Fish Room Reno

[Ben75]

Hi All,
I have had my stand in the shed for some time now
and even though it worked ok , i have decided to renovate
and improve on the system. I have been thinking of doing a complete
new room from scratch , but decided to go with what i have and
see what i can do. So the first step i spose is to start this post to
motivate me to keep going.
I will post some pics tonight of the stand as it was set up & also what
i have done to date.
Thanks for looking.
Regards,

[Darren's Discus]

Look forward to the reno pics.


cheers

[target]

I don't think I will ever tire of seeing a fish room being worked on. Please keep us posted.

[Ben75]

ok,
Here is what i had set up.
3 tier (too high for me up & down on ladders)
Will drop bottom row out.
Disconnected air & water lines and move stand up against
wall of shed. I have posted these pics on a pevious post but it shows
best the way the stand was.
Will take some more tommorrow of the progress i have made.
Thanks for looking.

[Ben75]

ok well here we go...
First pic is the stand stripped & repositoned in the shed, done this a few months ago. second pics is the pipes for water & air cut up ready to reuse.
& third pic is 2 of my 4 foot tanks stripped of floor bulk heads & ready to drill for new rear wall bulkheads. These 2 tanks will be painted externally and will have a divider placed centrally so i will have 4 breeding cubes.
A little progress this week end , could only spare a few hours.
Thanks for looking.

[Darren's Discus]

Little less posting and more work in the fishroom would be good Ben ! looking forward to watching it change.


cheers

[Ben75]

Ha Ha Darren, its your fault mate, you got me on this site in the first place.

[Ben75]

Since my last post the little spare time i have had has been spent stripping down old tanks and fittings to be reused and preparing the breeding tanks.
Heres a couple of pics of the progress. Have the electrician & plumber coming to do some work over the next few weeks, so fingers crossed things should start moving abit quicker. Thanks for looking

[Tropical Haven]

Looking good so far, keep up the great work.

[Darren's Discus]

Ben,
looking good mate,your a very talented man that can stand sideways and not fall over !


cheers

[two utes]

Nice work Ben!!! Looks like you got that Discus disease thingo too.

Good luck with it all mate!

[Armandi_Fishcarer]

Looking good Ben

I love seeing the differences in setups people have. That is what keeps the hobby strong.

Hope all goes well for you, my fellow country-men

Regards
Armandi

[Ben75]

Hi everyone,
Thanks for the comments, Progress has been slower than i had hoped.
Some is better than none. Have some tanks completed ready to hook up to
water & drainage.
Regards,

[Darren's Discus]

Coming along nicely Ben.


cheers

[Ben75]

Thanks Darren. As you can see i have used your plumbing ideas.


The pics below show a close up of the bulkhead at the rear of the tank.
I have been worried about any black inside the tank that could attract any fry. So the second pic is my idea of a cover. This is just a prototype, i am going to replace the grey cap with a white cap as soon as i get to the Hardware shop. There is enough room for cleaning between the cap and tank surround.
What do you guys think ? am i going overboard ?
Look forward to your opinions.

Kind Regards,