Fishroom Build (with pics)

[ohmar606]

great job, the floors look awesome

[nacra99]

Rack build phase I done.
I should have enough space for eight 75's & four 40B's for a start.
Tomorrow prime & (hopefully) paint.
If this thread does not get updated in the next 2 months, please come looking for me in my garage as i may have succumbed to the oil based primer fumes.....

[tbui1178]

Good progress, keep the updates coming.

[nacra99]

This was kinda interesting to me. Perhaps i just haven't been around too much, but to me, this was simply brilliant!
My floor as sloped unevenly so i had a hard time blocking and shimming the horizontal pieces in order to get it perfectly horizontal so that i can screw it in.
After watching me struggle for a bit, my friend finally walks across the room and pick up an old paint swatch that i had lying around.
He pulled out a couple of sheets and presto!
Instant adjustable temporary shim!!!! Raising and lowering it is as simple as furling and unfurling sheets of paint swatches!

[nacra99]

Well.. made it out to Home Depot to pick up some lumber and spent sunday afternoon cutting it all to size. Thank God for circular mitre saws.


Hung up all the plans for easy reference


Remembered to pick me up a 5 lb box of deck screws


Thats as far as i got on sunday evening before everything had to stop because the Next Iron Chef was on TV.
This is only half a rack against that wall. It's designed to hold four 75 gal tanks and two 40 gal breeders. The full rack will be able to take eight 75 gal and four 40 breeders.


Now is a good time to start thinking of what coating and what color to use.....clear spar urethane or varnish is high on my list.... suggestions welcomed.

more to come

[justdoit]

That looks great. You can be proud - can't wait to see tanks all setup

[fshfrk]

Yeah... the de-humidifier is definitely high on my list.

Yea I know someone with a fishroom and it gets covered in black mold in the winter. I really don't even like to go in it in the winter.

The floor looks great. Can't wait to see the racks.

[cichlid1409]

very nice! cant wait to see some tanks in there.

[freespool]

The floors look awesome. when you are done, is there going to be a tour?

[specialone0812]

very clean and neat. great job.

[nacra99]

Alright.. Epoxy is down and the construction is complete!


The floor came out pretty well! *pats self on back*


Tomorrow.... Tank Rack building!
More to come.

[nacra99]

Yeah... the de-humidifier is definitely high on my list.

[fshfrk]

Maybe one of these too.

http://www.airexchanger.org/airexchanger-humidity.php

[fshfrk]

Put one of these in there. I really like your new fish room.

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=plastic+utility+sink&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=15443627049903661712&ei=TlGvTLySFtPcngfh4IGpBg&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDMQ8wIwAA#

[nacra99]

To most women with a guy that works outside or in a garage, a sink in the garage would be a big plus!.

Unless he would rather spend all his time outside and none inside with her!!