yay or nay!!!???!!!

[Tang~Cop]

Ok
I am looking to import some marines and freshwater fish into New Zealand, however each shipment must go into quarantine (its the law) for a period of 3-6weeks...
this is what i was thinking for a design...
these tanks are designed to hold fish stock only...

there will be 2 or 3 systems staked ontop of each other but each 16 tanks will run into its own sump... so
2 systems = 2 sumps
3 systems = 3 sumps
Each system is 3456 Liters or 912 Gallons and will be heavily stocked.
for each sump i am thinking about using the AquaC EV-2000 with the Dolphin SP series Aqua Sea 6000 sp return pump. I am unsure what UV to use on such a system.

 

[Tang~Cop]

no one?

 

[JRechcygl]

What type of fish are you importing?
Where will the QT need to be? Can it be at your house?
Keep in mind you will most likely lose a fair amount of fish, thats the nature of shipping...
Where are you planning on getting them from?

Lastly is there no local market in NZ?

 

[jb61264]

I think the more isolated systems you can have, the better...the LFS where I live has their entire stock on one system and they had a crash a few months back and it affected EVERYTHING they had.

 

[Tang~Cop]

fish will range from angels to clownfish...
pritty much everything...
there will be 16 tanks per system approx 900 gallon system and i am thinking around 4 marine...
I will have a few specalist tanks for the pricey fish and delicates(seahorses)
Yes i understand the risk of a crash but its not pratical to have a skimmer per tank, nor cost affective.
the system will be on site of the store, and is a isolated room.

 

[Tang~Cop]

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double

 

[scoreguitar10]

If you understand that there will be fish lost I don't think it's a bad idea. Your going to lose some but as long as you are slow and patient and don't overload the systems all at once I'd think you would be fine.

 

[Tang~Cop]

oh yes fish loss in certain but keeping it to a minumum is obviously the aim...
strict q proccess on my end will help with this...

I am concerned thou, i have never built a system like this before, how would i plum the skimmer from the two tanks? just a simple t?