Fish Room Must Haves!

[Mtnbikedan01]

I would defenatly incorporate a kegerator

You read my mind.

 

[choff]

The one thing I wish I had was a slop sink, but we are on septic and no plumbing in the basement. One thing i highly suggest is a heavy duty exhaust fan with fresh air return. When I first set up my fish room it turned the basement into a swamp.

Here is my design

And actual implementation

 

[footballdude2k3]

Very well done there

 

[stocker]

Very well done there

bump for a great thread. lots of good ideas.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

I'm interested as well since I'm finally getting a basement! WOOT!

 

[DeniseAndy]

Since our basement had a finished floor, we tore out the spot in the fish room and added pond lining around and up the wall to hold over 300g of water. However, we also have a floor drain, so it will never hold that much. I love my sink although I wish it were bigger! All around, I would love a fish room twice as big. I am always adding tanks and it is the only place hubby will not find them. :)

We used green board for the framing (like in bathrooms). Wish I had an outside vent though. That would be perfect! Humidity can be an issue when the chiller starts up in the summer.

Does a minifridge full of fish food count? It is actually part of my auto-feed system, but really helps keep my phyto and brine eggs and such handy since that is where I culture. Also holds food for my fish tanks in that room. Less up and down for feeding.

Don't forget to pipe in that RO/DI unit too. Very handy.