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Well I've kicked my wife and I out of the garage and taking over half of it for a fishroom. She doesn't mind too much because she will have her guest bedroom back now, which is good since our first baby is on the way. I'll take step by step photos through the project,which I plan to have completed in a couple weeks. Step one clean garage floor and paint it battleship gray for a nice clean look(that'll make em spawn!)
and...more to come-stay tuned!
ronrca
03-06-2006, 06:17 PM
Great start! Im going to love seeing the progress.
Thanks for sharing. :thumbsup:
alpine
03-06-2006, 06:48 PM
Thanks for sharing.. I would love to see all this Step by Step..
roberto
Jarrod
03-06-2006, 11:35 PM
That's gonna be a great fishroom!...looks like a great start and thanks for sharing the pics...keep em coming as you progress :) :)
Jarrod
CAGE-RATTLER
03-07-2006, 02:08 AM
Looking forward to see how it prgresses ......... especially the plumbing.
scans
03-07-2006, 09:36 AM
Make sure you use one of the Floor epoxys with traction stuff (Sand). regular paint on a concrete floor becomes an ice skating rink when wet!
Jarrod
03-07-2006, 10:36 AM
Make sure you use one of the Floor epoxys with traction stuff (Sand). regular paint on a concrete floor becomes an ice skating rink when wet!
A vey good point indeed!
Jarrod
AADiscus
03-07-2006, 06:02 PM
Hey Britt!!!!!!!!
You changed your mind. I thought you were gonna go long ways with the room. I think you will like it better this way. I know Val is excited about getting the guest room back. lol Have fun with it.
ps.....we are suppose to get bad weather tonight. Hope it don't hail on that new car. :(
Don't jenks me Angela! I post pics as I progress. I plan on framing it Friday.Already bought my sink and Reflectix to wrap tanks and storage tanks. I also ordered a 300 gal. vertical storage tank to add to the room. I already have a 100 and a 65 for ro. I can't wait to get the fishroom finished!
lauris
03-10-2006, 10:53 PM
would epoxy paint, or the gray paint, affect the ability of the concrete to let water pass through?
Not sure if I understand your question but the stuff I used should seal the concrete and keep water from doing any damage, Not that I ever spill any!Yea Right!
discusfire4
03-11-2006, 10:02 AM
Not sure if I understand your question but the stuff I used should seal the concrete and keep water from doing any damage, Not that I ever spill any!Yea Right!
I realy do not see a need to put anything down to protect your floor. You can if you want to. A little water is not going to hurt it at all. Concrete is constantly curing and water if any will help even when it has set up. Concrete is pretty tough except when it is exposed to fire. The epoxy paint is really for visual effects in my opinion.
lauris
03-11-2006, 12:30 PM
careful what you wish for as to a 'sealed' floor. that water has to go somewhere. when i spill on my basement floor i turn the lights off and go watch tv for awhile. come back and its gone. in a garage i suppose you can squeegee it out the door or whatever. the painted floor does look great.
This takes too much thinking!
Total square footage around 230 feet. Allows me space for 3 of the industrial racks that I use to hold tanks. I currently only have 10 tanks(5 breeders and 5 growouts) but by the end of the year that will probably grow.
marilyn1998
03-11-2006, 03:26 PM
I have just one thing to say.... Will you marry me? LOL..
Looks great! Your wife is one fine trooper to support your hobby so completely.
Good luck in this endeavor!
I think she will just be glad to have my stuff out of the house. Even I'm sick of hoses running down the hall and into the bathtub. And I seem to have a serious flood about once a month and have completely ruined the carpet in 2 bedrooms and the hallway, and the bathroom which I finally tiled. If I had just built the fishroom when I first moved in I could have saved money! Oh Well!
marilyn1998
03-11-2006, 03:59 PM
YA know? ITs talk like that which keeps my husband from letting me get more than one tank. :> We have a newly built home and he is paranoid about water spillage and mold and all.
I guess he "does" have reason to be. In our older home (950 sq ft) I had 9 tanks going for mated pairs and grow outs. My python reached throughout the house, but that doesnt mean a thing since I often forgot to switch the water and sprayed all over instead of sucking it up. :p :p
ALso, my youngest son was into turtles of all types, he had 3 tanks, and another 4 for his lizards. And my oldest had 2 tanks for his tarantulas.
