaminants to the pad that can cause corrosion of the floor, as well as saturating the pad and compromising Ph levels and moisture content. Often when pads are constructed the moisture content, the Ph levels of the materials are controlled and inspected, along with compaction and moisture content. This is all thrown out the window when the pad is then flooded to float the tank onto the pad.
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- The floating garden eliminates fish waste and keeps the tank clean by filtering the water over a sand-filled device and absorbing nitrates from fish poo to fertilize the plants. Pretty cool, huh?
- A breeding tank that will hopefully contain fry should have no filtration pump as the fry are too small to withstand the water current?
- What I mean is do I fill a small tank with system water, medicate for a period of time, then return the specimen to the main tank?
