always feel good to add more tanks have fun with project.
Happy holidays SD!
Its been a hard few weeks getting this set up. Still have to finish plumbing the tanks for easier water changes but its almost there I hope you enjoy the pictures.
First Fill
I'm horrible with cable management.
Picked up 65G from a fellow SD member for fry grow out. Thank you Vincent
Decided to add another rack to hold potential breeding pairs
always feel good to add more tanks have fun with project.
This looks good. Now if you leave the tools and lumber and buckets laying around on the floor and add a few puddles it will look just like my fishroom ALWAYS looks.
There is just one thing I noticed. Are the stand corners connected with drywall screws? If so, they don't have much shear strength. I would be tempted to use at least a single 1/4" through bolt, countersunk, at each corner. But I have a tendency to overbuild things like this.
More tanks? Why not? haha
Those pictures were taken after I cleaned it! Its still a mess lol.
The screws I used are for exterior use. I'm not totally sure about these numbers, found them online. But I'm just going to conservatively say the sheer strength for each screw is ~80lbs. I use about two screws per side so that comes out to 8 screws per tank, which I guess is roughly support for ~640lbs. Almost double what I need. I also reinforced the larger 40G breeders with an additional horizontal beam under the tank platforms so I think its pretty safe. As long as I don't run into it or pull on the rack sideways.
Wow that is ambitious! Looks awesome! How long did it take you to set all that up? Is that 6 tanks altogether now?
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Thank you! Yes it currently has 6 tanks but I can still fit 2 more muahaha
From start to finish up to the last picture, I would say it took me about 3 weeks. Most of that time was just spent planning it out. The build itself is pretty quick once you get all the bits and pieces together.
Looking good!
Update:
Finished the plumbing with no leaks
Very cool. Soon you will have double the amount of tanks, lol
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Yeap... you know how it is lol
Looks good. How is the syphon start on your drain lines? Are they hooked up to an external pump?
You should really consider putting a strainer on the pvc. Either a slim line strainer or traditional.
Click here to view my 75g Acrylic Tank w/ Bean Animal Overflow with 40g Sump Thread
Also, click here for my 25 group of discus grow out thread
http://i3.cpcache.com/product/162117...ht=75&width=75
Want to look like Al did at his ACA talk with his white Simply Polo shirt?(You can catch Al's awesome Discus talk HERE)
You can get this and many more items such as T-shirts/Polos/hoodies/cups from our merchandise shop:
Cafepress.com
the drain is hooked up to an external pump
Rick, do you mean this?
Yup, you got em
Click here to view my 75g Acrylic Tank w/ Bean Animal Overflow with 40g Sump Thread
Also, click here for my 25 group of discus grow out thread
http://i3.cpcache.com/product/162117...ht=75&width=75
Want to look like Al did at his ACA talk with his white Simply Polo shirt?(You can catch Al's awesome Discus talk HERE)
You can get this and many more items such as T-shirts/Polos/hoodies/cups from our merchandise shop:
Cafepress.com
Matt, nice set up and a comfortable chair to watch the fish grow while you browse on Simply Discus.
Thank u to all guys and girls for all your help and hard work at NADA Chicago 2016 [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]