Fish room remodel 4/29/11

Three bays complete. The last two bays will have top view troughs for the TVR and raising of fry.



Last bay installed and plumbing completed. I will need to upgrade my pump to something that does about 60 gpm of flow. This will allow me to plumb tanks along the top row as well as the 55 gallon rack on the end. Next up is the remodeling the east wall of the room.

Fish room remodel 4/27/11

Half way through the remodel. All of the 125s are in place. I have moved one four foot rack against the south wall. Lots of rubble!

SxK grow out 4/22/11

SxK 4/22/11.

These fish were just fed bloodworms that have sank to the bottom. In this video I try to capture sand sifting behavior. If you watch close a few of the fish demonstrate this behavior but I caught them after they had eaten a bunch and are in the act of chewing. There are times when all of the fish are intensively sifting. I think that providing a sand substrate is essential for goldfish health. It allows for the sifting behavior which in my opinion keeps stress low. More importantly, the sand acts as ruffage for good digestion.

AGA Goldfish standards

www.americangoldfish.org/Articles/GFSA%20Goldfish%20Standards.pdf

Drilling holes in tanks

All you need to drill holes in tanks: A drill, hole saw, and template. Hole saws can be purchased on ebay for very cheap. You will have to convert to metric to find the right size and wait a few weeks for delivery as they are coming from Asia.


The trick is to go slow and NOT apply too much pressure. Let the drill do the work. This is very important with thin walled tanks as any pressure will crack the glass. I like to add water to the glass as I'm drilling to reduce the temp and wash out the dust.

Fish room remodel 4/18/11

Second set of racks and tanks in place.


Last section is cleaned out and ready for painting. This will complete the first phase of the remodel.


Each 125 is drilled at the bottom of each end of the back wall. One outlet goes to sump ( the closest in this image) and the other goes to drain (the farthest). This allows me to dump the water from the whole tank to the street in a matter of minutes. This comes in very handy when doing water changes or when I need to isolate the tank.


A close-up of the plumbing. The plumbing on the left empties to the drain. The plumbing on the right goes to sump.


This is the image of the sump. 100 gallon rubbermaid. The stand pipe (2" pipe) when pulled dumps water to the street.

Lionchu Growout

Lionchu growout 4/10/11. Fish were placed in a 125 after this was taken.

Fish room remodel

A beautiful site indeed (OK, maybe to a fish geek). 3 - 125's, 2 - 90's and a 75 gallon tank waiting to be drilled and installed.
Rack is set up and decking has been painted. Waiting for tanks to be placed.
With the help of Icthius tanks were placed on the new rack. The tanks are slightly bigger then 6 feet so you have to put the tank on the rack with one of the front legs unattached, slide the tank in, and then attach the remaining front leg once the tanks is in place. There is enough room between legs for the the tank to sit.
Goldfish in their new tanks. Water is flowing and the lights are on.

SxK grow out

April 2011, New additions to the group. 5 fish were added from David's culls.

Fish room remodel

I'm starting a fish room remodel. These are the before images. I'm removing the east wall tanks of the room to put in a Costco racking system, http://goldfishgarage.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-racking.html that will hold 4 - 125 gallon tanks, 2 top view troughs, http://goldfishgarage.blogspot.com/2011/03/second-plywood-tub.html and various other size tanks. It will be a recirculating system with a sump and over flow to street drain. I will have the ability to dump large volumes of water very quickly.
View of the east wall. All tanks and racking will be removed and replaced with metal racking system and larger tanks.
Left of east wall, bank of 30 gallon talls and 125 gallon.
Middle of east wall with goodeid tank.
Right of east wall. Stack of two 90 gallon tanks with cichlids
Tanks have been removed and painting has begun. I had a bucket of paint explode on me as I was shaking hence the paint all over the floor.

Pond Fish

4/3/11, pond fish coming out of hibernation. I have been feeding them very lightly over the past few days.