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Got good coverage for the female to take a sight break?
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Tin Foil Barbs will dig. Silver dollars will eat any plant it can fit into it's mouth. The 75 gallon isn't great unless you invest in lights strong enough to reach the bottom of the tank.
Maybe build a cage with some pond stuff to get the plants up higher and caged out the fish?
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Make friends with the store owners. Ask them if they buy from locals and what that requires/looks like. Most will do credit for the store but rarely straight money more than a quarter. Focus on what they want and be good at that.
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There's a YouTube Ozponds channel who's great info with ponds. I'm in zone 6 and kept a white cloud alive all year in a 150g outside this past winter no filter pump, just a sponge filter, and six inches ice in January.
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So my basement has no internal walls, which makes heating my tanks rather expensive. For the past year, I have been settling into the house and now I'm starting to plan on additions to the house. I'm thinking of adding some internal walls as additional support in my basement which conveniently can create a nice, enclosed space for heat trapping. Year round without heat, my basement would run 45 to 60 degrees.
So this is roughly what I'm planning. Some this is already setup and some of is I have the equipment to setup. The tanks up and running all with separate heaters and air pumps. I have two floor oil heaters supplementing the tank heaters. 75g are up and running. One rack is running with 4x 40s but must be moved. I have a piston pump that isn't setup yet because everything is spread out and doesn't seem worthwhile if about to rearrange.
2 pillars are grey brick and the house's support for the main beam (not messing with them). Cabinets and sink already in place and may come out/redone (in the future/one project at a time.) The gray boxes are planned internal walls, again to provide additional house support and create an enclosed space for heat trapping. Also, will finish with a door too in the open space.
I have wiring ran and may have to shift some of it around the new walls. Plus, might have to add another circuit where the racks are even though just added a circuit there for some DIY racks on the existing wall.
Should be a simple pipe ring for the O2 around the room.
Dk about auto water change at this point but, even with the additions, shouldn't be too hard to add a drainpipe around the room in the future aimed at the sink. There's also an existing cast iron pipe from the sink along the wall from the sink and behind the cabinets which may be replaced one day, but nothing looking to messing with that for now.
So, what do you guys think? See any issues or potential headaches/mistakes?
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At the very beginning, yes, alone in a 30g they'll be okay...but the larger they get the more unhappy your fish will become as they grow larger.
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They are great fish as pets and breeders...to the point that lfs wouldn't take anymore.
Just note, if they breed, you can never have any other fish in there without hostility.
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The more freezing the weather gets, the higher chlorines will be dropped in the supply.
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Here the finished stand painted the shelf boards and then wrapped/stapled beneath plastic sheeting. Yeah yeah, wife bought the board trying to help. My 4 40s stands sits on solid actual plywood.
Electrician wired in a clean circuit. Only thing left is dress up the wall.
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After a lot of online stalking, I used my ancient carpenter to make my own stands. I'm finishing up the shelves.
I have room on two stands for 4 20 long and an under rack of 10s.
The color was carefully chosen from the discount bin.
Pic to show over all and the joints.
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I have 4 40s, 2 75s, a 20 long, and 10.
About to add 3 more 20 long and maybe 2 60s if they go back on sale.
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Here's the idea, I'm not ready to purchase a big air piston pump and have multiple little pumps. Could I go ahead and setup the pipe with just the little pumps to aerate the sponges. Theoretically, the little pumps should provide enough pressure in comparsion to the big pumps, right?
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Anyone try ponding with co-op brand equipment?
Trying a sponge filter in a pond. Hopping it'll last the season at least.
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Advice for Fishroom Build
in General Discussion
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Here's my two cents,
1. Stands - I'm looking at industrial racks, probably Galdiator, Husky, Kobalt, etc.
I've been using a husky stand with 4 x 40 gallons for four years with no issues. Did cut a nice piece of plywood to act as the shelves to spread the weight. I also have built two wooden racks and two block stands. Metal shelf was easier and looks the nicest. All of them take some work/time but no real upkeep.
2. Tanks - mostly 20 highs and 10s but I might bring some 40s with. Tanks will be positioned short side out to fit more. Final count around 40-60 tanks.
20 longs make more sense than highs..especially if 20 highs are on top shelf. Netting fish and stuff out of those tanks is not fun. Longs provide more space for the fish to spread out thereby reducing stress.
3. Lids - Probably polycarbonate +/- a hinge.
Feeding hole can also be the finger pull to get the lid off. Open tanks are losing heat. Though the green house plastic is cheaper.
4. Water - EXTREMELY hard. Auto water change? Continue with manual water changes?
Money and time, do you want to spend more or less? Hard water also means potential issues with calcium build up. Keep in mind too, all of those can be done in stages.
5. Lighting - I currently run cheaper aquarium lights, one light over 3-4 tanks. I've been trying the Co-Op light and will probably replace the cheap lights as they die.
If you're not doing plants, don't bother with lighting every tank and instead have a mobile light.
6. Heating - I have been heating the current room and had partially settled on an oil radiator heater for the new room. If a do a central sump system, I could in theory heat the room less and put heaters into the sump.
I have two oil radiator heaters running and they pop up your energy bill. But I also have a large basement and keeping the room even 72 degrees is a challenge. IF you come up with something better, let us know.
8. Filtration - A part of me is tempted to just continue with the sponge filters and just keep up with everything manually, it just takes so much time though. The other part of me is seriously tempted to create central sumps, say one for each rack. I do quarantine but having multiple tanks on one system would be new for me in my own fishroom. What makes sense with this many tanks?
Air ran filters is cheaper than pumps. Matten filters can go longer without cleaning. Plus, press your water vaccum into the sponge filter and it'll pull a lot of gunk without .
9. Opinions - Manual water change vs auto water change vs central sump? What would you change? What would you add? What did you wish you knew when setting up a fishroom?
Go in stages to figure out what does and doesn't bother you for adding on to the room. That away too, if you hit a point of too many tanks, you'll have a better idea of what size you like.
Mentally prepare a schedule to maintain each rack. Couple hours a weekend day is better than a whole day/weekend once a month.
IF you have a yard/garden, drain your water out there and save on fertilizer. Plus, less potential to clog up a drain pipe with snails.