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02-25-2004, 08:55 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Powder Springs, GA
Posts: 675
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Fish Room
These are photos of my fish room
http://community.webshots.com/album/121041539CyMIFW?482
The 200 gallon display tank is in a different room nearby with plumbing run through a closet to connect all 3 for 350 gallons of water. My husband recently put a 250 watt 20K metal halide over 1/2 of the 110 for frags.
Pam
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02-25-2004, 09:01 AM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Loganville Ga.
Posts: 2,520
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Do you perform surgery in there? Man it's organized!
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02-25-2004, 09:09 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Powder Springs, GA
Posts: 675
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Yeah kinda. 
The best advise I can give to anyone, if the space is available, is to put your sump somewhere else other than under the tank. I've had it both ways and it's soooo much easier for maintenance. I have supplies, clean towels and dirty towels under by tank. I give my husband alot of credit for helping me set this up.
Rick has been wanting me to post these pictures for a while. I
had to clean the room first. It normally doesn't look this neat.
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02-25-2004, 09:29 AM
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SWU Teen Program Director
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Canton, GA
Posts: 1,804
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Very nice Pam! 
Bob
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02-25-2004, 12:14 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Oxford Ga
Posts: 945
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I have seen Pams Fish room it is totally awesome
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02-25-2004, 12:52 PM
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Ghetto Reefer 101
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: georgia
Posts: 1,446
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The best advise I can give to anyone, if the space is available, is to put your sump somewhere else other than under the tank.
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I hear that. I'm a few years away froming buying another house, but when I do, a fish room is a must!!!
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02-25-2004, 05:32 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Knoxville,Ga.
Posts: 166
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The things dreams are made of! I thought I bought a nice home until I tried to put a tank in it. Now I want to tear down walls.
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02-25-2004, 06:11 PM
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Good boy
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Marietta, GA, USA
Posts: 7,883
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I could live in Pam's basement.
Hey Pam.... Can I? 
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02-25-2004, 06:22 PM
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going broke fast
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: N 33° 57.067 W 084° 32.510 (Marietta Ga.)
Posts: 555
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megga dittos Rick
How does a guy find a girl w/a fish room like that?
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Last edited by tobbob; 02-25-2004 at 06:24 PM.
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02-25-2004, 06:25 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Loganville Ga.
Posts: 2,520
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I thought I saw a dust bunny in the corner by the Mop sink!
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02-25-2004, 07:41 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Powder Springs, GA
Posts: 675
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Hey Rick, the basements where I live!  My husband says he's gonna get more involved in the hobby so he can spend time with me. You've never seen a man so jealous of a fish tank.
But he's got a recording studio in his half of the basement.
Thanks everyone for all the compliments. 
I'm really gonna enjoy putting frags in the refugium now and getting them out of the main tank. Too much clutter.
I was hoping nobody would see that dust bunny! I thought I got them all.
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02-26-2004, 12:44 PM
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Snorkelholic
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Buford, GA
Posts: 439
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I like your frag tray... can you tell us more about the mounting?
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02-26-2004, 01:08 PM
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Reefer Grrl
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Midtown Atlanta
Posts: 141
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Don't worry Pam. Your husband's not the only one! My hubby was upset for a while when I was planning my fish room in the basement...but I planned a few little spaces for him (like a tool/workshop area) which brought him on board. He helps out on the construction stuff but has no interest in the more detailed reefkeeping part of it all. I DO find him over peering into the tank many times as soon as we get home from work, so I know he does enjoy it.
You've got a great space! I'm sure you'll run out of room before you know it.
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Atlanta, GA
200 gal Oceanic Reef Tank
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02-26-2004, 01:12 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Powder Springs, GA
Posts: 675
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GeoJoe,
The tray is egg crate and the table legs are 9/16" hard tubes. Not sure if Home Depot has them or something similar. I paid 3 prices for mine at a pet store. You can cut them to the height that you want and push them into the sand. Plus you can still put
low light stuff under the tray.
I actually came up with this on my own. It's amazing how creative you can be with household items. 
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02-27-2004, 11:36 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Cherry Hill, NJ
Posts: 36
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My last sump was under my 70 gallon hex tank and required the skills of a contortionist to maintain. I am setting up a new 210 gallon tank and the sump and all the other equipment will be in the new room I am building in the garage. This should make it easier to work on and will keep the noise from the pumps out of the house. The room is more on the scale of a closet, but everything should fit. Here are some pics that I took of the room under construction. I have made further progress, but have not uploaded the new pictures yet. The electric is in, the lights are working, and I am almost done taping and spackling. This weekend I hope to get it painted and start working on the shelving.
The only downside is that I will have to go out to the garage every time I need to check something. |
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