I was literally inspired to do this whole setup by reading many of the amazing threads on this forum. Thanks for the support.
My fish room renovation project
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I was literally inspired to do this whole setup by reading many of the amazing threads on this forum. Thanks for the support.
niice basement i wish my parents let me do that i too live in the basement and they said its all mine. Its also a unfinished basement like how yours was when it started except it has dry wall and insulation on all the walls (no rooms its an open basement) but no ceiling insulation and concrete floors
When I started the project I wasn't working full time so it was much easier to get in hours on the project. I'm now overwhelmed with work and it feels like such a sacrifice to work on stuff. I have almost everything to setup my super sump but not actually found the time to get it going.
thanks. I really want to get the sump completed and do a major update to this thread.
You did get help Kamikaz... I put a pic on the post showing 2x4 clamps because you said that clamps were to expensive and other guys suggested the same thing to fix your 265gallon with a leak. Use 2x4s for clamping the tank together after disassemble and clean reseal/silicone. Then remove 2x4 clamps after re-seal. You thought I meant to use 2x4s as a frame to hold it together after silicone the inside and keep the 2x4s on the tank. A tank that size needs disassembled and new silicone where the glass butts up against each other. Especially on the piece that is leaking with the most weight on the bottom. You just miss understood us. ....
Love this thread. Didn't see anyone comment on your breaking conventional wisdom. First by mixing Africans with new world (severum). And the mono's I thought were brackish with Africans. Then building the stands with all the weight supported on the bolts not on wood.
I'm glad it's working out. Hopefully in the next month I'll be working on my tank room. And you've given me some ideas.
I'm glad it's working out. Hopefully in the next month I'll be working on my tank room. And you've given me some ideas.
Thanks, I have the photos taken after cleaning but was so busy over the week didn't get to posting them. I'll try tonight.
The monos are hands down the best dither fish, only issue being the tank size they require, 6ft still feels to small. I read allot about them needing higher salinity with age but have't encountered that as an issue. They grow so fast and eat so hardily.
New world and africans do well enough together assuming you match personalities well. I know its purists blashphamy... but my fish seem happy enough.
You did get help Kamikaz... I put a pic on the post showing 2x4 clamps because you said that clamps were to expensive and other guys suggested the same thing to fix your 265gallon with a leak. Use 2x4s for clamping the tank together after disassemble and clean reseal/silicone. Then remove 2x4 clamps after re-seal. You thought I meant to use 2x4s as a frame to hold it together after silicone the inside and keep the 2x4s on the tank. A tank that size needs disassembled and new silicone where the glass butts up against each other. Especially on the piece that is leaking with the most weight on the bottom. You just miss understood us. ....
Thanks so much I missed that. We are tackling the super sump first, maybe this weekend if possible. Then the 265 since I'll have to arrange allot of man power to work on it.
