Hey All! I want to see your fish room layouts. Big or small, It doesnt matter. Tips or Tricks? What would you do over again? I was going to post this on the monster tank forum, but your display size has nothing to do with your fish room size! I want somewhere for people to go to get ideas of what has worked and what has not worked! We have seen massive full basement setups,garage rooms, to a fish room under the stairs. They all serve a purpose and I want to see them all and learn from others mistakes!
Here is the Format: Please answer to the best of your ability!
Pictures!@!@!
Size of your Room and where is it located?
Do you have floor drains?
Do you have a sink?
Do you have a work station?
Do you have a mixing station?
What Size of sump do you have?
Specialty Equipment?
Do you have a frag tank?
Do you have a Quarantine?
Do you have a refugium?
Any specialty tanks?
Is your fish room controlled with a controller?
What are you doing about humidity in your fish room?
How many dedicated electrical circuits do you have in your room?
Any other specifications you want to add?
I will start:
Size of your Room and where is it located? 24'x10' with 8' 8" ceiling and it is located in my basement behind my Inwall tank.
Do you have floor drains? 2 2" drains (unfortunately they get used often!)
Do you have a sink? a small slop sing
Do you have a work station? 6ft of working counter tops with upper and lower cabinetry from home depot.
Do you have a mixing station? 3 55f barrels, 2 for saltwater and one for freshwater
What Size of sump do you have? 100g Rubbermaid
Specialty Equipment? Im running a Calcium reactor and Kalk reactor. I have a UV sterilizer I have yet to setup.
Do you have a frag tank? 90g shallow
Do you have a Quarantine? 40g breeder
Do you have a refugium? 60g shallow
Any specialty tanks? I have a breeding system ready to be installed!
Is your fish room controlled with a controller? Apex
What are you doing about humidity in your fish room? I have a humidity controlled fan running outside and a dehumidifier going into a sump pit
How many dedicated electrical circuits do you have in your room? 5 dedicated cruicuits (1 for main tank lights, 2 for sump, 1 for frag tank, 1 for work area)
Any other suggestions you want to add? Would you go bigger, smaller, longer, or taller?
Overall I have been very happy with my Fish room. Its big enough for 2 people to work, but i still feel like I'm cleaning all the time due to lack of space to put things.
I am going to rearrange my room shortly to add my breeding system into my main system and move my mixing station to the utility room.
If I was to do things over, I might have thought more about my sump. The 100g rubbermaid works fine, but I might have gone with a custom acrylic sump. The price was right on the Rubbermaid though!
I would recommend the folding walkway I used to everyone with higher tank. Ladders would be a HUGE pain.
Here is the Format: Please answer to the best of your ability!
Pictures!@!@!
Size of your Room and where is it located?
Do you have floor drains?
Do you have a sink?
Do you have a work station?
Do you have a mixing station?
What Size of sump do you have?
Specialty Equipment?
Do you have a frag tank?
Do you have a Quarantine?
Do you have a refugium?
Any specialty tanks?
Is your fish room controlled with a controller?
What are you doing about humidity in your fish room?
How many dedicated electrical circuits do you have in your room?
Any other specifications you want to add?
I will start:
Size of your Room and where is it located? 24'x10' with 8' 8" ceiling and it is located in my basement behind my Inwall tank.
Do you have floor drains? 2 2" drains (unfortunately they get used often!)
Do you have a sink? a small slop sing
Do you have a work station? 6ft of working counter tops with upper and lower cabinetry from home depot.
Do you have a mixing station? 3 55f barrels, 2 for saltwater and one for freshwater
What Size of sump do you have? 100g Rubbermaid
Specialty Equipment? Im running a Calcium reactor and Kalk reactor. I have a UV sterilizer I have yet to setup.
Do you have a frag tank? 90g shallow
Do you have a Quarantine? 40g breeder
Do you have a refugium? 60g shallow
Any specialty tanks? I have a breeding system ready to be installed!
Is your fish room controlled with a controller? Apex
What are you doing about humidity in your fish room? I have a humidity controlled fan running outside and a dehumidifier going into a sump pit
How many dedicated electrical circuits do you have in your room? 5 dedicated cruicuits (1 for main tank lights, 2 for sump, 1 for frag tank, 1 for work area)
Any other suggestions you want to add? Would you go bigger, smaller, longer, or taller?
Overall I have been very happy with my Fish room. Its big enough for 2 people to work, but i still feel like I'm cleaning all the time due to lack of space to put things.
I am going to rearrange my room shortly to add my breeding system into my main system and move my mixing station to the utility room.
If I was to do things over, I might have thought more about my sump. The 100g rubbermaid works fine, but I might have gone with a custom acrylic sump. The price was right on the Rubbermaid though!
I would recommend the folding walkway I used to everyone with higher tank. Ladders would be a HUGE pain.