Garage fish room build....on a budget.

jetajockey

jetajockey

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Hi. Just thought I'd update you guys on how my fishroom build is going. Started last week in our garage, that looked like THIS when we moved in last sunday.
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So after several hours of tossing out stuff and cleaning, we got the tanks in. Had to transfer some of my already working tanks and racks also, the transition went fairly well apart from a few small casualties.
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A week passes, free time to organize. Here's a pic of the tanks that I put outside because I question whether they hold water.
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Here's a pic of the tanks that I planned to set up.
first row
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2nd row added
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And today I set a new rack up. It's supposed to hold 1000lbs per shelf, but it didn't seem like it, so I spaced the tanks out a little bit.

I also re-used a metal desk that I found in the garage. It seems very sturdy, hope it stays that way =]
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That's it for now. I plan to get another rack to go next to the metal desk to put more tanks on, I still have 10 or so 20g+ tanks that need to be setup. I'm not in dire need of tank space at the moment so it's going on hold. Tomorrow I am running the pvc for the airlines off of the alita al-60.

Thanks for looking!
 
Dang, dude... it really does look like a pet store! Awesome work!
 
It's looking nice. Which brand of shelving/rack are you using? Are you using individual heaters or will you be using a room heater?

I'm still deciding on whether to convert a bedroom to a fish room or move them out to the garage.
 
it's not letting me edit my first post to fix the pics. here they are, right after we moved in
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@dudley I got them from lowes. I've been using the large metal rack with the 40bs on it for about a year now. The small racks on the left are from lowes also, on sale for 69 dollars if you buy online and pick up in store.

I'm going to put heaters on some of my more particular tanks, like fry growouts etc, but for the most part, the temp in there is hot anyway since its nearly march and im in florida. If anything, I'm going to end up ducting some ac into the garage at some point.
 
So awesome. Wanna give us the rundown on what's happening in all the different tanks?
 
Inka4040 said:
So awesome. Wanna give us the rundown on what's happening in all the different tanks?
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Please do! What size is that flat back hex tank? It looks huge.

EDIT: Also what kind of filtration are you going to use?
 
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