Moving tanks around, any suggestions are welcome!

dr exum · Jun 8, 2020

in the ever expanding fish area - i can’t / don’t want to put any more tanks outside of this basement/den area....

plus got lots of free time too ?

with that said, i’ve cleaned out the closet here...

approx 47” (wish it were 50” for 4’ tank) x 92”

think i’m going to make a L shaped two level shelf rack for these 40g breeder / 75g’s i have here...

i need to make an outlet in here... there is this drain (super up to code) i did... don’t think i need auto w/c -

going to use these tanks for qt/overflow /grow out ....

any thoughts or recommendations are welcome... in regards to maximizing space/tanks here..

shelves coming out...

oh, thinking 28” off the floor for the first with 30” for each level

TheWolfman · Jun 8, 2020

dr exum you are a savage! With that room backed up to your monster tank I'd be tempted to tie some of those tanks into your sump... just a thought. That drain will come in handy in that closet for water changes on those new tanks.

dr exum · Jun 8, 2020

TheWolfman said:
dr exum you are a savage! With that room backed up to your monster tank I'd be tempted to tie some of those tanks into your sump... just a thought. That drain will come in handy in that closet for water changes on those new tanks.

i would just need a pump to get it out of the sump.... and let gravity take the water to the sump....

still going to paint this room maybe?

got the basic frame i want i think - gonna make 3 layers of this.... not screwed it yet, kind of a visual guy... gonna anchor to the studs on the walls, going to add an out ler per level...

dr exum · Jun 8, 2020

maybe 4 - 40g breeders

dr exum · Jun 8, 2020

concerned about vertical bracing in this area....

it’s easy on the outskirts, i’ve got some 2”x10” and 2”x6” ....

essentially i’ve got 3 identical layers of this.

dr exum · Jun 8, 2020

i’ll have to see how it goes.... i can put a post here.... but i don’t want to limit access

dr exum · Jun 9, 2020

think i’m going to put uprights at every stud with vertically placed 2x4 on top of that.

then set the next layer on that...

dr exum · Jun 9, 2020

i think this is why i usually pay or have stuff done.

think i’m $300 in with just lumber and fasteners...

was thinking of making my own 6’x30” stands... as builder wants $2k ea... but maybe not ?

i was looking forward to working on this though ?