A/C, tools, and beer. I see you have all the essentials.
I am very envious by the way... Nice job!
I am very envious by the way... Nice job!
Fish Shed Build Thread!
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The fish buying trip went excellent!
Did I mention I was inquiring about two differnt postings on CL, for killies and one for corys, and I was looking at one for rams, but figured I wouldn't be able to grab them all, then days later I realized they where all the same guy!
He had a garage dedicated to fish. There where some really nice planted tanks, a big discus tank with show quality discus and like 500 cardinals, and a rack of tanks on the wall, as well as some in the house.
Anyways, I ended up with:
-a 15tall that I picked up from another posting, with the fancy black silicone (like I care). 20$
-a 45gal that's pretty beat up, missing the center brace, cracked trim, generally dirty, but holds water, and it was 20$. I just asked if he had any spare tanks.
-4 Juvie GBRs, not quite colored up yet.
-10 clown killies, still pretty small.
-10 pygmy cories, full grown and still tiny, less than an inch I think.
-10 ottos, med. to large. They went in my community tank, maybe they'll help with the algae, although I think it's the dreaded "Black Beard Algae". This guy had NO visible algae, and he attributed that to lots of ottos and amano shrimp, and a couple small plecos.
-1 Badis Badis, the of the blue variety. I really just had him throw that in cuz it was $3 and it made my total a nice even amount.
Everybody except the ottos where drip acclimated over about 45min, ottos went in the community tank the usual way. They all seem to have made it through the night, I was a bit worried about the killies, one was swimming oddly, but everybody seems alright now. I fed frozen bloodworms this morning, only the killies nibbled a bit. Thats what he's been feeding, exclusively, he buys like 400lbs at a time online and goes thru a pound a day, crazy. He sold me 1lb for 6$ though, sounds pretty good to me. I want to get them on flake though with only occasional frozen/live.
I tried to get some pics, but I couldn't get any good ones, then my wifes camera died, I'll try again later.
Did I mention I was inquiring about two differnt postings on CL, for killies and one for corys, and I was looking at one for rams, but figured I wouldn't be able to grab them all, then days later I realized they where all the same guy!
He had a garage dedicated to fish. There where some really nice planted tanks, a big discus tank with show quality discus and like 500 cardinals, and a rack of tanks on the wall, as well as some in the house.
Anyways, I ended up with:
-a 15tall that I picked up from another posting, with the fancy black silicone (like I care). 20$
-a 45gal that's pretty beat up, missing the center brace, cracked trim, generally dirty, but holds water, and it was 20$. I just asked if he had any spare tanks.
-4 Juvie GBRs, not quite colored up yet.
-10 clown killies, still pretty small.
-10 pygmy cories, full grown and still tiny, less than an inch I think.
-10 ottos, med. to large. They went in my community tank, maybe they'll help with the algae, although I think it's the dreaded "Black Beard Algae". This guy had NO visible algae, and he attributed that to lots of ottos and amano shrimp, and a couple small plecos.
-1 Badis Badis, the of the blue variety. I really just had him throw that in cuz it was $3 and it made my total a nice even amount.
Everybody except the ottos where drip acclimated over about 45min, ottos went in the community tank the usual way. They all seem to have made it through the night, I was a bit worried about the killies, one was swimming oddly, but everybody seems alright now. I fed frozen bloodworms this morning, only the killies nibbled a bit. Thats what he's been feeding, exclusively, he buys like 400lbs at a time online and goes thru a pound a day, crazy. He sold me 1lb for 6$ though, sounds pretty good to me. I want to get them on flake though with only occasional frozen/live.
I tried to get some pics, but I couldn't get any good ones, then my wifes camera died, I'll try again later.
Just remember, always tools, and THEN beer, never the other way around...
Heh, turtle Soup... I like it.
Heh, turtle Soup... I like it.
CWO4GUNNER
USN/USCG 1974-2004 Weps
Wow once finished I bet it would be cool to lay on the floor at night with moon lighting on your tanks, gaze up at the fish and sleep soundly to the buzz of bubbles and moving water. Have you considered later pvc pluming for one large master pool or jacuzzi filter like at some LFS's? I hear 2-5K GPH pool filters make cheap but reliable filters.
I don't really have room for a giant filter, and I'd really rather not do centralized filtration. I did think about it though, one large sump... maybe for my next fish room, which will hopefully be larger. Then I can have a seperate sump for each biotope. For now, air powered sponge filters are cheaper, easier, and much cheaper to run. All my filters will be running on 46watts, large water pumps take more than that. I'll have to look into pool pumps though, haven't thought of that.
Everybody is still doing fine in the shed. I moved in my guppy tank, actually the guppies and their fry are now in the 20long, and I painted their tank, and set up the 15 I got yesterday. Almost time to buy more sponge filters!
Outside temps got to about 90 today. I had my wife check the temps in the shed, it was well cooler than outside, and the tanks didn't get above 78 or 79, nice. I did mostly cover the skylights with peices of foil faced plywood, as a lot of heat was coming in from them. Being triple pane, they don't let heat escape very much, but they do let radiant heat from the sun directly in. That'll be handy in the winter. As our climate is mostly cooler, it'll work well to help heat the shed most months of the year. I'm realizing now I probably won't need the AC more than a few of the hottest days of the year.
Everybody is still doing fine in the shed. I moved in my guppy tank, actually the guppies and their fry are now in the 20long, and I painted their tank, and set up the 15 I got yesterday. Almost time to buy more sponge filters!
Outside temps got to about 90 today. I had my wife check the temps in the shed, it was well cooler than outside, and the tanks didn't get above 78 or 79, nice. I did mostly cover the skylights with peices of foil faced plywood, as a lot of heat was coming in from them. Being triple pane, they don't let heat escape very much, but they do let radiant heat from the sun directly in. That'll be handy in the winter. As our climate is mostly cooler, it'll work well to help heat the shed most months of the year. I'm realizing now I probably won't need the AC more than a few of the hottest days of the year.
Im enviuous wonderful shed and now it sounds like your going to get some nice stock
do you plan on breeding to offset cost
do you plan on breeding to offset cost
shwank
many breeders use sponge filters with large air pumps
I was pointed to this site for more info/hardware
http://www.jehmco.com/
many breeders use sponge filters with large air pumps
I was pointed to this site for more info/hardware
http://www.jehmco.com/
CWO4GUNNER
USN/USCG 1974-2004 Weps
Wow! thanks for the website tip, I'm buying 5Lbs of dry ClorAm-X water conditioner, read nothing but positive reviews on the stuff, and price per dose is 600% cheaper then Prime.
That stuff looks like its crazy cheap - does it work well??? OR I guess I should ask, let us know how it works for ya - lol.
Arkangel77
