Right on! I love this thread
Thanks and you are welcome...
Acrylic is a great material to work with. Unforgiving for sure but so much more clear than glass...
New Fish Room - 11.5 X 6.5
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Thanks and you are welcome...
Acrylic is a great material to work with. Unforgiving for sure but so much more clear than glass...
Here is the fry tank with the dividers.. I ended up making a channel out of 1/4" strips - 1/2" wide. The fabricated 2X4/ply support is under it..
Please excuse the camera phone pics..
In the room..
My 11 year old "helper" screwing down the ply..
Second tank..
I have more on my camera showing the feed and drain lines for the auto-drip. The dividers, etc.. Will post later.
Please excuse the camera phone pics..
In the room..
My 11 year old "helper" screwing down the ply..
Second tank..
I have more on my camera showing the feed and drain lines for the auto-drip. The dividers, etc.. Will post later.
For sure and especially when you can find 1/4" acrylic on Craigslist for $1.00 / lb.
Here are some better photos....
Top two fry tanks with continuous drip emitters-
Bottom
"Mister Landscaper" .5 GPH emitter & hose adapter nozzle
Here is the DIY 1/2" overflow-drain. 1/4" vinyl
And to the floor drain
This is what I came up with to add chemicals/dechlor while filling the overhead reservoir.
Hopefully I will see really good growth rates.
Top two fry tanks with continuous drip emitters-
Bottom
"Mister Landscaper" .5 GPH emitter & hose adapter nozzle
Here is the DIY 1/2" overflow-drain. 1/4" vinyl
And to the floor drain
This is what I came up with to add chemicals/dechlor while filling the overhead reservoir.
Hopefully I will see really good growth rates.
Well.. I have changed several things around again..(Imagine that!)
1) I removed the partitioned grow out tanks that were on continuous drip. Mainly because the partitions are/were too small & I didn't see any growth rate advantages to the continuous drip. No sense in wasting water. I now have converted my 3 - 33L's to grow-outs.
2) Removed 3 - 40br and added 4 more 75's. I rearranged things to make more efficient and less crowded use of the space.
3)I covered all of the tanks with Lexan & added plastic betweeen the top & bottom rows to block most of the light glare that was occuring from the exposed CFL's.
3d rendering of the room now. The 3 - 40BR's are not shown on the top row of the long wall. Neither are the 3 - 33L's.
Here is the stocking of the tanks...
75 - Cyno afra Nkhata Bay, Labs, Ps Acei Luwala
75 - Cyno afra Jalo Reef, Ps Elongatus Usisya
75 - Cyno sp; Hara, Cyno Mbamba - Mpangha Rocks
75 - Cyno Lion, Lion's Cove, Cyno Lion, Lupingu, Cyno axelrodi (juvenile)
40BR - Cyno afra Likoma
40BR - Cyno Mabamba, Lundu
40BR - Cyno afra Cobue
40BR - Grow out
30 - Grow out
3 - 33L - Grow out
4 - 20L - Grow out (currently not being used)
From right hand side of the door around to the left of th room.. The 75's are on the bottom row.
1) I removed the partitioned grow out tanks that were on continuous drip. Mainly because the partitions are/were too small & I didn't see any growth rate advantages to the continuous drip. No sense in wasting water. I now have converted my 3 - 33L's to grow-outs.
2) Removed 3 - 40br and added 4 more 75's. I rearranged things to make more efficient and less crowded use of the space.
3)I covered all of the tanks with Lexan & added plastic betweeen the top & bottom rows to block most of the light glare that was occuring from the exposed CFL's.
3d rendering of the room now. The 3 - 40BR's are not shown on the top row of the long wall. Neither are the 3 - 33L's.
Here is the stocking of the tanks...
75 - Cyno afra Nkhata Bay, Labs, Ps Acei Luwala
75 - Cyno afra Jalo Reef, Ps Elongatus Usisya
75 - Cyno sp; Hara, Cyno Mbamba - Mpangha Rocks
75 - Cyno Lion, Lion's Cove, Cyno Lion, Lupingu, Cyno axelrodi (juvenile)
40BR - Cyno afra Likoma
40BR - Cyno Mabamba, Lundu
40BR - Cyno afra Cobue
40BR - Grow out
30 - Grow out
3 - 33L - Grow out
4 - 20L - Grow out (currently not being used)
From right hand side of the door around to the left of th room.. The 75's are on the bottom row.
Me too.
There is no sustitute for water volume & space... The more you have, the faster they grow. Assuming of course a high quality, high protein food and adequate filtration...
Continuous drips only remove the chore of water changes IME.
Thanks BTW.
There is no sustitute for water volume & space... The more you have, the faster they grow. Assuming of course a high quality, high protein food and adequate filtration...
Continuous drips only remove the chore of water changes IME.
Thanks BTW.
