Plans For A Fish Breeding House

[Gun]

More pics of main shed/other sheds/land and possible materials to use....

(still using orbi cam...pics are ok though.....I couldn't be bothered sorting them, so uploaded the lot )

















I was rushing around in the rain (laptop open and in hand) taking various pics...my neighbours must have thought I was nuts, lol!

The pics here and below show variuos things:

The main shed/building (roof/floor/general layout)
4 Other Sheds (One is metal)
Variuos Mtaerials/Equipment (wood, Edging, generators, mesh, underlay, lighting, etc)

 

[Gun]

Oh and a dark and grainy mugshot of me(3yrs ago)....

 

[Arachnidzone]

Tolak, some nice angel breeding going on there! Well done!

Gun, amazing potential with all that room. Some great fun to be had with all your options!

 

[Gun]

Edit: Cheers for that Yeah there's quite some space available

Just been doing some rough figures regarding the cost of tanks...

Not including my current tanks:

Going by the yellow ad mag, 4ft seem to sell for around £50 - £100, 3ft £50 - £100 also, 2ft £25 - £50..6ft (not sure not many in mag)

6 FT X 2 =

4 FT X 8 = £400-£800

3 FT X 3 = £150-£300

2 FT X 15 to 18 = x15 £375-£750 x18 £450-£900

For 29 tanks (not including 6 footers) it would cost roughly (going by mag) between £1000 -£2000. Very rough and hard to determine this figure..I think if anything this is a high guess-timate.

Buying second hand would give me a ton of extras also....fish/pumps/substrate/heaters/the list goes on.....I would have a ton of spare filters/pumps/etc as the main systems will take care of this. Also loads of spare lids incase I want to light an individual tank (as the design will take away the need for lids).

 

[Arachnidzone]

Edit: Cheers for that Yeah there's quite some space available

Just been doing some rough figures regarding the cost of tanks...

Not including my current tanks:

Going by the yellow ad mag, 4ft seem to sell for around £50 - £100, 3ft £50 - £100 also, 2ft £25 - £50..6ft (not sure not many in mag)

6 FT X 2 =

4 FT X 8 = £400-£800

3 FT X 3 = £150-£300

2 FT X 15 to 18 = x15 £375-£750 x18 £450-£900

For 29 tanks (not including 6 footers) it would cost roughly (going by mag) between £1000 -£2000. Very rough and hard to determine this figure..I think if anything this is a high guess-timate.

Buying second hand would give me a ton of extras also....fish/pumps/substrate/heaters/the list goes on.....I would have a ton of spare filters/pumps/etc as the main systems will take care of this. Also loads of spare lids incase I want to light an individual tank (as the design will take away the need for lids).

Ah Gun, I will be able to sell you a 6ft, will bring a tank full of various accesories up! Gotta rehome the softshell turtle 1st though!

 

[Gun]

Yeah definitely putting thought to it mate

I just took some more pics of a possible floor plan (damn you camera!):






The central floor area has a 1x1ft cube section. This could either be a bench with 11 cubes sitting on it...or a rack with a bloody lot more cubes on, lol!
There is a 2 1/2ft gap/floor access all around this aisle design. Hmmm ideas.......

Edit: The pics are bigger but still dark (make them out though). I'll explain the area right away

Edit 2:

Door 2 may be blocked off to make way for (18X) 24x18x18

Racks will be built as (hopefully) fully independant modules.

Rear Rack: Bottom Tier- (4X) 48x24x24 Top Tier (4X) 48x18x18..or maybe 24 width...rafter/light/access space..?

(2X) 72x18x18 To the left of the rear rack.

To the left of the 6 footers will be a small desk/sink area...conveniently near window Could also be space here for more 2/3 footers/barrels or whatever.

Over to the far right side (central wall area) will be (3X) 36x18x18.

Central Floor area: (11X) 12x12 (bench style)...or (55X) 12x12 (rack style). Reduce the floor area by 1/2ft each side and you have 110 cubes, lol!

Window 2 will be used to air out the place in the summer.

Hmmm, trying to keep it fairly spacious, yet have a decent number of tanks. I think this design could work.......?

 

[Tolak]

Found a link that explains auto water changers, and an easy to make siphon overflow; http/waynesworldangelfish.com/automated_water_changes.htm

A buddy of mine has something similar with the overflows, made of pvc. Instead if a timer he has an electronic valve, hooked to a Christmas light remote. He can be watching TV, grab the water change remote, and push a button to change water. A good carbon canister will remove chloramine as well as chlorine, he has no problem with that.