I need more grow out tanks so I found a ad on craigslist for odd & ends acrylic for $1.00 / lb. I checked it out and brought a bunch home. The fry wracks are approximately 48 X 18 X 10"T and will have three removable dividers. This will allow a ton of flexibility as fish are growing. I also picked up a ton of polycarbonate (Lexan) to use as tank covers.
There will be three of these and will be on a auto-drip. I hope to achieve 50% water changes daily. The auto-change system will be fed via the overhead reservoir. Approximately 30 gallons per day.
Here is a concept drawing:
Pile of acrylic:
Assembly sequence...
Two are built with one more to go. Waiting on the acrylic joining "U" channel to arrive for the partitions. Also have to cut out the partitions and install everything. Including the covers for all of the tanks... Once completed, I will have the capability for basically 12 - 10 gallon tanks for holding mom's or recently stripped fry. As they grow, I can combine certain types into larger segments as I remove partitions. Filtration will be sponge filters.
I have watched your topic very closely and have to say you did a amazing job there.
Keep up the good job and i wish you the best in this en-devour.
I would also like to ask you about your heating system. Do you heat up the water in the above storage tanks ? If so doesn't it add up to a whole lot of a electrical bill ?
Or do you heat the water by having the room temperature up to lets say 29 degrees so the water temperature is 23-24 ?
Either way when winter is coming how do you cope then ?
I would also like to ask you about your heating system. Do you heat up the water in the above storage tanks ? If so doesn't it add up to a whole lot of a electrical bill ?
Two things: One, I live in a very mild climate. For reference, it was 81 degrees here yesterday. Secondly, I do both... I heat the overhead storage tanks & heat the room as necessary. I heat the overhead water because I need it warmed faster than the room itself would warm it. I am constantly using it for water-changes
Either way when winter is coming how do you cope then ?
Your fry tanks are Identical to the tanks we have at petsmart. They are 3 tanks but a solid piece of acrylic on all 4 sides, 2 dividers in between, 4 small holes drilled near the back to let water flow through and everyone works on a overflow system.
I have a feeling you are going to have some nice happy fry!!!
Your fry tanks are Identical to the tanks we have at petsmart. They are 3 tanks but a solid piece of acrylic on all 4 sides, 2 dividers in between, 4 small holes drilled near the back to let water flow through and everyone works on a overflow system.
I have a feeling you are going to have some nice happy fry!!!
Yeah you need to have a method of filtration that is small enough so that's it's easy to maintain and keep in the house, but you also need it to do a good bit of water flow.
Our main system is 1675 gallons and the tanks are 10 gallon squares i believe.
This is the tank setup, your acrylic seems to be the same thickness also, 1/4"??
Yeah you need to have a method of filtration that is small enough so that's it's easy to maintain and keep in the house, but you also need it to do a good bit of water flow.
Our main system is 1675 gallons and the tanks are 10 gallon squares i believe.
This is the tank setup, your acrylic seems to be the same thickness also, 1/4"??
Nice, perfect for the size tank's you made and man you got it for dirt cheap. Even after 3 years, our tanks still look great and have little to no scratches!
yea you definitely need to update this thread, i went through all 19 pages from start to end reading and looking at what you're up to with this room of your's
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