Fish Hut

crazie.eddie · Post by **crazie.eddie** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 6:17 pm

Andrew C wrote: You think you have a decent design, then when it's built, you think of something better

LOL yeah. It always works out that way.

Lifted193 · Post by **Lifted193** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 8:38 pm

Great looking room! Can't wait to see is up and running!.....Does anybody know where I can buy those caves? or is it a DIY!

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 9:10 pm

Search for "zebra breeding caves" on Aquabid.com

Lifted193 · Post by **Lifted193** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:29 pm

Thanks Pete. I'll Email him, looks like he's near me.

Lucy · Post by **Lucy** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 6:26 am

Looks absolutely fantastic!!

When do you think it'll be completely finished (if anything ever is - my 'completed' projects are still works in progress - there's always something I can add!!!)

Lucy <><

Andrew C · Post by **Andrew C** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 1:26 pm

All the tanks arrive next week and i just need to get sump pumps and the central air system going

Hello Lucy, have you been keeping zebras long, and it's not often i see somebody who lives close by, posting

Lucy · Post by **Lucy** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 3:30 pm

Hi Andrew,
Sadly no. I wanted to research them properly first & then justify the expence of the cost of the fish which at 50 pounds each (at that time - little did I realise what a bargain they would have been!!) was stretching my budget!

By the time I felt I could get some of course I couldn't as they were no longer available.

Now I just look on with envious eyes & pray that you guys are all successful with your breeding programmes!
I hadn't realised just how many Zebra keepers were in Scotland till I joined this site.

Lucy <><

Jo's Zebs · Post by **Jo's Zebs** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 12:45 am

That fish room is the dogs bol**cks.

You deserve all the success in the world with it just for the effort that it has taken you to do it.
Absolutely fantastic I would love one but I will never have that amount of room too spare or the time.
I think I would be in there all the time I would never go to work .

blackpantha · Post by **blackpantha** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 2:18 am

WOW

Thats really cool

What are you planning to house/breed in their? Just L46 or what?

T.Exeter · Post by **T.Exeter** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 6:37 am

Nice fish house.

eklikewhoa · Post by **eklikewhoa** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 3:12 pm

any updates??

stanchung · Post by **stanchung** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 9:23 am

That's like a mini farm!!!
Nicely done-first time I've seen a fish room done from a patch of land!!!

Envy X1000!

Are the plecs in yet?

Andrew C · Post by **Andrew C** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 10:40 am

Tanks are in the hut and half of them set up, but until i sort out lights above all the tanks, it's not the best place to take pictures with it being brighter outside the tank, as all i get are reflections off the glass.

My zebras are in a six foot tank, but don't have a good picture of that yet as its postion is the worse tank for pictures, though these are some of my other tanks that have lights above them.

The sides, back and bottom of the tanks are painted black, the sockets and plugs
seen in the bottom tanks are reflections off the sliding glass covers.

Set up one of the sumps and the tanks run off it last week, but find the noise from the water draining into the sump too noisy and still have the other two sumps and their tanks to set up, which will make it even louder.
So i am scraping the sumps and getting Eheim cannister filters instead, actually prefer the idea of each tank having its own filter incase of anything breaking down.

Top Tank

Mid Tank

Bottom Tank

Sump

Pump Connected To The Ridgid Pipework

Eheim Universal Water Pump (1262)

Media Containers

Overflow Hole Behind The Inlet Pipe

stanchung · Post by **stanchung** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 11:12 am

Sump's and noise. Have you heard of Durso standpipes? That's a fantastic design to reduce noise.
http://www.dursostandpipes.com/

Andrew C · Post by **Andrew C** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 2:28 pm

I have went totally off the idea of sumps and would prefer just to use Eheim external cannister filters with UV Sterilisers fitted to the tubing for fry rearing tanks.
I am not saying sumps are poor, they are just not for me, prefer the set up with each tank having it's own filtration.

Tried to take some pictures of my zebra tank and you will see what i mean about reflections.

Dominant male has gave me two batches of unfertilized eggs so far !

The water in the tank is lower as i am in the middle of a rainy season.
Filtered by two Eheim cannisters, the internal fluvals are getting seeded for other tanks.

Plump female.

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Fish Hut

Wow!!

That room is the boss