New Tank Systems in Garage fishroom

Ok folks . Some have asked for pics ,,, so here is a video I took today of my new systems in the garage fish room and also the existing 12 tank , two system that has been set up for awhile . Let me know what ya think .
Ray

Click on picture to start the video

Wow wonderful set up. Looks GREAT!

Its like walking into an aquarium fish store. great set up!

That's awesome looking man.

you make my garage set up look pitiful! I've only 3 tanks but I do fess up that the wife isn't totally on board in the 1st place! Oh. 3 more to go but running out of room! (It doubles as my office)....

looking good. i just hope you have planned enough room for all the fry unlike me lol.

Wow. very nice. Lots of goodies

Very nice.

We now have one side full . Bottom row is adult Breeders , and the top row are Male Juvies of those below them . Moving my various Shellies this week end . Maybe my L270's and Peckoltia Zwerg and Pygmy cories as well .

looks great, I'd never come out of the garage!

With that many tanks and fish he just might not be able to! But then again.. where's the problem?

Just need to move my internet connection out there ! LOL

Very Nice set up!

LiG.. That is the ONLY thing I have up on ya! Here is a portion of my man cave.. now remember I only bought my first tank on 2/5/11...
Feb 4.


A couple of days later.. a 29 bowfront starting it's cycling period.



Today.. 29 is fully hosting and the 50 is just about ready for some serious fish.. right now it has a couple of long fin serapae tets, 3 pepper cory's, 3 guppy fry that somehow managed to survive a community tank full of hungry fish and a couple of Pleco's...

nice

LIS.. I ran a 20 amp GFCI to support the influx of demand.. did you have to increase your elec supply?...

Awesome garage! If I ever get to build my dream man cave -- your garage is my goal!

@ Williem , in short answer , yes. What I did was separate the whole thing into 3 electrical systems. Each system is on its own 20 amp breaker. And I rearranged the electric panel to "balance" it . Approximately equal draw on each side.
There are 6 sumps running all the tanks . Therefore I have , in the garage , 32 tanks running on 6 pumps , 6 heaters ,and 6 filters. A whole lot better that 32 of each !!
Ray

very nice! Is this the garage with the orchids as well? I'm curious if it's cheaper or any more efficient to heat the garage than to heat the tanks? miss my fish room days...

Right now I'm heating the garage with a 1500 watt strip heater.. Does OK while I'm up but I shut it down when I call it a night. During the real cold nights this past winter it couldn't keep up so I had to resort to a kerosene heater. Just got rid of that and am in the process of putting up a slate wall and installing a wood/coal stove for next winter.. I can't chance going without heaters in the tanks due to temp swings in the man-cave... like right now, it's 53 outside and was 60 degrees in the garage at 8:00 am 3 hrs later with the strip heater on, it's made it up to 69...That kind of swings would be fatal to the tanks. I'll be installing insulation in the ceiling of the garage and that should pretty much seal it up tight.. then we'll see. (the walls are already done). I might have to do something about the garage door though...

Wow that's a huge temp range. Give your garage a Holmes inspection(if you ever watch that show) lol

My garage fish room is heated by a forced air heat vent into it . The door to the house is also open all the time . I walled in the big garage door and insulated it . I keep a heater in the sumps more for my own conscience I guess . The temp gauges on the top tanks are sayin' 78°- 80°
Ray

Ray.. walling in the Garage Door has crossed my mind... BUT.. as it is my wife thinks I've gone off my rocker already! Picking up almost 250 gallons in 6 tanks in just 5 weeks might lead her to believe that! Plus I do some work out of my garage and the door needs to be viable... But it sure is tempting!

I also put a "man" door in the wall so we can access the outside driveway and move stuff in and out !

Ray

wtg!