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I have been bothering people with my posts last few days but i got so many to ask and to learn from the experienced forumers.
I have plans to make a fish rack since, my space is limited and i cant afford a fish room. My plan is to make a stand with 100cm length and 50 cm depth. the height will be enough to make 4 rows of tanks. The top 2 rows will be dedicated to smaller breeding tanks and the bottom 2 rows for grow out tanks. Quite similar to the ones in www.apisto.org website. The rack will be made of iron coated with black cardboard so it looks nice.
For the top 2 rows i plan to put 23X50X30(h)= ~34l tanks, 4 for each row.
Fow the bottom 2 rows i plan to put 46X50X30(h) =~70l tanks, 2 for each row.
Each row will have around 25 cm space on top for maintenance.
However i have some serious concerns with going on with the project.
I appreciate all thoughts and ideas.
Regards,
Tolga
I have plans to make a fish rack since, my space is limited and i cant afford a fish room. My plan is to make a stand with 100cm length and 50 cm depth. the height will be enough to make 4 rows of tanks. The top 2 rows will be dedicated to smaller breeding tanks and the bottom 2 rows for grow out tanks. Quite similar to the ones in www.apisto.org website. The rack will be made of iron coated with black cardboard so it looks nice.
For the top 2 rows i plan to put 23X50X30(h)= ~34l tanks, 4 for each row.
Fow the bottom 2 rows i plan to put 46X50X30(h) =~70l tanks, 2 for each row.
Each row will have around 25 cm space on top for maintenance.
However i have some serious concerns with going on with the project.
- Are the tank sizes ok? I plan on getting A.agassizi, A.cacatuoides, A.baenschi , similar apistos and perhaps P.taenini.
If you were making similar rack how would you play with the sizes of the tanks/rack?. The racks length cannot change (max 1m) but anything else is flexible within reasonable limits.
- I want to make each tank separate from others and filter via air driven sponge filters. However i have 2 problems with this method.
- First is the heating. Winter months are quite cold and this method would require a separate heater for each tank which would be very expensive to operate.
- Second is the constant air pump and bubbles noise since the tank rack will be in a daily used room.
To overcome this i have thought of a method like in www.apisto.org an overflow and sump like system which runs via a strong pump but then that will require me to connect all tanks via plumbings to each other. This is a negative thing for the species that may demand different water conditions and a disease in one tank might infect others easily. - First is the heating. Winter months are quite cold and this method would require a separate heater for each tank which would be very expensive to operate.
I appreciate all thoughts and ideas.
Regards,
Tolga