Capital Exotic Fish

Fishroom progress

DiscusnAfricans

DiscusnAfricans

Past President
I've had a fishroom for about 11 months now, and while it's not done, I've made significant progress getting everything set up. I have one last rack to build, a few more airlines to run, and the room will be at max capacity for now. The air pump is plenty strong, I'm currently running 32 airlines, and I have to bleed a decent amount of air. I have another 16 outlets waiting to be hooked up once the tanks are set up. Once all is in place, I should have the following tanks:

3 five gallons
17 ten gallons
9 twenty gallons
6 forty gallons
3 seventy-five gallons

This gives me about 830 gallons of breeding and grow out space, these don't include my 'display tanks.' I don't have any pictures yet because the room is somewhat chaotic, but I'll take some once I can get everything cleaned up. I'll probably shoot a short video too. Below is a sketch showing the layout of the room.
 

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chriscoli

chriscoli

Administrator
Nice! This looks like it's going to be an awesome setup....I'm looking forward to seeing it progress.

I guess I should get a thread started for my fishroom as well. :)
 
frankoq

frankoq

Members
looking forward for pics and progress reports. sounds like a lot of fun in this project.
congrats.
 
chriscoli

chriscoli

Administrator
how are you going to deal with fresh water to the tanks and waste water from the tanks?

How about air and humidity management?
 
DiscusnAfricans

DiscusnAfricans

Past President
chriscoli said:
how are you going to deal with fresh water to the tanks and waste water from the tanks?

How about air and humidity management?
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I have a utility sink in the room that I will use for fresh water, as well as disposing of waste water. Unfortunately I don't have clear access to a drain, so I have to drain into the sink. I've been using a python for water changes, but will be using a pump for draining in the future.

The room is technically a 4th bedroom, so it has a window and a HVAC vent. I run a dehumidifier regularly that keeps humidity under 50%, as well as keeping the room warm. When the weather is nice I'll open the window and run a fan to pull air out. HVAC keeps the air circulating and provides a decent base temp when the dehumidifier isn't running.
 
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DiscusnAfricans

DiscusnAfricans

Past President
Last rack is together, just needs painted and shelves added. Added an extra set of airline taps, I think its up to 56 now. Still have more tanks to set up, but the infrastructure is in place. I have all the sponge filters/box filters I need, have extras running in tanks at the moment, so the new tanks are instantly cycled when I set them up. Started noticing a few holding females, so need to get some new fry tanks set up.
 
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