I was just curious to everyones setup they have for their fishrooms. proteus, could you please pin this topic? I am setting up a new room, and i'm looking for ideas. so have at posting!
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I was just curious to everyones setup they have for their fishrooms. proteus, could you please pin this topic? I am setting up a new room, and i'm looking for ideas. so have at posting!
Got ya stickied DG :wink:
I am going to be setting up a new fishroom also over the next few months and would love to get peoples input.
Just getting things moved in this weekend, but should have pics of the space up soon :P
what a great idea!!!
the do's and don'ts when setting up a fish room
i'm sure that people who have set up a fish room in the past would have heaps of tips, ricks and time saving ideas they could share.
i have never set up a room but am definately planning on doing so in the future (when i can afford to buy a house) so this thread will be my bible so to speak
pics would be greatly appreciated
i got this off DAAH, Hans has one of the best setups i've seen yet.
http://discusasahobby.com/forum/index.php?topic=2384.0
( admin edit: the above listed site requires you to register in order to view photos )
Hi Everyone,
New to MB, would love to see something on plumbing. I am looking at starting a small breeding setup soon maybe 6 tanks 4 for breeding and 2 for grow outs. also where are you guys getting your breeding tanks from and what size are they, ones i have seen are like 2foot square tanks.
look forward to seeing this post grow
breeding tanks can be anywhere from 20 gallons to 120 gallons, really it doesn't matter, the fish will breed fine, but i find that 40 gallons work great for that. as far as the growout tanks, thats up to you.
I am in the process of sourcing 20 x 40g breeders for my fishroom.
Since most of what I am going to be breeding are either dwarf cichlids or shell dwellers, I can keep two to three pairs per tank with no major worries.
with a thread like this i might just build a new rack for the shed :wink:
KOOL AS RYAN!!!!! i need to build a few stands cause there are to many tanks in the house atm. u recon u could give me a couple of tips mate?
Ben's fish room tips!
1/ power power points, power points power points!
When starting a fishroom you will need as much power as you can get your hands on! unless you decide to heat the whole room.
2/
water supply and holding drums?
You will need a fresh water supply handy so you can do those frequent water changes, depending on the climate where you live you might also need to heat the water and treat it for chlorine.
3/
Space!
Tanks take up a lot of room so you want to have as much room as possible! specially if you want to expand! as everyone does get discus fever!
4/
insulation....
If you live in an area that gets cold at night an insulated fish room would save $$$ in power costs!
There you go they are my fish room tips!
but by all means if anyone thinks of others please
put up a post!
cheers,
Ben
sounds good.
ben you forgot one
Drains, cause your bound to spill water
1 of my own:
LIGHTING! it is much more advantagious to have the whole room lighted instead of individual lights for each tank.
does anyone have pictures of their setups? if they do water storage, how is that set up?
But what is the best tank size of breeding 20, 40 60G does not help alot if the tank is only 12 inch's high and should be 24" in height
cheers
40 gallon tanks IMO are the optimol size. the demintions, i don't know, but it is tall.
imo,
Get everything in there in the first place, plan plan plan.
Delivery and removal pipes, any air/water pipes that are to go in need to be done first so it's easy, to get to those hard to reach places once you install tanks can be a pain in the proverbial.
Rig up lighting to suit and i would suggest room lighting and not individual tanks (this means you'll have to think of the sort of lighting you will want to use, getting all this done first means you only need the sparky once and not have to get them back to add a new 130w high output 14000k globe like i do atm lol) ps planning on reviewing this light later, just awesome
Keep it all as simple as you can, as mentioned you'll want some space, also think of what it will take to get a tank out if it cracks, breaks or whatever......trying to get a 6x1x1 tank out and having to remove 4 4ftrs first isn't fun trust me.
Also it's getting new ones in, try to stick with a generic size for tanks, so it's easy to replace if need be, they'll fit right into the old slot if the stands are all the same. Different sizes all the time means more work when working out meds etc as you have to calculate water volume all the time or record somewhere what it is, just knowing that every tank is "blah" is much easier. replacement parts etc are minimised as well.
hope some of these things help
Brenton
Here is a link to a few photos of our setup, 35 tanks on 2 systems, it took us 6 months to build, alot of laughs and tears and plenty of grog for the wins! If I had one piece of advice for anyone it would be take a look at as many other fishrooms as possible, we had the opportunity, didn't and regret it, it saves time, money and heart ache.
http://community.webshots.com/user/mistakesarecrucial
We filled the tanks with about 80 Discus from Roy Khoo, plus a few others, that are now pairing off and getting ready to breed.
MAC
Brenton,
LMAO, you've been there, house of the cracked tank, stupid mistakes, great fun aint it!
MAC
Hay Mac
nice setup, neat and tidy
very very nice
Hi Ryan,
Thanks, its alot better now after running it for 12 months, we had our fair share of problems but its sweet now.
MAC
Any pairs yet?
A stack of pairs but nothing produced as yet. Poor males, I feel sorry for us lot, the girls are out there partying and we're stood there looking at it wondering what the helll it's for!
MAC
i just got sent a email which graficly display's exactley what its all for
do they need a copy? LOL
I think you'd better send a few copies Ryan lol.
MAC
don't temp me mac :wink:
Hi Mac,
I was wondering with your overflow setup is it really noisey?
I'm looking at setting up something in my house and noise is a concern because it will be in a room adjacent to a bedroom.
Cheers
Ant
My room is fairly noisey as I run 2 13000 litre an hour pumps that drive 35 tanks. I wouldnt want it next to my bedroom.
MAC
Ok, my turn now..........
I have a fish room here in colder Adelaide so keeping it warm is not cheap
It has about 45 asorted size tanks from 170 litres to 12 litres, the average size being around 100 litres. My fish room is small and I have crammed as many tanks into it as humanly possible. It is fulling insulated, including shuttered windows for those cold nights or days. It has been running for around 18 months now and produced thousands of fish.
At present I have copious quantities of various Angels, and hundreds of bettas plus a few other incidentals. I am ceasing the bettas ATM as they are so time consuming, and as soon as the last few hundred are gone Discus may be on the menu while retaining some of the more exotic species of Angels...........errrrr...........agenda :shock:
The tanks are all on seperate air driven filters, no UV protection at all. Most tanks are bare bottomed and individually heated with standard aquarium heaters. I have used polystyrene sheets and Sisalation for insulating it all.............mainly because it was cheap or free. The room itself is only small which can be a pain at times, but it is functional and cheaper to keep warm. It has a sink, drain and a single lighting set up. I can easily drain and refill any tank in the room with a short length of hose and the drained water id run off to the garden............fish poo is great for the Petunias :lol:
Anyway here are a few pix, it is difficult to get photos of the whole room as it is small, and a centre tank set up makes it difficult.maximising as much space as possible.
The room, west wall
Another wall
future Discus tanks
Another angle, Angel tanks
The less cluttered wall
Centre tank bank
wow!
that a pretty sweet set-up :wink:
Thats a great set up mate!
Thanks for sharing the photo's.
regards,
Ben
Whats with all those plastic bottles :?:Quote:
Originally Posted by Phlipper
I think is for Siamese fighters
Yep..............Siamese Fighters ..........hundreds of 'em in tanks and bottles. :roll: