Pharaoh's New Fish Room Build

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
Egon said:
It sounds like you have a reasonable start on a drain system (the hardest part to a drip/trickle system). Just hard plumb the drain outside to your favorite tree or bushes. Then tap off the nearest cold water line and run flexible (ice maker) line to each of your tanks. I put a tiny valve on mine so I can adjust the flow to each tank when needed or you can put a irrigation tip that’s set for .5 gallons or whatever you want.

Start out with just a couple of your tanks you don’t care about like: Convict feeder stock, Goldfish grow out feeders and so on. Use unfiltered tap water (shutter) just to build up your confidence. Once you see that your fish will be fine and actually thrive on trickled unfiltered tap water, run some more lines to the breeder grow out tanks and so on.

Eventually you will be at 100% unfiltered tap water, money in your pocket because you won’t be spending it on prime and lots of time on your hands because you forgot what a water change is like :headbang2
Click to expand...

I have a couple of drip/WC systems under my belt from the last house. So this aint my first rodeo when it comes the these. I honestly had better luck with the automated water change system than I did with the drip emmitters with a constant flow.

I'm not sure I could get away with unfiltered/untreated tap water. It's coming out of the tap right now smelling like bleach. We also have chloramines most of the year. No way to break that bond without some sort of filter.
 
Looking GOOD! Love to see proper safety-factors going into your decisions, and not just the BIGGEST pieces of wood and metal you can find, all stuck together.
 
deeda said:
Nice job on the build so far, thanks for sharing all the pics. I really enjoy having all your build pics and narrative at the beginning of the thread so as not to wade through all the comments.

Quick question here regarding the manual water change procedure. To perform a water change, are you opening a ball valve on a vertical bank of tanks, draining them to the strainer height and then manually adding water (cold or tempered?) to fill the tanks to the 'normal' water height?

Also, what size PVC did you use for the individual tank drains AND for the final main drain to sewer/sump pit?
Click to expand...

I never answered this. All PVC is 1/2". I went the cheaper route on all the bulkheads. It slows down WCs a bit, but you have to give something up to save a couple bucks.


MaddMaxx said:
Looking GOOD! Love to see proper safety-factors going into your decisions, and not just the BIGGEST pieces of wood and metal you can find, all stuck together.
Click to expand...

I operate on the 1/4 rule. Typical saftey specs will use 1/4 of the capacity as the maximum loading spec. Well, at least with hoists, cranes, slings and structures that I have dealt with. One might even prove that the 350 might be a reduced percentage of the true loading of that screw, so the screw is actually capable of holding 2x-4x that 350lb number.
 
Egon said:
Updates?
Click to expand...

Yeah, I got a few I think. I need to start gathering up more pics. Maybe get some livestock shots in there.

I've been distracted contracting some work on the house and focusing on future upgrates that benefit the domicile and the fish room.
 
Pharaoh said:
I operate on the 1/4 rule. Typical saftey specs will use 1/4 of the capacity as the maximum loading spec. Well, at least with hoists, cranes, slings and structures that I have dealt with. One might even prove that the 350 might be a reduced percentage of the true loading of that screw, so the screw is actually capable of holding 2x-4x that 350lb number.
Click to expand...

Safety Factor of 4 is good enough for skyscrapers, I'd say its good enough for your rack... Looking forward to seeing some more.
 
Great thread! Took me back to my beginnings of the hobby; as an 8 year old boy being invited into a neighbors house and seeing tanks everywhere. I was hooked!
 
I did rewire all the LEDs and do a few things. I've been a bit distracted on some house projects. You know, spending the tax check.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
MonsterFishKeepers.com
Top Bottom