Got to Have a Fishtank Room

10 Tanks · May 12, 2023

Hello TFF. Had to have a tank room in the basement. Can't have all these tanks on the main floor. Too heavy and too much water. So, it's got to be in the basement. Have nine tanks from 45 to 100 gallons. Don't know how many fish, but there are Goldfish and Comets, Buenos Aires Tetras, Black Skirts, White Skirts, three different species of Platys, Guppies, Red Eyed Tetras, Zebra Danios, a Pleco and Orange Saddle Corydoras. There may be some Fathead Minnows in the outside pond, but right now with all the rain we've had, the water is a bit murky. Here's pic of the Fishtank room.

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CaptainBarnicles · May 12, 2023

Very good, I would like to see each of your tanks if you can be bothered to take photos?

Back in the fold · May 12, 2023

Nothing like a dedicated fish room. I like yours.

10 Tanks · May 12, 2023

CaptainBarnicles said:
Very good, I would like to see each of your tanks if you can be bothered to take photos?

Hello. Okay. I can do that. Thanks for asking. Here is my 100 gallon trough. It has roughly 12 large Goldfish. Had to have a home for some of my larger fish and couldn't find a glass tank that was 100 gallons at the time I needed it. This trough was way cheaper! It gets large, weekly water changes, of course.

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emeraldking · May 12, 2023

I can tell from my own experience that having a fishroom is just great...
I do have to say that I'm glad to live overhere. For in general, in our country we use mostly hard materials for floors and walls. So, both walls and floors can handle high weights without any problems. And yes, tanks with water in it, do weigh a lot...

Liam · May 12, 2023

Looks great.

Fishmanic · May 12, 2023

I see entries for Tank of the Month contests… nuff said.

10 Tanks · May 12, 2023

Hello. Here's a photo of a 75 gallon tank that's been running for a few years. It has a large number of female Guppies and a couple of small males and several adult Goldfish that started as feeders some years ago. The Guppies are quite old over two years and are from countless generations ago. I started with female Guppies in a 30 gallon tank in around 2006. So who knows how many generations of Guppies there have been in my various tanks. I start my new tanks with them and dose bacteria starter and just start changing a lot of water a couple of times a week to start. The Guppies all seem to be fine with that process.

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Colin_T · May 13, 2023

It looks nice, clean and tidy but in my experience, carpets in fishrooms never last long. They get wet and turn mouldy. A better covering for floors in fishrooms is rubber mats made from used car tyres. They insulate the floor, can be taken outside and hosed off, and can reduce the chance of you being electrocuted because they insulate you from the floor.

10 Tanks · May 13, 2023

Colin_T said:
It looks nice, clean and tidy but in my experience, carpets in fishrooms never last long. They get wet and turn mouldy. A better covering for floors in fishrooms is rubber mats made from used car tyres. They insulate the floor, can be taken outside and hosed off, and can reduce the chance of you being electrocuted because they insulate you from the floor.

Hello Colin. Fortunately, I've never spilled much water. The basement is a one foot thick and eight feet tall concrete foundation for the house and is naturally insulated by the ground. The temperature stays at a pretty constant 72 degrees all year. I don't have to heat any of my tanks, except for the tank/pond outside. The electrical could be an issue, I guess, if I had a crack in one of the tanks. But, in 17 years, that's never happened.

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emeraldking · May 16, 2023

10 Tanks said:
I don't have to heat any of my tanks

Neither do I...

10 Tanks · May 16, 2023

Hello. Another tank in my Fish Room or Tank Room or whatever. This is an old 60 gallon tank I bought from a guy who was selling stuff out of his garage. Wasn't a garage actually, because he was just selling the tank and couple of other odds and ends from the tank, that's all. Have never seen a 60 gallon in stores. Can't recall how long ago I set it up, so it's been up a while. Has a couple of Goldfish, some really old White Skirt Tetras and some Guppies.

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10 Tanks · May 19, 2023

Hello. Here's a tank you won't see very often. This is a 52 gallon tank with a sponge filter and an other filter using a land plant to filter out most of the nitrogen. This is another tank I have in my Fish Tank Room.

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10 Tanks · May 22, 2023

Hello. Wanted to add another tank to the Fish Tank Room List. Here's a 55 gallon that been running for several years. Plants have essentially taken over this one. Has mostly Guppies, Red Eyed and Buenos Aires Tetras. Can't really find them most days. Too much plant growth. Fish like it though. There's so many hiding places. I clean the sponge filter and change half the tank water every week and feed just a little. Takes 45 minutes a week.

Oh, it's the top tank in the picture.

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Ram419 · May 22, 2023

That's a lot of hornwort, right? Dang!

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