New Fish Room - 11.5 X 6.5

[cantrell00]

From today... Almost done. Just need to add more grow out tanks..

From left to right as you walk in the door... Grow out tanks will be to the immediate left in the future..

3 - 33L's

Top - Yellow Lab breeding group

Bottom Two - F1 Cynotilapia sp; Hara breeding group - Eventually, Cynotilapia sp; Chinyanskwazi will be in the middle tank. Four sub-dom Hara males are in that tank now. Debating if I will keep the Labs long term..



To the right of the 33's..

Top tank (40BR) F1 Cyno afra 'Likoma' & Cyno Mbamba 'Mpangha Rocks' breeding groups (still juvenile)

Bottom tank (40BR) - WC Cyno Lion, 'Lion's Cove' breeding group



Middle Row directly in front of the door..

Top tank (40BR) - Cyno afra 'Jalo Reef' breeding group

Bottom tank (40BR) F1 Cyno afra 'Nkhata Bay' breeding group



Right of middle row..

Top tank (40BR) - Cyno afra 'Cobue' breeding group (still juvenile) & Cyno Lion 'Lupingu' (still juvenile)

Bottom tank (30BR) - F1 Cyno Mbamba 'Lundu' breeding group - F1 breeding group of Cyno axelrodi juveniles are on the way.



Far right wall -

Top
20L grow out - Cyno Lion, Lion's Cove

Middle
20L grow out - Cyno afra 'Jalo Reef'

Bottom
20L grow out - Cyno Lion 'Lupingu'

There is also a 10 gallon raised off the floor with more Cyno afra Nkhata Bay



To the immediate right of the front door as you enter..

Top
30 tall - Cyno sp; Hara and Red X Red Met. Estherae grow out

Middle
30BR grow out - Cyno afra 'Nkhata Bay' and Cyno Lion 'Lion's Cove'

Bottom
30BR - unoccupied at the moment..

 

[Super Turtleman]

Nice fish room!!!

 

[K.Galvin]

Brilliant!! Talk about using every inch of space! You are giving me lots of ideas for my own build

 

[Egon]

You maxed out that space!

 

[cantrell00]

I had too!

I wished I could convince my wife to let me add just one more (really large) tank to the house...

After seeing all of the 1000 gallon+ plywood builds on this site, my 180 doesn't seem all that large anymore... An 8 - 10' tank would be awesome..

 

[warman98]

Great idea, I'm starting my fishroom too! But a much slower project!

 

[hoodtatz]

kool idea

 

[cantrell00]

I need more grow out tanks so I found a ad on craigslist for odd & ends acrylic for $1.00 / lb. I checked it out and brought a bunch home. The fry wracks are approximately 48 X 18 X 10"T and will have three removable dividers. This will allow a ton of flexibility as fish are growing. I also picked up a ton of polycarbonate (Lexan) to use as tank covers.

There will be three of these and will be on a auto-drip. I hope to achieve 50% water changes daily. The auto-change system will be fed via the overhead reservoir. Approximately 30 gallons per day.

Here is a concept drawing:

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Pile of acrylic:

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Assembly sequence...

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Two are built with one more to go. Waiting on the acrylic joining "U" channel to arrive for the partitions. Also have to cut out the partitions and install everything. Including the covers for all of the tanks... Once completed, I will have the capability for basically 12 - 10 gallon tanks for holding mom's or recently stripped fry. As they grow, I can combine certain types into larger segments as I remove partitions. Filtration will be sponge filters.

 

[cantrell00]

I need more grow out tanks so I found a ad on craigslist for odd & ends acrylic for $1.00 / lb. I checked it out and brought a bunch home. The fry wracks are approximately 48 X 18 X 10"T and will have three removable dividers. This will allow a ton of flexibility as fish are growing. I also picked up a ton of polycarbonate (Lexan) to use as tank covers.

There will be three of these and will be on a auto-drip. I hope to achieve 50% water changes daily. The auto-change system will be fed via the overhead reservoir. Approximately 30 gallons per day.

Here is a concept drawing:

Pile of acrylic:

Assembly sequence...

Two are built with one more to go. Waiting on the acrylic joining "U" channel to arrive for the partitions. Also have to cut out the partitions and install everything. Including the covers for all of the tanks... Once completed, I will have the capability for basically 12 - 10 gallon tanks for holding mom's or recently stripped fry. As they grow, I can combine certain types into larger segments as I remove partitions. Filtration will be sponge filters.

 

[Egon]

Right on! I love this thread