Fish 'Shed' Is under construction!!

[smithrc]

This looks great, How many tanks do you have. What are you planning on using your house for.

at the moment the shed will house 8 larger tanks

5x 15gal 2x35gal and a 50gal

then there are 3 5gals for brine shrimp and snails etc...

The house still has a 100gal, 2x 40gals and a 15gal



[Progress Update] - the walls are white now - mist coat - might give it a top coat tomorrow. the shelves are cut to size and the supports are in the process of being cut...

too darn cold out there tonight

 

[andyj]

I'll give you a hand on Saturday to assemble the stands Russ

and it's not too cold, you're just a wimp !!!

 

[smithrc]

Harry potter took president tonight

(Dont tell Lorna I said it but... It was quite good actually)

 

[donkey]

LORNA . HE SAID HARRY POTTER WAS GOOD

 

[prankster705]

Harry Potter and the goblet of fire:
It's a good movie in my opinion.
Good for you to take some time off, altough you really should finish the shed, so we selfish little beings can admire the pics and you.LOL

 

[smithrc]

Harry Potter and the goblet of fire:
It's a good movie in my opinion.
Good for you to take some time off, altough you really should finish the shed, so we selfish little beings can admire the pics and you.LOL

Give me untill sunday night.... there will be lots of progress for you then

I might even have some water in a tank

 

[Mr.September15]

well youve done a lot. The last time I checked on it, it was still getting its frame done. Well good luck on the rest. Post up more pix so we can see it now...

-Arrowhead

 

[Genesis]

ive been checking this thread for a while, i'd love to see how its coming along

 

[smithrc]

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And this was today.... notice the essentials on the left.... a cold coffee and the radio

Lino down...

First layer in place. (no supports)

2nd level, with the centre supports in place

Then the electrics went in...

Lorna lent a hand this afternoon too and the 4ft tank and 3x 2fts have all had their first coat of backing paint... it was cold though so didn't dry in time to get a 2nd coat.

With all this progress, I couldn't end the day without getting a tank in there.... so the freshly painted 2fts got put in there to dry

The stand is drilled and screwed to the walls and constructed from 22mm water resistant floorboard and planed 2" x 1.5" timber. The shelves are 500 deep and nearly 2.4m long (8ft). These will allow me to use different sizes of tank if I want to up size in the future. The 2fts can be replaced as they will all 'stack' above each other to the left of the door leaving me with lots of room for more tanks

I need to work out the plumbing and how I want the tanks setting up now.
The 3 2fts will be sharing an external filter, with it pumping from one end and returning it to the other with the water syphoning between the tanks. I got some foam cubes yesterday that will be going in each of the linked tanks on the end of the syphon pipework to form a small filter to aid the external.

The left of the stand has a 1250 gap - meaning the 1200 tanks (not actually 4ft) will drop in there easily. there is then an 800 from the same range going on the right. at the moment these 2 will be running as separate tanks with internal filters, the stocking is going to be light to start with, and the filtration will be upgraded to a big, shared external, once I find the right bargain on eBay

The 4 ft and the 800 will be in place tomorrow, then I'll get the pipework in place. I need to drill some access holes through the stank to pass pipes through as I intend to setup a quick water change system so i just open a tap and start the syphon going.

I do still need to get water out there...

 

[yvez9]

your setup is coming along fine now!

seems to me like it's been sooo long since you started this thread and finally it's coming together with some tank already in there.

how big will your biggest tank be?

 

[smithrc]

The shed has taken a while... but I have helped plan a wedding (I think I did - Lorna has a different word for it), got married and had a honeymoon, and enjoyed the summer

The biggest I have planned at the moment is a 50 us gal (the 1200)

Although I do have the back wall that is 'free'..... 7ft x2x2 - 200gal anyone?

 

[yvez9]

for sure you need to setup a monster tank in there!!!

the smaller tansk i'm sure you can find room for in the house

 

[smithrc]

for sure you need to setup a monster tank in there!!!

the smaller tansk i'm sure you can find room for in the house

no more room in the house... hense the need for the shed

the smaller tanks will allow be to have species tanks for breeding....

Our LFS has a favorite of our in at the moment..... A Banded Bamboo Shark
its not going to happen but the 7x2x2 would do nicely for a while

 

[andyj]

Looking good mate

Apologies for not making it down to lend a hand or two, but we've been rather busy packing etc !!!



Andy

 

[ncjharris]

Looks blimmin' good!

Just a quick question - you mentioned that your estate is relatively new and I assume that your house is new-ish too.

Have you allowed for any kind of settlement or subsitance?!?