The wife and I have been planning for a while and today we broke ground for the move in of our 12’x20’ building. It’s a Derksen building with upgraded flooring. 2x6” joists 12” on center with 3/4” ply. It’s got the “Z” metal exterior upgrade (metal skin instead of the urethane coating). It has a 36” walk thru door and a 3’x3’ double pain window. Also has the electrical package installed. 100amp breaker panel, 2-4’ fluorescent fixtures, and 8 wall sockets.
This building will not only be a fish room but a room for the wife’s hobby as well (hydroponics).
I’ll get the concrete poured on Monday unless the weather stalls us. In this building I plan on keeping a QT, mixing station, mini fridge/freezer for beer and frozen food, and clownfish barracks to see if I can tinker with raising them. I have a 120 fish only DT in the house that is fully stocked and this is my expansion because “I want more”!!!
I am not much into coral but I do like some LPS and plan on having a small invert/coral QT and may tinker with a nano/pico reef as well. Options are endless until I run out of space.
Here are some picks of what is going on so far.
Piers are 2’x2’x2’ and there are 20 of them. 5 per 4x6” skid that will make the pier and beam foundation.
When this planning started I was thinking about doing a 300 gallon Rubbermaid shark pond. The foundation and upgraded floor are being built with this possibility in mind. Whatever the weight this building will be fine.
Here is a link to the build thread if my 120 DT if anyone is interested in checking it out.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/aggressive-fake-reef-120-gallon.458000/
This building will not only be a fish room but a room for the wife’s hobby as well (hydroponics).
I’ll get the concrete poured on Monday unless the weather stalls us. In this building I plan on keeping a QT, mixing station, mini fridge/freezer for beer and frozen food, and clownfish barracks to see if I can tinker with raising them. I have a 120 fish only DT in the house that is fully stocked and this is my expansion because “I want more”!!!
I am not much into coral but I do like some LPS and plan on having a small invert/coral QT and may tinker with a nano/pico reef as well. Options are endless until I run out of space.
Here are some picks of what is going on so far.
Piers are 2’x2’x2’ and there are 20 of them. 5 per 4x6” skid that will make the pier and beam foundation.
When this planning started I was thinking about doing a 300 gallon Rubbermaid shark pond. The foundation and upgraded floor are being built with this possibility in mind. Whatever the weight this building will be fine.
Here is a link to the build thread if my 120 DT if anyone is interested in checking it out.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/aggressive-fake-reef-120-gallon.458000/
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