The new fish room and studio build thread.

[Cory]

15 minutes ago, DaveSamsell said:

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.  

No central floor drain. We are going to attempt to take the water on the outside of the building. As for fans we'll see what is needed after the mini splits are installed and the HRV.

[FishTankBarn]

Nice work.  Things have come a long way.  Really like the gym flooring. 

[Ken Dyer]

So much room for activities! 😉

[Steven Dykes]

On 11/16/2020 at 11:05 AM, 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.

@CoryIn love with this table/shelving. I need to know where you got this!

[Cory]

4 hours ago, Steven Dykes said:

@CoryIn love with this table/shelving. I need to know where you got this!

I purchased it on Etsy. Lots of craftsmen on there make this type of stuff. 

[JimmyGimbal]

On 10/27/2020 at 9:17 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. 

dang that gross and kinda cool 🙂

[Lemon]

do you have a floor plan for the tanks?

[Tonik]

@Cory This looks fantastic!  I am obsessed with all the wood on the walls and the butcher block tables.  With the aquariums installed, I imagine this will look so much like a lovely bit of nature indoors!  Can't wait to see more! 

[josh world]

love the look of the stained wood. 

[Its Hutch]

@Cory I just finished the new Nerm Only update video.  WOW. Just WOW. What you have envisioned and how far its come along in such a short time is insane.  I cant wait to keep following along and watch the videos that come out once complete. Congratulations. I am SO happy for you and the team.

[Kriskm]

On 11/18/2020 at 5:41 PM, Cory said:

I purchased it on Etsy. Lots of craftsmen on there make this type of stuff. 

I love the look of these too--they go well with the wood walls and semi-industrial look of the flooring. This is clearly going to be an awesome space!

[Bill Smith]

9 hours ago, Kriskm said:

I love the look of these too--they go well with the wood walls and semi-industrial look of the flooring. This is clearly going to be an awesome space!

Agreed, the design of these leans into the "tubes and pipes" aspect so common to fish rooms, and "really ties the room together." 😉 

[Charles Willis]

Wow your still pinching your self I would think. From a fish catching employee working for some one else to an amazing journey your on. Hold on to a dream and make it come true. Great prayers for your continued success. Charlie AKA Dismas

[Charles Willis]

On 10/28/2020 at 12:17 AM, 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. 

Well that wasn't good. Charlie

[Streetwise]

I was thinking about the tank size choices for the new room. It would be cool to have some of the sizes that correspond to your "Best X for Tank Y" videos and articles, so maybe a pair of tens, a pair of twenties, and then go bigger. You would have several example tanks to point to in videos.

[Cory]

20 hours ago, Streetwise said:

I was thinking about the tank size choices for the new room. It would be cool to have some of the sizes that correspond to your "Best X for Tank Y" videos and articles, so maybe a pair of tens, a pair of twenties, and then go bigger. You would have several example tanks to point to in videos.

Unfortunately that doesn't interest me.  Keeping aquariums I'm not interested in doesn't work out well.  I haven't decided the tank sizes yet, but I do know that doing it for any other reason that for what I enjoy will just end up failing. 

[Cory]

Heating going in today and almost all of the trim around doors is done. Moving right along.

[Streetwise]

24 minutes ago, Cory said:

Unfortunately that doesn't interest me.  Keeping aquariums I'm not interested in doesn't work out well.  I haven't decided the tank sizes yet, but I do know that doing it for any other reason that for what I enjoy will just end up failing. 

That makes sense. What is the minimum tank size for you these days?

Thanks again for sharing the progress!

[Cory]

11 minutes ago, Streetwise said:

That makes sense. What is the minimum tank size for you these days?

Thanks again for sharing the progress!

20 Gallons I think, I have considered doing a bunch of them. I haven't committed to anything yet. Mostly cause I haven't had time.

[josh world]

Is the wife's tank going to live in the house or the fish room. if so will orange crush take up residence 😀

[Bucolic_Buffalo]

This place will be amazing!  I hope you can use the existing natural pond for your koi. Get them to throw in the Corvette Stingray as part of the deal.  Thanks for how generous you are with your times and knowledge, I really appreciate it.

[Tonik]

I was watching the Thanksgiving livestream last night and got ridiculously and childishly excited when @Cory showed the forum posts on this thread and paused on one of my comments!   Eeek! 🙂  It really is the little things!

I love the progress pics and am so envious of all of that gorgeous wood paneling!  

[Daniel]

18 minutes ago, Tonik said:

I was watching the Thanksgiving livestream last night and got ridiculously and childishly excited when @Cory showed the forum posts on this thread and paused on one of my comments!   Eeek! 🙂  It really is the little things!

I am trying to nudge @Cory to read questions off the forum during the livestreams and mention that the question was from the forum when he reads it. I know it is really difficult to look at multiple monitors (including the chat rushing by) and somehow seamlessly hit all of your cues.

The upside is, if questions were to be identified as coming from the forum, it would drive even more traffic to the forum. This could be a double edged sword though. 

[Tonik]

14 minutes ago, Daniel said:

I am trying to nudge @Cory to read questions off the forum during the livestreams and mention that the question was from the forum when he reads it. I know it is really difficult to look at multiple monitors (including the chat rushing by) and somehow seamlessly hit all of your cues.

The upside is, if questions were to be identified as coming from the forum, it would drive even more traffic to the forum. This could be a double edged sword though. 

It might have to be a forum specific event.. the questions seem to scroll by pretty quickly in the regular livestream. And I agree that it might be a double edged sword... I do not want to deny the knowledge of the forum to anyone, but I value the community as it is now, if that makes sense. 

[ChuckInTx]

Wow, thats beautiful and Congrats. The bar is awesome, lots of room for Pumpkin Pies n Diet Cokes! I cant wait till its all done again amazing place very blessed to say the least!