fish house build

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rich81090

rich81090

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Hi everyone, i know this is not specific to Rays but i know a few of you here asked me how i built the fish house so i put this together to try and give you an idea of how i did it.

after all its the Rays that started all to fhis :)

thanks,

 
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Very good mate, that's a serious set up! Done really smart and professionally.

If I can ask how much did this build ran you?

I'm looking at an upgrade from my 8x3 and considering whether something like this is more worthwhile than a pond with a window lol
 
One question, did you waterproof the underside of the main tank to stop the wood rotting from the condensation from the sump tanks? Or did you use lids on them at all?
 
Love it, very interesting deffinetley gave me some ideas. I need to see more of the fish house and the pond.
Whats the filter setup in the fish house and on the pond ?
Also you said there is a few things you would change, what would that be ?
Would you be able to do a video that goes into detail on the fish house and pond ?

Thanks
 
Jez1992 said:
Very good mate, that's a serious set up! Done really smart and professionally.

If I can ask how much did this build ran you?

I'm looking at an upgrade from my 8x3 and considering whether something like this is more worthwhile than a pond with a window lol
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That depends a lot of where you put it, if its in your house its far easier,
my garage had no drains, no water and no electric, It also needed fully insulating and boarding. So some of the largest bills were for simply getting it ready before I had even started building the tanks. Also I wouldn't go so overkill on the heating system, its turned off 90% of the time, the room generates enough heat from the pumps to maintain the temp at 30 all year round, I attribute that down to the insulation.

the biggest bill is glass, because of the dimensions it was 19mm and £500 a piece I believe fitted (I didn't have the suction tools to fit glass that size), I cant stress enough that this varies greatly, I fitting the pond window 6 months later which is only a third of the size at 19mm and that cost the same price! you can also save money by altering your dimensions, if I reduced the height slightly I could have had thinner glass and saved considerably, I was big headed though and wanted the biggest I could possibly fit even if it meant saving for longer.

the filbre glass is probably second most expensive but again its the best I have seen and required no sanding afterward, which is something I know other people with ponds have had to do before filling.
 
Jez1992 said:
One question, did you waterproof the underside of the main tank to stop the wood rotting from the condensation from the sump tanks? Or did you use lids on them at all?
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I fitted the foam board to the underside and sealed it.
 
Lukemitchell said:
Love it, very interesting deffinetley gave me some ideas. I need to see more of the fish house and the pond.
Whats the filter setup in the fish house and on the pond ?
Also you said there is a few things you would change, what would that be ?
Would you be able to do a video that goes into detail on the fish house and pond ?

Thanks
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Hopefully I will cover everything you want in future videos, everyone's questions is what I am basing the videos on. did you check the previous video where I went around all of the tanks showing the stock?

one thing I would change is that the drain to the sump is 3 inch, I wish I did it 4 inch so I could increase the flow rate with a bigger pump.
 
rich81090 said:
Hopefully I will cover everything you want in future videos, everyone's questions is what I am basing the videos on. did you check the previous video where I went around all of the tanks showing the stock?

one thing I would change is that the drain to the sump is 3 inch, I wish I did it 4 inch so I could increase the flow rate with a bigger pump.
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What sized pumps are you using that you need a 4" drain?! Haha
 
rich81090 said:
Hopefully I will cover everything you want in future videos, everyone's questions is what I am basing the videos on. did you check the previous video where I went around all of the tanks showing the stock?

one thing I would change is that the drain to the sump is 3 inch, I wish I did it 4 inch so I could increase the flow rate with a bigger pump.
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Ok when will the next video be out as it’s really something I’m looking into ?
Thanks
 
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