My fishroom photos

[patrick richard]

These are a few pictures of my fishroom that I set up last year. There is a total of 17 tanks. The tanks are as follows: 1x125, 3x90's, 1x75, 3x55's, 3x20's, and 6x29's. I have a 300gal. storage barrel, for my aged tap water.I also have a RO unit with 2x45gal barrels. All water is pumped to the tanks from a common header system around the ceiling.

I hope you like the pictures.

Patrick

[patrick richard]

Just a couple more pictures.

Patrick

[Eddie]

Nice clean set-up Pat, very nice!

Thanks for sharing the photos

Eddie

[MGKelly]

very nice setup!

[patrick richard]

Thanks guys, now I just need to invest in some more fish.
:D:D:D

[Eddie]

Thanks guys, now I just need to invest in some more fish.
:D:D:D


I think that will be the easy part! :D

[dan1]

Very nice and neat setup Pat. Just like Eddie said, putting in fishes is the easy part. Thanks for sharing and have fun filling all the empty tanks.

[Discus-n00b]

I was about to say Patrick, to many empty tanks in these photos! ;) Looks real nice, nice clean and simple.

[ollie]

nice looking setup you got there :)

[mmorris]

Very nice, Patrick! Did you plumb in the sink yourself?

[ceh23]

Nice clean looking setup! I like it a lot!

[Ed13]

Looks great Patrick!!!

[ashaysathe]

Very nice Patrick. May be I should come over and see it personally :D :D :D
Jokes aside - Patrick you have done a great job putting this place together. Marvel !!!

[roclement]

That is awesome! Clean and very well organized, now go fill them up with fish!

Rodrigo

[scottthomas]

Great set up you have. Clean and organized. 17 tanks is a lot. I originally planned for 20 in my fishroom but opted for 13 and is still all I can handle.

Do you use the sink often? I always hear others claiming a sink is absolute must. I have a drain and area for sink already plumbed but really havent needed it yet.

Thanks for sharing your fishroom.

[patrick richard]

:D:D
Thanks everyone for the kind comments. It's taken me alittle while to get the pictures downsized to fit on here. I'm not that great with a computer. The fishroom has changed alittle bit since those pictures. I have turned a couple of the 29's around and put in some f1 Pelvicachromis's and some latacara curviceps in them. I haven't had any luck with the discus breeding. I want my 4 year old to get involved, and whats a better way of doing that than having some babies to watch grow up. Thats why I bought the other fish.

Martha, and Scott.

I didn't plumb the sink in myself, I helped my friend do it. This fishroom is in the garage, so I had to tap into the hot and cold lines that are going to my kitchen sink. I was able to tie the drain into the main drain of the house that's in the crawl space under the kitchen. I use my sink everyday when I am syphoning out the large tanks and also draining out the smaller ones. I only have the larger tanks drilled half way up the tank. I wanted to control the draining myself on the breeding tanks (in case I get fry):D:D:D. The room also has its own heating zone, kept at 80 degrees.

Thank you again,
Patrick

[Tofe]

Beautiful setup Patrick. Organized, clean and well thought out. I have the same issues with the few breeders I have. Plenty of eggs but only wigglers a couple of times. Talk to you at Als next wk

Brian

[patrick richard]

Brian,

It will be great seeing you again. I have a 5gal. tank setup in the family room with some baby latacara's. I hope to have some discus fry in the near future. I changed my water perameters, and now there's a couple of pairs staring and pecking at the cones. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Patrick

[brewmaster15]

Having been to Patricks a few times I can honestly say ....Patrick's Fishroom is Everything Mine isn't LOL>.. Its Neat, organized, well thought out, and has room to expand his stock... totally the opposite of "ordered Chaos":) that mine is!
He definitely did it right!

-al

[patrick richard]

Thanks Buddy,

I would trade my fishroom for your ordered chaos any day. Remember that your fishroom comes with an unbelievable discus stock, that most would kill for...

See you on Saturday. How are my lttle babies doing? I have their tank waiting for them.

Patrick

[brewmaster15]

Thanks Buddy,



See you on Saturday. How are my lttle babies doing? I have their tank waiting for them.

