Big Garage Fishroom Project!

[chaoslite]

I wish I had the room. Everything is looking great.

I recognize these guys. How are they doing for you?


Mishka

[dkeef]

Very nice Dave. That last tank will be IWAGUMI style? LOL, you will spend more on that than on your larger tanks. If you are going to do one, may as well go large or go home. Use that vinyl paper I gave you for the background in the Iwagumi style ;-)

Rick whats so hard about iwagumi in 15 gal?
I was planning in DSM to carpet the ground.

[dkeef]

I wish I had the room. Everything is looking great.

I recognize these guys. How are they doing for you?


Mishka

Both Albino red gold stopped eating. In goes live worms and metro. Now eats lol

Hero fish in. So far so good...

[rickztahone]

Rick whats so hard about iwagumi in 15 gal?
I was planning in DSM to carpet the ground.

You will soon find out that those small type tanks are usually more difficult to maintain. Dry start is fine to do carpets, if you have a slope make sure to tilt your tank. Ferts, soil, and maintinence are just some of the few things that get hectic with these type of tanks.

[chris jennings]

Good Idea,I started to do the same thing,I built the stands 28' long is the longest with only 1 center support so I could see nothing but glass for the most part.I used tgi trusses to span the distance.These trusses are used on two story houses between floors and are very strong.I will try to post some pictures.For some reason I can't load pictures still.

[FischAutoTechGarten]

I would love to see fotos of those large spans!

[dkeef]

its been 5 months since my update. today just felt like taking some photos to show progress.
here we go...

300gal/125gal sump:








210 gal MOBA tank:




265 discus Main tank:




200gal/180gal combo African lake tank. shared by 50gal K1 filtration system

200 is for malawi Hap, peacocks, Mbuna


180 is lake tanganykan tank (far from complete)


180gal angelfish/rainbow/tropical fish tank


150gal (undecided tank...currently QT tank for new kennys arrival from Oct shipment)


multi tank shot








still planning on double 55gal tanks, double 40gal Breeder tank set up for QT and breeding???

[rickztahone]

Those are some big boy tanks . Very impressive Dave. What are you leaning towards with that 150g?

[dkeef]

Those are some big boy tanks . Very impressive Dave. What are you leaning towards with that 150g?

Man I have no idea. Thinking of moving tanganyika cichlid from 180 into there and put more malawi in 180.
Also thought of doing wild discus in 150.
Too many options.

[rickztahone]

Not a bad problem to have. You basically have like 80% of the work done.

[dkeef]

I would say so. Still need to make it a sanctuary. Just feels like garage now lol.
BTW I need to do something with 15 gal rimless tank. Was thinking iwagumi. It has 50 cardinals in it so far. Any suggestion rick?
I want low maintenance tho.

[rickztahone]

Iwagumi has the potential to be low maintenance. However, being that it is a smaller tank, a large-ish bioload can make it be more maintenance prone.

I've always wanted to make an iwagumi that had a divide with two types of soil so that it mimics a real life landscape with a tree (moss). As it stands right now, that would be a huge undertaking, and maintenance wouldn't be low, that's for sure.

So, in the end, I would suggest a flora carpet that doesn't require co2, have some nice stones, and only put the tetras in, but monitor the nitrates often and adjust accordingly.

Is this a 15g L?

[kris2341]

50 cardinals in a 15 gallon? thats a surprising density, and here i was concerned about having 100 cardinals in a 60 gallon LOL. They arent the smallest fish once grown but I am sure you know that.

[mikediscus]

dkeef, very nice set up. I see that is your bass tank you can still add some of CT wide Bar datnoids. Check out some of mine monster tank :http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showth...03#post1125303

[Disgirl]

Now that is a fishroom! Never saw one with so many big tanks all in one room. WC day must be a real chore? Where does all the waste water go? Is this a basement? A tank of all Australian rainbows would be awesome. Great room Dave,
Barb