Administrators Cory Posted October 25, 2020 Author Administrators Share Posted October 25, 2020 8 hours ago, quirkylemon103 said: that looks nice 🙂 any plans for larger tanks besides the 800? None currently. Large tanks are expensive and a lot of work, and not always more fun than smaller tanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babeinthemoon Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 @Coryyou must be having a blast with all the progress that is being had (well.. that is.. tempered with the stress too). 🙂 When I was a kid, my parent bought a "new to us" house so that they could eventually store my Dad's Snap-on truck in a garage. The house had two 2-car garages that were set at 90 degrees from each other. They literally cut the front 8-10 feet off one of the garages, and built a two story high "truck" garage in between. This allowed Dad to park his truck at home, out of sight, per county regulations.. the bonus was not ever having to go outside in the snow to find him at dinner time. The downside? Shoveling a driveway that was 4 cars wide in Wisconsin winters. LOL. 🙂 Anyway, due to my his entrepreneurial spirit I've come to appreciate anyone who can make a go at being a small business owner... and fulfilling their expansion dreams. Keep up the great work! You are definitely doing something right! 🙂 Thanks for sharing the progress! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasscityfishwitch@gmail.c Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 On 9/30/2020 at 2:54 PM, Cory said: Got my Murphy flag up last week. I’ve gotta remember to take more pictures of the progress. Hopefully I’ll update some more tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Cory Posted October 28, 2020 Author Administrators Share Posted October 28, 2020 Garage door boarded up while we wait for the replacement. This allows us to keep putting up the tongue and groove. while removing dry wall we found a big mouse/rat nest. This in combination with rodent activity in the attic means we are removing all the insulation up top, sterilizing, sealing up any holes and re insulating. We already needed to insulate the sky lights as they didn’t have any, and with the fish room humidity that would have just lead to mold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Better to learn and fix early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Cory Posted October 29, 2020 Author Administrators Share Posted October 29, 2020 Today the insulation was removed where the mouse nests were. New electrical run in that wall. Removal of old hvac system started today as well. Finally most of the big room is completed for tongue and groove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mychala Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 On 10/27/2020 at 11:17 PM, Cory said: Garage door boarded up while we wait for the replacement. This allows us to keep putting up the tongue and groove. while removing dry wall we found a big mouse/rat nest. This in combination with rodent activity in the attic means we are removing all the insulation up top, sterilizing, sealing up any holes and re insulating. We already needed to insulate the sky lights as they didn’t have any, and with the fish room humidity that would have just lead to mold. Those thermometer guns we all have now are great for figuring out what needs more insulation. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Puhr Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 That's quite the progress this week. What are you doing to winterize your temporary wall? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh world Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 fish room is coming together nicely! the new walls are beautiful! Its amazing how you can make so much progress in such a short amount of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh world Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Any plans on what fish you are going to try to breed in the new fish room. With all that space you will be able to try some new spices in the mini ponds. Are you going to set up any tanks? If so are you going to set up auto water change? Are there any fish you are looking forward to play with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Cory Posted November 4, 2020 Author Administrators Share Posted November 4, 2020 I plan to breed lots more livebearers. I’ll have auto water change setup, but plan to run it as auto top off instead of changes really. For minimal water use as the ponds I have now don’t get water changes. the species I’m most looking forward to is mollies currently as I think they will really thrive in the harder water compared to my soft water now that raises ph with crushed coral. still moving forward slowly, found a new leak at one of the skylights so need to have that repaired before we can put insulation back in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 can you think of any way to have auto brine feeding? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Cory Posted November 7, 2020 Author Administrators Share Posted November 7, 2020 On 11/4/2020 at 10:10 AM, quirkylemon103 said: can you think of any way to have auto brine feeding? I have a system designed just not tested it. Haven’t tried to automate since my last attempt about 5 years ago at the store. pic of stain starting to go up on the walls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Cory Posted November 7, 2020 Author Administrators Share Posted November 7, 2020 Adding the members only video just so my build journal has it all to look back on in future years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dyer Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Coming right along! You will be so happy you did things the right way instead of rushing to get it going before it's ready (ask me how I know) 😆 Following your build out closely! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerrig123 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 What a beautiful place! Congratulations!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renatelynne Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Well we have hard water a nd we keep getting this out of our guppies. 60 ish at a time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Cory Posted November 15, 2020 Author Administrators Share Posted November 15, 2020 Staining done and moving on to flooring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dyer Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Wow, that is beautiful! I love the way the walls turned out. So happy for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaka Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 I've been enjoying the progress and the updates. The property seems really lovely, and I look forward to further updates. Well done, Cory, et al! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Cory Posted November 16, 2020 Author Administrators Share Posted November 16, 2020 Spent the whole weekend working on it. Got flooring mostly done. Installed one of the desks and made 3 tables and a coffee table as well. Made some good headway. Need to mop and clean up the new floor but more people will be in and out as we continue to work on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dyer Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Moving right along at a good clip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 dang you guys did a great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSamsell Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 13 minutes ago, Cory said: Spent the whole weekend working on it. Got flooring mostly done. Installed one of the desks and made 3 tables and a coffee table as well. Made some good headway. Need to mop and clean up the new floor but more people will be in and out as we continue to work on it. Am wondering if the room has a central floor drain? Also, some large wooden ceiling fans would be a nice touch. Lots of room for many wonderful possibilities. The project is really taking shape. Nice job... I helped my brother build a good portion of his home and it's very gratifying having seen the accomplishments, every day, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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