New Fish Room - 11.5 X 6.5

[jshep105]

Tanks...

5 - 40BR @ $40.00 (Petco) - $200.00
1 - 30L + 20L (Craigslist) - $60.00
3 - 30BR (Craigslist) - $75.00
5 - 20L (including the acrylic I built) - FREE!
Acrylic for 3 - 60" tanks & sump - $375.00 (3 - 4X8X1/4" sheets @ 125.00 ea.)
Sponge filters, pump & tubing - $125.00
Pump for 3 - 60" tanks - $125.00

Room-

Lumber - $200.00
Insulation - $60.00 (Most was free)
Plumbing - $100.00 (so far)
Electrical & Lights - $125.00 (Wire was free)
Overhead Storage Vats - $100.00
A/C - $75.00
Heater for room - $50.00

Fish -
Mostly F1 & WC Cynotilapia

Fish (so far) - $500.00


Total - $2070.00 -

I still have about $400 worth of fish to buy also..

Thanks for the response. Wow I would think it would've cost a lot more than that.

 

[shawnboy3194]

ME
WANT!!

 

[cantrell00]

Thanks for the response. Wow I would think it would've cost a lot more than that.

Well... It was only one wall INSIDE of the garage.. getting stuff significantly discounted and/or free certainly helps..

 

[JesusFish]

Quite an inspirational build. And definitely a well planned out use of the space you had available

 

[cantrell00]

Very rough & sorry for the glare. The aluminized bubble wrap is highly reflective.

My fish had a lot of stage fright too..

[video]http://youtu.be/9i9k_X2LHM8[/video]

 

[cantrell00]

WC Cyno Lion, 'Lions Cove'
F1 Cyno afra 'Nkhata Bay'
Cyno afra 'Jalo Reef'
F1 Cyno sp; 'Hara'

 

[cantrell00]

Stacked 33L's and central sump that was added recently..

 

[soupa2]

just jumped into this thread and 1st off GREAT job.. very nicely built and thought out.. one thing that scares me is that post #66's over head reservior with the heaters inside it.. i couldn't tell if the drain out water level of the tank is under or or over the heaters.. if it's under the heaters are going to cause fire when there are no water in there and melt the plastic and cause a fire.. i once had that problem with a heater gaurd..

 

[Ciaobella]

Awesome build!

 

[cantrell00]

just jumped into this thread and 1st off GREAT job.. very nicely built and thought out.. one thing that scares me is that post #66's over head reservior with the heaters inside it.. i couldn't tell if the drain out water level of the tank is under or or over the heaters.. if it's under the heaters are going to cause fire when there are no water in there and melt the plastic and cause a fire.. i once had that problem with a heater gaurd..​

Thank you and I appreciate your concern. I unplug the heaters whenever the reservoir is less than full. Basically, any time I am doing water changes..