Mike's Fish Room

maddog10 · 03-17-2007, 12:40 PM

Ok, a walking tour of my fish room.

At the door! The rack you see is the center rack. (16) 20H tanks. Runs off its own air pump on top of rack. Rack has common sump that holds a little over 100 gallons of water. I am eventually going to use it for semi-automatic water changes. Extra sponge filters sitting on top.

Make a left! You can see the rest of the center rack (8) tanks per side. I have lights at the tops of the racks (not wired yet). Top row of tanks are bare bottom, to let light pass through. Bottom rows have substrate. Less lights = less electricity.

Looking down first aisle. Rack of (18) 2 1/2's on left, center rack on right and back rack with (4) 40Longs straight ahead.

Make a right! Can see the rest of the back rack. I have AquaClear 70's on all the large tanks. Everything else runs on air driven sponge filters and corner filters (with carbon) to keep the water clear. This is the larger air pump that drives everything except the center rack. I also heat the room and not the tanks. That little heater keeps the room toasty. Again less heaters = less electricity.

Make another right! Far rack has (2) 50's and (12) 10's and you can see the otherside of the center rack.

Heading back out of the room! Every room should have a dehumidifier, moisture can ruin a lot of things in a house.

Another view of the rack of 2 1/2's. I put holding females into a 2 1/2 until she spits the fry on her own. Some spit pretty early when they know the fry won't be threatened. I grow the fry out a bit and put them into a larger tank. Given space, fry will grow quickly.

I have a 75 and a 90 outside of the room. They are going to be used as "show tanks" with lots of rocks and lights. Don't have a lot of fish at the moment, the center rack is cycling. Will be able to move fish around in about 3 weeks, then the fun starts.

Hope you enjoyed my fish room. It is a work in progress, not finished yet!

Should also mention that it is 14'-10" x 11'-6" (about the size of a normal bedroom) there are 52 tanks in the room and I still have room to work.

mscichlid · 03-17-2007, 12:57 PM

****! Dude! That's hot! you are a closeted fanatic.! I would like to visit. Well planned! I'll have to go clean up my fishroom now and post pictures.

Well done!

Francine

maddog10 · 03-17-2007, 1:02 PM

Thanks Francine. I would be glad to have people over to see it, when I get some fish in the tanks. Most tanks just have afra babies in them (cycling). BTW: Pikes like afra babies too.

phishphorphun · 03-17-2007, 4:30 PM

I really enjoyed the tour.

Hmm, now I have another reason to be jealous.

Bad enough you have all that neat camera equipment, now I see you have this fantastic fishroom.

Can't wait till you get the fish filling these tanks. I look forward to an invite to check it out.

Seriously though, great tour. Thanks

maddog10 · 03-17-2007, 4:46 PM

Thanks Bobby, you are welcome any time. Room is really dark, it took me a while to get any decent pictures. Once I learn how to use all of that camera equipment, I hope to get some better shots.
Moved 5 male peacocks into the show tank this morning. Going to let them settle in and go for another photo session. Keep an eye out for the photos.

Really considering taking over my whole basement, just think of the damage I could do then.

Laxison · 03-18-2007, 10:40 PM

Mike's fish room totally trumps the three tanks I have in my bed room....

Man, that is pretty neat! It's cool to see what other members go home to after going to a CCA meeting! I call for more posts of members' set ups! Maybe like a preview until we can see some of these on a tour

SubMariner · 03-22-2007, 2:41 PM

Dude, you have an awesome set up! It looks so clean and neat, man it looks good. I most definitely would like to visit. With all those empty tanks you have, I have chosen you to be my designated babysitter!

Anyways, thanx for the pictures because it gives me great ideas on how to organize my 17 tanks and build a nice aquarium room.

maddog10 · 03-22-2007, 5:42 PM

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Dude, you have an awesome set up! It looks so clean and neat, man it looks good. I most definitely would like to visit. With all those empty tanks you have, I have chosen you to be my designated babysitter!

Anyways, thanx for the pictures because it gives me great ideas on how to organize my 17 tanks and build a nice aquarium room.
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Thanks Richard. If I watched your fish they would probably all die, thats Murphy's Law. Besides they won't be empty much longer. The racks are fairly easy to buil and if you know what you are doing you can probably get them level (mine kinda are)

mscichlid · 03-22-2007, 7:29 PM

BTW, I'm comparing prices on those 12 + power strips. Where did you get yours and were they expensive. I got my originals from a tear out and wired the plug. Since I got 2 extra gang boxes and 20 amp circuits intalled I want a couple of power strips prewired.

maddog10 · 03-22-2007, 8:50 PM

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BTW, I'm comparing prices on those 12 + power strips. Where did you get yours and were they expensive. I got my originals from a tear out and wired the plug. Since I got 2 extra gang boxes and 20 amp circuits intalled I want a couple of power strips prewired.
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Got mine from Jehmco. Don't notice how handy they are until you have one. Great item.