Now, my husbands 2 dogs and my 2 cats, they didnt need tanks.
Can we say obessive and compulsive? :D :D
I am still work ning on getting my 90 gallon tho. I will start a good thread when I get it all worked out in my mind.
Good Luck!!! And more pics!!
some pics of my current fishroom, seems more like a fish closet, I can barely turn around in here. I can't wait to be out of this tiny space
Even in the closet and on the floor
room is 10x11 plus closet
BIGFOOT
03-12-2006, 11:15 AM
Not to brag or too pee you off butt I am glad I got the whole basment to my self other than the fish. LOL
A basement would be great! Houses don't have basements here.
AADiscus
03-13-2006, 12:00 PM
Looking good Britt!!!!!
Are you going to insulate the new wall? It sure will help in the winter.
Thank you Angela, I'm getting really excited! Yes I am going to insulate the new wall. Not going to best the most efficient room though because I discovered the 2 outside walls aren't insulated but I'm not going to tear them out to insulate, OH Well!
The 300 gallon storage tank arrives, I never in my life thought I would be excited about a plastic container. Were all nuts!
Got the ac/heater installed also(for my comfort!)
White Worm
03-13-2006, 04:23 PM
So, you walled off the whole front of the garage? Maybe a pic from out side the garage? I am thinking of doing the exact thing.
Correct, I used the front half of the garage. built the wall right to the garage door opener. the first few pics show the whole garage.
chromes03
03-13-2006, 10:36 PM
Hey Britt very interesting?....I have a similar project under construction in my garage. I plan to have 10 55gallon tanks. Where did you get your verticle storage tank? Was it expensive? B/c I was looking at one from Jehmco and it was 259 for the 250 gallons with additional 200 for shipping...so around 460 total for a 250 gallon storage. Is that a reasonable price? thanks
henry
No, I buy all my supplies from Jehmco but the shipping will kill you, so I buy water storage tanks from a local place. The brand of tank you want is Norwesco, go to their website and find a dealer near you and go pick it up. I paid $306 for my 300 gallon and that even included delivery of about 20 miles away! You might have to rent a truck to go get yours but still probably cheaper.
White Worm
03-14-2006, 03:41 PM
I was just wondering if you installed a door in the new wall so you still have access into the house from the garage door opening or is it a solid new wall that splits the garage?
Yes I did install a 36 inch door for getting things in there,plus fire safety. I put the door in last night and didn't realize what a pain that is.
White Worm
03-14-2006, 06:12 PM
Yes, been there done that. The fire safety garage type door can be heavy, awkward and difficult to install.
I have outlets galore! 5 double gang outlets, still won't be enough but I'll use powerstrips
The beginning of my plumbing puzzles I'm putting together. Plumbing a fishroom is insane in the membrane! My head hurts from so many drawings and measurements and trial and errors! Thanks to Andrew(Green Country Discus)many of my questions have been answered.
the back side still needs work, plumbing nightmare will be coming soon!
aziyaeian
03-18-2006, 06:36 PM
The beginning of my plumbing puzzles I'm putting together. Plumbing a fishroom is insane in the membrane! My head hurts from so many drawings and measurements and trial and errors! Thanks to Andrew(Green Country Discus)many of my questions have been answered.
HI buddy
would you please share your last approved drawing?
DiscusStudent
03-18-2006, 07:04 PM
Looks like you're going to get pretty good at parallel parking to get your car into the garage ;) Just Kidding :D Awesome project I love seeing the progress keep it up!
Yes, I should have the whole system set up and plumbed by next weekend. At this point though I'm not automating my draining just my filling. Not ready to drill tanks at this point. Actually I think I could parrallel park my wifes car in there!
pcsb23
03-19-2006, 06:39 PM
Excellent project, giving me some good ideas, many thanks.
Plumbing for my sink is done!
MiamiDan
03-23-2006, 02:14 PM
Those tanks are not drilled...are they? So you syphon water out of each tank individually for water changes, etc?
AADiscus
03-23-2006, 04:46 PM
It looks like you are coming along pretty good. We've got to get over and see it. Do you have all your tanks out there yet or just the one rack?
Discus_KC
03-23-2006, 08:24 PM
Looks good Britt !
