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  • RichardTN
    Registered Member
    • Jan 2018
    • 111

    Building a new fish room.

    I originally posted a question about insulation in the general forum but realized this may be the better place to do so.

    We sold our house more then two years ago and my tanks have been in storage ever since.
    Now that we are settled in our new house we have started building a garage with attached a fairly large fish room.


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  • RichardTN
    Registered Member
    • Jan 2018
    • 111

    #2
    Re: Building a new fish room.

    Bat insulation (R19) is installed between the studs, attic will be insulated with blown in insulation (R50) and today I started installing 2" foam board.
    It is nailed to the studs and the ceiling, everything will be taped with foam board tape.

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    • RichardTN
      Registered Member
      • Jan 2018
      • 111

      #3
      Re: Building a new fish room.

      I purchased a DAS system that was removed from a LFS a few years ago and have build a stand with a sump inspired by the setup Discuss Hans uses.
      I have twenty of these 65 gallon tanks available which should fill up almost half of the new fish room.


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      • Altum Nut
        Homesteader

        • Oct 2009
        • 3128
        • Toronto, Ontario
        • Ralph

        #4
        Re: Building a new fish room.

        Hope you don't mind Richard...I rotated your pic upright.

        Absolutely a WOW factor Richard. That is one Kick-A** fishroom in the works.
        Keep the pics coming Richard as your build is sure to populate many viewers from many of us envy SD members.

        ...Ralph
        Last edited by Altum Nut; 02-24-2018, 10:56 PM.
        "Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming."
        -John Wooden

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        • RichardTN
          Registered Member
          • Jan 2018
          • 111

          #5
          Re: Building a new fish room.

          Thank you Ralph!

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          • two utes
            Registered Member
            • Oct 2007
            • 1847
            • Melbourne Victoria Australia
            • Joe Zammit

            #6
            Re: Building a new fish room.

            Very impressive Richard. Looking forward to further updates on your project.

            ...and what Ralph said
            We're here for a good time...not a long time

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            • RichardTN
              Registered Member
              • Jan 2018
              • 111

              #7
              Re: Building a new fish room.

              Just the inside corners of the foam board left to tape. Its not easy to get them taped neatly since the tape is super sticky.

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              The will be an insulated double door leading to the garage and one double pane low E picture window on the short side of the room.
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              • FischAutoTechGarten
                Gold Member
                • Apr 2003
                • 1234
                • Green Valley, Arizona, USA
                • Peter

                #8
                Re: Building a new fish room.

                Will you be running all of the electric/lighting/plumbing as surface mounted conduit / tubing / pipe?
                Peter
                Cuerpo en Green Valley, Arizona, USA y Corazón en Alamos, Sonora, Mexico

                learning never stops

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                • RichardTN
                  Registered Member
                  • Jan 2018
                  • 111

                  #9
                  Re: Building a new fish room.

                  Originally posted by ODwyerPW
                  Will you be running all of the electric/lighting/plumbing as surface mounted conduit / tubing / pipe?
                  I decided to do surface mount to keep the chance of condensation in the outlets low and not to penetrate the insulation numerous times.
                  Outlets will be close to the ceiling so there will not be that much conduit.
                  The wiring is already in place in the attic.
                  Last edited by RichardTN; 02-26-2018, 08:15 AM.

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                  • Willie
                    Registered Member
                    • May 2002
                    • 4428
                    • St Paul
                    • Willie

                    #10
                    Re: Building a new fish room.

                    I had my fishroom refurbished two summers ago when the basement was renovated. If there's one thing I would do different, it would be to have tougher paint for the concrete floor in the fish room. The paint is coming off and I end up tracking it into the rest of the basement. It'll be a pain to repaint it now due to offgassing.

                    Does anyone have experience with epoxy paints in a fish room?

                    Willie
                    At my age, everything is irritating.

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                    • Altum Nut
                      Homesteader

                      • Oct 2009
                      • 3128
                      • Toronto, Ontario
                      • Ralph

                      #11
                      Re: Building a new fish room.

                      Originally posted by Willie

                      Does anyone have experience with epoxy paints in a fish room?

                      Willie
                      Not for a fishroom...but my brother-law used this stuff on his tool/die shop floors now 6 years ago with no issues of peeling. http://www.klasskote.com/epoxy_paint_home

                      ...Ralph
                      "Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming."
                      -John Wooden

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                      • FischAutoTechGarten
                        Gold Member
                        • Apr 2003
                        • 1234
                        • Green Valley, Arizona, USA
                        • Peter

                        #12
                        Re: Building a new fish room.

                        Richard,
                        What a nice fish room that will be... In a very nice part of the country. (Tennessee is really a beautiful state).
                        Peter
                        Cuerpo en Green Valley, Arizona, USA y Corazón en Alamos, Sonora, Mexico

                        learning never stops

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                        • RichardTN
                          Registered Member
                          • Jan 2018
                          • 111

                          #13
                          Re: Building a new fish room.

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                          • OCC Aquarium
                            Registered Member
                            • Mar 2018
                            • 17
                            • Bethany

                            #14
                            Re: Building a new fish room.

                            Man, that is going to be an awesome fish room! I am super jealous!!!
                            Long time fish nerd... just getting started with Discus and I am starting to realize how little I know!

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                            • geo57
                              Registered Member
                              • Feb 2018
                              • 123
                              • george melendez

                              #15
                              Re: Building a new fish room.

                              Wow, a fishtank room. I was happy just to get a fishtank lol, and you get a whole room with a thousand tanks. I couldn't afford the energy costs. it is beautiful bro.

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