After having tanks since I was 4 years old and working at an LFS for over 8 years, it's been quite some time since I've had a tank after graduating college and living in apartments and townhouses for a few years after.
Well, my fiance and I bought a house in August, so the time is finally here for me to be an obnoxious fish guy again! And the plans just keep getting bigger and bigger... Hey, I've had a lot of time to think about it!
After a lot of thought (and persuasion) I've got the go ahead from my better half to set up a 120g DT in the living room with a fish room in the basement. Having built out systems for retail stores (and knowing how convenient these systems make maintenance) in the past, I'm more or less going to be creating a miniature version of some of the systems you might see at an LFS. And luckily for me, the fish room will sit in the basement almost directly below the DT in the living room.
Fun features will include:
Auto top off
Continuous, automated water changes
Quarantine tank rack
Apex control on just about everything
Frag tank plumbed into system
Custom stand and canopy
and most importantly.... Room to add on to the system as needed!
Just about all the equipment has been purchased as of now, and the real work will begin the weekend of the 9th as we'll be taking a much needed vacation to Southern Florida in few days.
For now, I'll leave you with some boring pictures of some painted tanks and my sleepy helpers, just to kick it off right.
Well, my fiance and I bought a house in August, so the time is finally here for me to be an obnoxious fish guy again! And the plans just keep getting bigger and bigger... Hey, I've had a lot of time to think about it!
After a lot of thought (and persuasion) I've got the go ahead from my better half to set up a 120g DT in the living room with a fish room in the basement. Having built out systems for retail stores (and knowing how convenient these systems make maintenance) in the past, I'm more or less going to be creating a miniature version of some of the systems you might see at an LFS. And luckily for me, the fish room will sit in the basement almost directly below the DT in the living room.
Fun features will include:
Auto top off
Continuous, automated water changes
Quarantine tank rack
Apex control on just about everything
Frag tank plumbed into system
Custom stand and canopy
and most importantly.... Room to add on to the system as needed!
Just about all the equipment has been purchased as of now, and the real work will begin the weekend of the 9th as we'll be taking a much needed vacation to Southern Florida in few days.
For now, I'll leave you with some boring pictures of some painted tanks and my sleepy helpers, just to kick it off right.
