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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 2:25 pm
by Dr. P
Wooohooo!! Finally!! I got a letter today stating that the planning application for the conversion of my garage into storage....coughcough
fish roomcoughcough has been completed.
For some crazy reason I have been reimbursed the £75 that accompanied the application. I was also told that there will be no inspection after the work has been completed so I can move the tanks etc in as soon as possible. I can also drop the fake storage story
Ewee, get your working head on ma man......work will start as soon as possible.
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 3:25 pm
by Tristan
Excellent, great news.
You will have to take photos to show the progress etc. It would make an interesting article.
Good luck with it
Tristan
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 3:27 pm
by Dr. P
Tristan wrote:You will have to take photos to show the progress etc. It would make an interesting article.
Will do mate
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 3:29 pm
by Tristan
Actually, I might have a fit of jealousy coming on
have longed for a fish house for a number of years now.
How many tanks do you hope to have and what will you be stocking them with?
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 3:31 pm
by Dr. P
Going to shoot for around 10-15 Twenty Gallon tanks on a rack along one side of the room. I was planning on breeding various Apistogramma and more than likely some Corys (to keep Ewee happy
) but now we have a breeding pair of Zebras, I can see a lot more on the horizon.
Also in one corner, I will have a 200G tank for larger cichlids/oddballs.
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 4:54 pm
by Tristan
I have a dream tank that would hold merodontotus tigrinus, a golden red tailed arowana and a breeding group of Motoro stingers. As i said just a dream
Our local shop had a jurensis in with a motoro and the jurensis bought it with a sting to the head - nasty stuff.
Your fish house sounds cool though - Keep us posted
Tristan
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 4:58 pm
by Tristan
Please excuse my ignorance in not asking how your Fry is (are)
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:38 pm
by Dr. P
Theyre doing fine. Still in the cave with the father!!! I still get the occassional glimpse of them now and then.
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:57 pm
by jerms55555
Great Job Dr. P
I doing the same with my garage! But I have a question, you said you were going to put a rack for 12-20 gal tanks, how are you going to make that? I have been searching the internet for awhile and have not really found anything. How were you going to pull this off? With wood, metal, etc? I have blue rams, checkboard cichlids and hopefully zebras that I need to build some sort of grow out tanks. Any help would be helpful.
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 12:38 am
by Dr. P
Its going to be wooden racks but you would have to speak to Ewee as he is the guy actually doing the racks. I am sure he will reply soon.
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 6:03 am
by du ma
check this out dr p
you might be interested
http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=36074
for those that have their fish in the garage, how does the insulation work when it comes to extreme heat/cold??
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 9:14 am
by Dr. P
Thats an interesting link. Thank you!
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 10:10 am
by Rob
Here's a link for Dexion Rackin. It can be pricey, but you quite often see it appearing un E-bay for pennies. Only problem is pick up.
I don't use it as I have a midget living in my garage ( car), but it really is the best possible stuff for fish tanks.
http://www.dexion-anglia.co.uk/racking.html
Check it out.
rob
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 12:07 pm
by Dr. P
They do look pretty cool but I can't find any reference to costs? Am I blind? Are there prices on the website somewhere and I just aint looking hard enough?
I tried ebay too but couldn't find any.
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 12:17 pm
by Rob
HI Dr.P
Your right, there are no prices on the site, but I will see if I can find some just to give you an idea.
rob