chriscoli
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I've been fussing over the layout of my new fishroom. For those that have seen it, you know it's far from finished right now. The room is both awesome and difficult at the same time since many walls have doors or closets.
I've also got some frustrating soffits around the ceiling to deal with as well.
I've already got the air split between two linear-piston air pumps....one large one for the main portion of the room, a smaller one for a portion over on the other side of one of the soffits that covers the area formerly used as a secondary kitchen.
I plan to do semi-automatic water changes once it's all setup. Tanks will be drilled and overflow by zone into one of two or three Rubbermaid bins with sump pumps in them. These will then pump water up and over into the slop sink in the HVAC room. I don't have a floor drain, so the bins as sumps will have to do. Because of this, I won't be able to have a bottom row of tanks since all will need to be up about 16-18" above the floor. I suspect that's ok, though, because I noticed a very drastic temperature difference between my bottom tanks and the rest of the room this past winter (I keep a cooler fishroom than many). The tanks on the bottom row stayed in the upper 60's. So, I'll reserve under the tanks for the sump, storage, and the occasional cold-loving fish (with manual water change).
Fresh water will be turned on from the sink in the HVAC room and distributed by zone around the room as needed. I'd also like to do this concurrently with my RO water for the tanks that like a 50/50 blend of the two. I'll need to get a larger RO reservoir for that.
Here's the layout I've come up with so far.
I've also got some frustrating soffits around the ceiling to deal with as well.
I've already got the air split between two linear-piston air pumps....one large one for the main portion of the room, a smaller one for a portion over on the other side of one of the soffits that covers the area formerly used as a secondary kitchen.
I plan to do semi-automatic water changes once it's all setup. Tanks will be drilled and overflow by zone into one of two or three Rubbermaid bins with sump pumps in them. These will then pump water up and over into the slop sink in the HVAC room. I don't have a floor drain, so the bins as sumps will have to do. Because of this, I won't be able to have a bottom row of tanks since all will need to be up about 16-18" above the floor. I suspect that's ok, though, because I noticed a very drastic temperature difference between my bottom tanks and the rest of the room this past winter (I keep a cooler fishroom than many). The tanks on the bottom row stayed in the upper 60's. So, I'll reserve under the tanks for the sump, storage, and the occasional cold-loving fish (with manual water change).
Fresh water will be turned on from the sink in the HVAC room and distributed by zone around the room as needed. I'd also like to do this concurrently with my RO water for the tanks that like a 50/50 blend of the two. I'll need to get a larger RO reservoir for that.
Here's the layout I've come up with so far.