Jack
AmazonRainbows
03-23-2006, 10:55 PM
Clean setup. Kind of work I like.
CAGE-RATTLER
03-24-2006, 12:24 AM
OK ......... lets get busy on that plumbing and some detailed pics ...... lol ........... I for one am curious to see how everyone does that.
Ive put it off long enough and its finally getting warm out now and want to get my racks and plumbing going soon.
Yes, for the time being I will continue to syphon by hand with an 1800gph pump on the other end, so trust me it's not slow!I just don't want to drill glass at this time. I have 2 racks out there now and plumbed but what has taken up all my time the last 2 days is the overflows on the storage tanks and the plumbing of the manifold around the pump. This plumbing process is more challenging than I expected! More measuring, cutting, priming and gluing than you can imagine! I'm having a blast!I'll have some good pics tonight because I didn't take any yesterday so keep your on here tonight!
get er done! 2 racks are plumbed!
Plumbing for the overflow on water storage
the command center, manifold around pump
the pump is in the lower left of pic, the in line comes in from right side and the out of the top. The in line comes from all 3 storage tanks and my line for syphoning the tanks. The out goes to the drain and to the tanks for filling.This takes some serious head scratching to make it come together just right(at least for me)but it seems to be working great so far.
CAGE-RATTLER
03-24-2006, 07:14 PM
Thats some pretty big tubing there.
What size are you running?
All my fill lines are 1" and my drain lines to the sewer are 2". I'm not going to have a problem moving lots of water!
I'm done!!!!!! Well at least all the major stuff. I'm not kidding, this project has kicked my@$$ the last 2 weeks. I tore up my back, my hands are badly wounded and dry, I have bruises and scrapes, but man does it feel good to have a real fishroom. Now I have to tweek some things and then enjoy it!
Had to take 4 pics to get the full view
And a lights out shot, I'm lovin it!
CAGE-RATTLER
03-24-2006, 11:58 PM
Looks great bud!! ............ and im sure a whole lot easier to maintain now. Enjoy!!
Do you have the tank drains in? Couldnt tell from the pics.
Just curious how you setup the draining.
Tanks drilled or did you rig up something over the edge of the tanks?
The draining is the one thing im trying to figure how to do right now. Obviously the fill lines are pretty easy to do.
Would love to see some more detailed pics.......... after you take a break .............. Ok thats enough of a break :D
CAGE-RATTLER
03-25-2006, 12:11 AM
Just went back and saw you said you werent doing tank drains cause you dont want to drill them.
Theres plenty that have drains that arent drilled.
Thats actually what i plan to do.
Keeping an over the edge drain line primed is the biggest thing or figuring out how to prime them easy.
I was looking around at some pumps last night and i believe there is some that can be run dry or self priming pumps that would work so you dont have to worry about the syphon. When you turn it on it will just start sucking the water up.
Anyone know more about those??
Yes, doing pvc over the edge of tank would be a nice touch but you still need to clean the crap off the bottom with a hand held hose. With a big pump like mine, I might as well just syphon out that way. Plus if I see another piece of pvc anytime soon I will drown myself in the 125!
wheeler
03-25-2006, 03:56 AM
great job on your fishroom!!! your gonna need another ladder to get to the ladder beside your "command post"!!! oh yeah there is still a bare wall too!!! it look like there may be some more tanks in your future...LOL
GulfCoastDiscus
03-29-2006, 01:34 AM
Instead of an overflow in your storage tank, just add a float valve.
Much of the time I just fill the storage tanks with a hose or the waste water from the ro unit so I don't know how to make a float valve work for that. Plus I don't fully trust float valves,especially if I were gone for a couple days. Anyway it's too late because I've already plumbed the overflows.
Well I'm still tweeking this project. I found that my pump wasn't strong enough to lift water up my 1" pvc from inside my storage tanks. I had the pipe coming out of the top and over to the pump. I switched it around and am now running the water out the bottom of the tanks and it works like a charm, should have done it that way in the first place.
GulfCoastDiscus
03-29-2006, 12:39 PM
Much of the time I just fill the storage tanks with a hose or the waste water from the ro unit so I don't know how to make a float valve work for that. Plus I don't fully trust float valves,especially if I were gone for a couple days. Anyway it's too late because I've already plumbed the overflows.
