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    Default Fish room update

    So, I recently decided that its time for some more tank space. I want to expand my discus collection! Went with heavy duty pallet racking with 3 tiers, rated 2100lbs per shelf. I have limited space, so, this is what i came up with! Even had to cut the racking to make it fit in my little fish room. Ran across petcos 1$ per gallon sale and bought an entire pallet of 29 gallons(8 total). Then the ball started rolling from there. I was originally going to build my own stand, but, decided against it for a few reasons. 1. lumber costs right now are really high. 2. the pallet racking was sooo easy to build and will save me time in the future when i decide to tear it down. I plan on working myself slowly into breeding. Super excited to start this journey!
    I will post pictures of the before and after! So big I had to stand outside of the room for a decent picture.
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    Nicely done !
    I love when people get the MTS bug ...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhFp68wjRUU
    ^^ My fish room tour by Richsfishes ^^
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    Quote Originally Posted by coralbandit View Post
    Nicely done !
    I love when people get the MTS bug ...
    Echoing what Tom has said. It looks good!

    I like the idea of using pallet racks - they're durable and seem like they can really handle the weight. I'm curious - what did you put between the two beams to make a solid foundation? Is it 2x4s cut to length?

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    Thank you! I love my new setup.

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    I used 2x6 boards pushed tight together. I was hoping to fit 4 tanks per rack but I was 1/2" short of achieving that goal lol

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    Now the next step is getting myself a larger water storage tank. The 35 gallon barrel isn't cutting it anymore.

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    Jon,
    We live for these Fish Room threads, but they aren't as common as they used to be anymore. We live vicariously through those induldging their MTS!!

    I like your setup and the space that you have... Very durable racks. (I went much lighter duty in my Fish Nook for appearances... and while they work... I feel like I have to treat them with kid gloves sometimes. Good choice on going heavy duty!) Yeah 12" wide tanks are really about 12 3/16"... it adds up and foils our plans.

    There are some really neat fish rooms in the Fish Room Projects section of this thread for checking out what some of the breeders/shippers (Hans, Kenny, Liz, etc..) have done.

    Thanks for sharing your project with us!


    So nice having that sump pit right there as well...
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    Take a look at Jack Taylor’s (KC_Discus)fish room and his passion to the discus hobby.


    http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showth...m-of-Discus_KC
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    What do you have as far as grow out tanks?
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    I wasnt sure if I should have posted it in the first place, but, Im glad you enjoy it! The sump pit is nice to have there, when i built this room i wasnt actually planning on using it as a fish room(wishing i would have built bigger). It even has a electrical panel in there. so when I start pumping heaters, I can have a dedicated circuit just for those!

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    I will do that for sure, I enjoy looking through that stuff!

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    Right now, i have the 40 gallon breeder on the top that are growing out eruptions. I also have a 125 in my living space in my basement! Plus 2- 55 gallons, 1 spare 40 breeder(because, I couldnt get it to fit on the new rack ), and 2 spare 29s. but the only one truly established right now is the 40 breeder in the fish room.

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    That's a good start. Are you figuring on using all those 29's as breeding tanks?
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    Maybe some day. But I want to start small with maybe 2 breeding pairs and I can use the only 29s for growouts till they get a little bigger.

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    I usper love how it is being illuminated, nice set up!

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