Patrick They are doing well my friend and waiting for you!:):):):)

-al

[ockyra215]

Patrick,
A little jealous of your fish room lol! Look great and nice and organized. Two thumbs up from me :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Chad Adams]

Patrick,
You make me sick!
Chad
:D

[kent1963]

Patrick,
A little jealous of your fish room lol! Look great and nice and organized. Two thumbs up from me :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Your a LITTLE jealous! LOL if you only knew what I had to do to get my wife to agree to 3 new tanks.:argue: Thats a great setup.

[patrick richard]

I think I pushed my wife way past her limit:D:D:D. If she had it her way, I would only have one tank. She only alowed me to have a 20 gal in the den, and I just snuck the rest of them in. If I told her that I was going to shut down the room tomorrow, I don't think she would try to talk me out of it. She knows that I really want this hobby to be something that I can do with my two little girls.

Thanks again for the kind comments.

Patrick

[ockyra215]

I agree Patrick I keep my daughter involved as much as possible she loves cleaning the tanks she can reach poor discus arent to happy with her but they are growing!So as for the future of this hobby and many others that are out there kids are the future!:D

[MGKelly]

patrick, what size bulkheads did you use for your setup?

thnx, Joe

[dpt8]

Great work Patrick.. Love it.. You may have to come help me set a fish room up sometime Bud. What little fishies did you buy ? My fav red turqs ?? Have fun today. hope to see you soon. david T

[patrick richard]

Joe,

I used 3/4" bulkheads. I ordered them from Jehmco.

David,

Buddy you were missed yesterday. Last night I brought home the Albino Eruption Intermediates, And a beautiful round Alenquer/snake. I'll help with the fishroom, just let me know when your ready.

Patrick

[mlov1022]

Patrick, awesome fishroom you have going there. Pleasure meeting you yesterday.

[Flutter]

Looks great!

[jaykne]

Very nice setup wish I had nice setup like that, I was wondering do you have your 55gallon's drilled out, I want to drill my tanks out but most are 55g and was told that all the glass on a 55 was tempered glass and can't drill them out. Thank Larry

[patrick richard]

Mark,

It was great meeting you to, Hope to see you again at the next meeting.

Larry,

All my 55 gallon tanks are drilled. Alot of my tanks have tempered glass, but thats only on the bottom. I had no problems drilling them out.

Patrick

[West1]

Nice

[juliocarmine]

that's beautiful! good job

[14cichlid]

what does your water bill average around?

[patrick richard]

My water bill for my fishroom usually runs around $150.00 a quarter. Not as much as you would think.

Patrick

[moik]

VERY nice fishroom..I really love how everything is thought out...I do not know how I missed this thread..Great job...

[patrick richard]

Thanks Vince,

I have the fishroom and the tank space, I just need to save up some money to fill them. I will say one thing for sure, I would love to fill some of my tanks with the fish you got over there. They are amazing...

Patrick

[Jhhnn]

Thanks Vince,

I have the fishroom and the tank space, I just need to save up some money to fill them. I will say one thing for sure, I would love to fill some of my tanks with the fish you got over there. They are amazing...

Patrick

Looks great... wish I had the space for it. I could hire a crew to finish digging out the cellar, by hand, but I shudder at the cost...

One way to fill the tanks is to breed your own... it'll take a while, but the price is right...

[ontario ryan]

I figured it was in your garage. It would be hard to get a 300 gallon storage tank into your basement.
Nice setup!

[Bonkaz]

Looking good

[fishgazer]

Wow, that is a really nice setup. I wish i had room for something on that scale. Love the nice clean look.

[walt3]

looks great! but... i think you need an extra brace in the middle of your top shelf over your sink! lol. :) walt.

[OwNz]

hello mate is your timber 4"x1" ? im in the middle of doing frams and just getting idea's,
cheers

[patrick richard]

I went very strong on my stands, I used 2"x6". These stands are built like tanks.

Patrick

[OwNz]

thanks you for your reply your fish house is stunning !

[lowrider69]

wow its discus heven in your place m8 :)

[BobDaniel]

When it's clean and well organized like this, you know the fish are going to be happy and healthy.