fish room

Can someone share how they attached wood panels to tslot with magnets? I'm at the end of my build and I'm still undecided. I'd love to have access from outside the fish room but I'm not sure how to do it or if the magnets would be strong enough. Thanks in advance.

Hey R2R, I’m Mostafa, a Saudi reefer based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and this is my dream build journey! It all started when we bought a penthouse in Riyadh, and I wanted to get something a "little" bigger than my Red Sea Reefer 425. What began as a simple upgrade quickly turned into a...

Currently building out my basement with a dedicated fish room. One thing that I never thought of was the type of light I wanted to light the room. Anyone run through this and have any do’s/don’ts they’ve experienced? Is too might light bad because the tank lights will be on most of the time...

Back into the hobby after about 7-8years. Previously had a 75g. Was debating whether or not to make a build thread. So it’s not quite from the beginning. Picked up a new to me (third owner) 180g grabbed a 75g during the Petco tank sale for a sump. Removed the internal overflows and covered the...

We're in the process of finalizing an offer on a house and need some thoughts on where to setup our Red Sea Reefer XXL 750 and fish room. The first question is whether we can use our desired location or not which has a basement below. Doing the research on this in the past, it seems the...

Planning on having my sump on the other side of the wall in a separate room and wondering if a 1 1/2” drain pipe with 1/4” per foot slope on a 6’ run would be sufficient for about 800-1,000gph? I can’t find a calculation for this. I know the pipe is rated for ~2100gph but not sure if slope plays...

Hello All, I have been planning a pretty big build out for the past year and a half. Things are starting to get moving and I figured it was a perfect time to start a thread here to track the progress. I currently have a RedSea Reefer 250, which has been a great little tank, but I am ready for...

Hello Reef2Reef! I hope everyone is having a fantastic time with their aquariums. Here's a little update on my setup as I haven't posted on the forum in a while. The tanks are doing pretty good despite some coral warfare that is happening in the middle aquarium. Some corals are growing so fast...

Hello all! I'm starting the planning for my new tank build and accompanying fish room but there are quite a few things I need to solve first. I have two major issues however with my room that I would like some advice on for both safety and generally staying up to code. Luckily the room is...

Hello all! I’ve been out of the hobby for a few years since I moved from NY to VA. Now I’m planning on building a home and was so wondering if anyone had suggestions for how I could add a small fish room to this floor plan!?

Hi everyone, this is my first post on R2R! I've been a chronic lurker but I have been working on my current build this month that should be my "final" one for a real long time. I was hoping to fish 3 lines through the walls from the basement to hopefully have a line to fill my ATO, and then 2...

I'm not a very active person online; have no Facebook page, have never been to twitter, and pay no attention to all the other pseudo-reality stuff out there. Figure I'd document this build as it is a culmination of 20+ yrs of reefing with a 10 yr pause in the middle due to deployments and...

I’m so behind as I wanted to do an actual build thread. (I’ll get to it eventually). After a 6 year break, we are back in reefin. One of our toughest decisions was trying to figure out the room to put the new tank in. We decided on my husband’s home office. Thought I’d share some pictures. We...

Hello together :) At first sorry for my English, but I tried my best :) I am currently planning my new house where several tanks will come. Attached you will find my sketches for this project and following a few explanations and introduction. - Large tank: The tank measures 380 x 120 x 85...

So we’re installing a new 200g system in a finished basement. It just recently occurred to me that because there’s an unfinished room off the basement, we have open trusses, and we’re going to have a hole in the ceiling anyway from installing new electrical circuits, that we can have a fish...

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Hello R2R, I have been reading a lot of threads here on R2R and gathering a lot of info from some of you on the current build I'm working on. So, I thought it only fair that I start a build thread to share my progress and setbacks so that others might learn from it as well. My first saltwater...

Hey everyone, I'm moving my 150 gallon reef located in Lawrenceville to a new house that's located in Johns Creek around June, and I need help planning and setting up a built-in tank and fish room. I'm looking for someone that can help me put this together from planning to execution, or if...

I wanted to start this thread to allow people to follow along with my build of my dream home with my dream tank “including fish room”. I am a local home builder that has been in the reefing hobby for about 10 years. At this point I am in the design phase of the home and am currently planing on...

So I am setting up my fishroom, approx 10x10, with 6'x2.5' taken up by the tank, 2'x6' taken up by laundry sink and water changing station. What are the things I need to plan for? Here is my list. What am I missing? * Tank/sump -- most equipment will be in the sump under the stand. Mount...

I will be having a house built with a fish room. My tank build will be an in-wall 225 (72L x 30D x 24T). Only the front of the tank will be visible in the living room, everything else will be in the fish room. I will have the opportunity to designate electricity and water specifically for the...

Hey R2R! Well, I'm finally taking the advice of my followers and starting a build thread here. I figured what better time than now as my 600 Gallon Hulk build is finally off the ground and running. I'm super excited to share the progress with everyone and figured this was the perfect place to...

Hi All, I am just starting to setup a 210 dual mega flow tank. Right now I am designing the plumbing, or at least trying to. I am going to be running a DC return pump that is rated 3100gph @24 feet head pressure, hence the idea I have for the overflows. The sump was just a quick sketch to show...

Hello R2R , I'm a long time lurker, first time poster. I just felt others would like to follow this crazy "project" of mine. I'm currently running a 6ft 125 gallon, but always felt something a bit bigger would allow me to have more of the fish I love, this combined with my desire to have a fish...

So i'm turning the nearby closet (6' x 5') into a fish room with a 4' frag tank. The wall will have a 1' x 1' opening into the living room. The plumbing goes into the DTs sump/stand, right next to the wall. So it will have some ventilation. Obviously things like in-floor drains or sinks are...