Fishcave

[Keith Perkins]

What happens when your wife won't let you have a fishroom and won't let you have a mancave...FISHCAVE! jk

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The cabinets match what's in the kitchen and I installed everything and built the walls, except the one the TV is hanging on which is part of the stairwell. Bought the counter top at a big box store and installed my own end caps...never again. There is an 1 1/2 gravity drain system behind the tanks and 10 outlets and a switch to an outlet on the back of the wall for my pump and 25 feet of flexible PVC to fill everything.

[William Palumbo]

Mancave...that's a word that just invokes an image of something ENTIRELY different in my mind!...The fishcave looks nice and neat Keith...but come on...more tanks!...Bill

[Keith Perkins]

One I finish the last wall I've got a brand new 72 bowfront tank that's going to go behind the coach as a growout. Hopefully that will start in a couple of weeks or so. Off to CA for 5 days next weekend.

[Jennie]

lol looks like my WOman cave..flat screen above 125...tanks to the left of me..tanks to the right..here I am stuck in the middle again...(musically familiar?). lol..you got plenty of space for more!

[two utes]

Its nice having your own space to kick back and relax....but l would be carefull about having the t.v directly above your tank. Your sure to get some moisture in it from your tank, which may cause you some grief. Just my thoughts :)

[vera]

Its nice having your own space to kick back and relax....but l would be carefull about having the t.v directly above your tank. Your sure to get some moisture in it from your tank, which may cause you some grief. Just my thoughts :)

+1
and how in the world one can watch tv , when there is good stuff happening just below it !!

[Jennie]

Its easy V. commercial comes on..just look down.. 2 Utes.. I have same set up but do live in dry climate.. have had tv above for a year with no issues.. good circulation is important o have as well though

[vera]

im surprised how it blends well with ambient J , LOL
sneaky idea

[Keith Perkins]

I honestly spend a lot more time listening to that TV while I'm doing WCs than actually watching it. When I decided to buy it I told my wife that the discus had to maintain the standard of living they'd become accustom to in our living room.

I do occasionally end up with a couple of splashed drops of water on the screen, so that's when the screen gets it's quarterly wipe down. Going to get the 2x4s and foam board for the remainder of the room after work today.

[Keith Perkins]

The wife is very musical, in the last couple of years I've bought her a pretty nice flute and a gloss black digital Kawai piano...she allows me my fish stuff. :)

[discuspaul]

Fishcave is looking real super, Keith - As someone said, there's room for more, but I see you're adding a bowfront. That's just for starters, right ?

[Keith Perkins]

Recruited a couple of carpenters to help me a week from Wednesday after I get back from California to stud up the last wall.

[mkv]

I need your wives to talk to mine....... SHE DIDN'T TAKE WELL WHEN I PLACED THE FISH TANK WHERE THE PIANO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.... now I get reminded everythime my daughters are taking piano lessons on how much better the accustics are on that part of the living room....... As far as the flat TV welll that was another battle......

[Jennie]

is why you just do MKV and dont ask..once its in the house..what's spouse going to say??? Keith, I wish for more wall space in my cave..

[mkv]

That's how my reef tank and seahorse tank made it to the house!!!!!!! I need to get creative SHE IS CATCHING UP!!!!!!!!

[Keith Perkins]

The last portion of wall is finally done in the fishcave along with the steel beam being enclosed. There's a new grow out tank in place just waiting for water and real fish.

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Hmm, that picture seems to indicate it was a red wine night when these pictures were taken. :)

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Told you it was waiting for real fish. :D I almost added a spawning cone between the two of them, but it was a fleeting thought.

Oh, and the background I bought for the tank is on the backside of the one that is showing that my wife greatly preferred.

[discuspaul]

Looks really comfortable, Keith, and a red wine atmosphere for sure. Love it, and I'm sure it will look great!

[KEWX]

Lucky guy! Everbody should have a "fishcave"!