You can get a float valve from Ace Hardware. They have the ones use for farms. It's use to fill the cattle's water troughs. It's made for a 3/4" pipping. Homedepot has a brass reducer from a 1/4" to 1/4" line. I use to do the same with my RO waste water.
I have never had one fail on me. YET:o It easily install.
MiamiDan
03-29-2006, 01:01 PM
You can get a float valve from Ace Hardware. They have the ones use for farms. It's use to fill the cattle's water troughs. It's made for a 3/4" pipping. Homedepot has a brass reducer from a 1/4" to 1/4" line. I use to do the same with my RO waste water.
I have never had one fail on me. YET:o It easily install.
You mean 3/4" to 1/4" reducer, right? I will check out Ace Hardware. I like the idea of float valves, but I had electronic float valves fail on me before. Is this mechanical? I was thinking for my storage, use a timer plus an overflow. Now I'm thinking...timer, float valve & overflow...just in case. I'm thinking of building a completely automated water changer (3X/week)... Dan
GulfCoastDiscus
03-29-2006, 01:25 PM
You mean 3/4" to 1/4" reducer, right? I will check out Ace Hardware. I like the idea of float valves, but I had electronic float valves fail on me before. Is this mechanical? I was thinking for my storage, use a timer plus an overflow. Now I'm thinking...timer, float valve & overflow...just in case. I'm thinking of building a completely automated water changer (3X/week)... Dan
Yes, It's mechanical. Sorry for the type error.
I do have this type of float valve on my ro storage container and it works fine I just don't see how it will work for my regular tap water since I fill with a garden hose from the faucet at irregular intervals.
GulfCoastDiscus
03-30-2006, 11:58 AM
I do have this type of float valve on my ro storage container and it works fine I just don't see how it will work for my regular tap water since I fill with a garden hose from the faucet at irregular intervals.
Hi bro,
The float valve I got is for a hose connection. Just screw it on. Homedepot has a hose connector for a 1/4" hose. Give me a call and I cam clarify more for you.
MiamiDan
03-30-2006, 12:27 PM
Hi bro,
The float valve I got is for a hose connection. Just screw it on. Homedepot has a hose connector for a 1/4" hose. Give me a call and I cam clarify more for you.
Hey Dan, I went to Ace Hardware & they only had electric float switches & didn't know what I was talking about. I checked acehardware.com & it only listed 2 electric float switches. I could really use one that would work out of a garden hose. Do you have a link or more info where I could get one? Do you sell them? Many thanks. the other Dan
GulfCoastDiscus
03-30-2006, 12:37 PM
Hey Dan, I went to Ace Hardware & they only had electric float switches & didn't know what I was talking about. I checked acehardware.com & it only listed 2 electric float switches. I could really use one that would work out of a garden hose. Do you have a link or more info where I could get one? Do you sell them? Many thanks. the other Dan
The ones I got are mechanically float valves. They're used in farms for cattle troughs.
I can get it. Just call me and I can send you one at cost.
donaldbyrd
04-18-2006, 08:17 PM
any updated pics?
Those last pics were pretty much it. I have made some minor adjustments but nothing worth photo.
Darren's Discus
08-20-2006, 02:29 AM
great job i never get tired of looking at peoples fishrooms just wish there were lots more to look at.
cheers once again good job.
Thank you, it was a lot of work and $ but I love it!
IceDiscus
08-21-2006, 04:34 PM
well it definity inspired me, I can't wait to start my fish room :D
Havoc321
08-28-2006, 12:56 PM
On the Pic of your water command center, you have a black handled ball valve on what appears to be a straight peice going to your sewer line AND a U-shaped trap underneath that. Am I viewing it wrong? If not, what is that all about?
BTW, beautiful job!
Maybe its time for an update, please!:D
I have a line going in the pump and one going out. On the in line I have it branched into 3 lines, each coming from a seperate storage tank and each with a ball valve. On the out line I have 2 branches, one going back to my tanks with a ball valve at each tank and one going to the main drain line with a ball valve. That pic is deceiving, do make sure you have pee traps in good spots also.
Juventino
03-05-2014, 06:59 AM
Great Fish Room Bravo.. what can i say :)
coconua
02-24-2015, 03:55 AM
wow nice,,its inspire me, i wish can make one like that
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