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Re: Fish room design
I wish you luck. Having a staggerd or step tank
arrangement is convenient and save a lot of space so
you can get more fish tanks per vertical dimension,
but it does have the drawback of reaching the top most
level of tanks. You may want to verify this, but I
believe plexiglass will bend when exposed to water.
It will bow towards the water side.
--- The Cooks <tcook at eos_net> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I am trying to design my fishroom to take maximum
> use of the available space and least amount of work.
> I would like to hear some comments about what
> others opinions are. My available space is
> 10.5'x20'. I am going to set up racks (approx. 4'
> wide) above large tanks/sumps and have each rack on
> its own flow thru setup. I plan on using one rack
> each for breeders, growout (10 gal.) tanks and fry.
> This will allow me to do water changes on
> just the sumps and give each group their own water
> requirements.
>
> I currently am working with mostly Aphyosemions and
> Fundulopanchax, but will probably branch out over
> time starting with rainbows (heresy, I know).
>
> I have several sheets of plexiglas to make my
> breeder and fry tanks with, so I can make them
> virtually any size desired. What dimensions would
> be
> appropriate for the tanks?
>
> Should I "stairstep" the tanks as illustrated or
> place them one above the other?
> |
> | Tank
> |________
> |
> | Tank
> |________
>
> Sump
>
> Should I do the plumbing for fresh water and air be
> at the front or the rear of the tanks?
>
> Sorry about the long post, but I would rather not
> have to redo the fishroom 3-4 times to get it right.
>
> Any and all comments suggestions are welcome.
>
> Tom Cook
> AKA #6697
>
>
>
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