[Second Hand Pat]

Nice Keith and looks very comfee...cute fish in the new tank. :grin:

[Skip]

What happens when your wife won't let you have a fishroom and won't let you have a mancave...FISHCAVE! jk.

so i was hanging at KeithsCave.. and i found the House Rules.. here is a pic..

http://myfriendsandi.com/LOGOS/man%20cave%20web.jpg

[Northwoods Discus]

LOL love the fish cave rules!!! Hey Kieth is that stone on the left a Dino Poo rock?

[Keith Perkins]

Thanks all, maybe some day I'll get to try it. It certainly looks comfy, but no surprise 99% of the time I'm down there I'm working on tanks. I did watch every Packer post season game down there, but most of those were during WCs too.

Dino Poo rock Bill, I think not. Remember I'm an accountant by trade. What accountant is going to pay those kind of prices for hard fertilizer? I don't honestly know for sure what it is, but I believe it's quartz. Has a nice pink color to it, and discus from time to time have decided the angle is good for laying eggs on. It's awfully tough to see eggs on it though when they lay on it. Just a nice decorative rock for a grow out tank that in a pinch makes a good first spawning site.

[vera]

so i was hanging at KeithsCave.. and i found the House Rules.. here is a pic..

http://myfriendsandi.com/LOGOS/man%20cave%20web.jpg

no wonder Skip u need a dog or lizard to meet ladies lol these rules will keep u single for ...LIFE !! LOL

[Second Hand Pat]

no wonder Skip u need a dog or lizard to meet ladies lol these rules will keep u single for ...LIFE !! LOL

or a crow.

[Jennie]

hmmf...we need WOman cave rules! lol..course I agree with all the ones above..weird huh?

[Keith Perkins]

hmmf...we need WOman cave rules! lol..course I agree with all the ones above..weird huh?

LOL, that would explain a lot Jennie. Heck I disagree at least partially with about half of um.

[Skip]

LOL, that would explain a lot Jennie. Heck I disagree at least partially with about half of um.

i hope #4 isn't one of them! lol

[Cuchulainn]

or a crow.

Whats wrong with a crow? I think any woman would be fascinated with a man's giant crow! Maybe even woo'ed into the mancave with it! ;)

Nice fishroom Keith, and yes looks like a nice chunk of pink Quartz.
Did my grandma make you that afghan? lol ;)

[Jason K.]

the cave has come along well keith!

[Keith Perkins]

Did my grandma make you that afghan? lol ;)

No, that one was a wedding gift that I really wonder if it was a regift. Red, white and blue in the winter just doesn't seem right. On the other hand, I do have an afghan my mother made and another my oldest sister made and I cherish them both. I know exactly how much time and effort goes into those things.

Dang, I just looked to see where you were from. I wouldn't have thought a Canuck would have made light of a blanket of any kind.


the cave has come along well keith!

Yea, I just need to decide what if anything I'm going to do for a ceiling.

[Cuchulainn]

[QUOTE=CozyKeith;749421]No, that one was a wedding gift that I really wonder if it was a regift. Red, white and blue in the winter just doesn't seem right. On the other hand, I do have an afghan my mother made and another my oldest sister made and I cherish them both. I know exactly how much time and effort goes into those things.

Dang, I just looked to see where you were from. I wouldn't have thought a Canuck would have made light of a blanket of any kind.

I cherish all my afghans from my grandma, and mom as well. I've seen the amount of work, and love that goes into them, it makes them all the more warmer.Except when my toes go thru the holes.;)

[Jennie]

I don't know abt Keith, but I'm not a spritzer fan myself.
yep, my cave...my rules

i hope #4 isn't one of them! lol

[Keith Perkins]

i hope #4 isn't one of them! lol

There's never been one of those in the cave, but I'm not going to say I've never drank one either. Of course there aren't that many different kinds of drinks I can I've never tried. :D Cheers.

[DiscusLoverJeff]

The one sanctuary a person can have is living in his/her cave with their fish. Keith obviously took charge of his desire to have the "man cave." Good job Keith!!