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#1 ·
I have some pics of my fish room from startup to finish that I setup in the begining of June.























It took me a few weeks. I had to do most of the setup by myself.
 
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#2 ·
Lol!!! Awesome! I would kill to do something like that. Lol it looks like things were pretty hectic at the beginning. Tanks everywhere :shock:

Thats an huge collections of tanks, how many is there exactly and whats the biggest and smallest one?


Looks awesome, lol this is the worst case of MTS I've ever seen! :lol:
 
#4 ·
There are 80 tanks on the system in the basement that are full and running. Hectic doesn't even begin to describe it. When I move the setup again I will have prebuilt everything so I can move the tanks one at a time. I had the system off the rental trucks and in the basement in a few hours and then it took a couple days to get the tanks with fish up on stands. Biggest tank is 265 gallons which is for my wild colony of Moba Frontosa and the smallest are my 10 gallon tanks for my fry. You can see a lot of what I breed on my website http://aquaticmadness.com I lost around 387 fish when something spiked the water parameters but now all is well minus 12,000 worth of stock i'm back up and running and have added some new fish.
 
#5 ·
:shock: You my friend are a mad man!! Haha just kidding, thats really cool. I can't believe you have 80 tanks lol. Is one day a week dedicated to water changes? :lol:

Sorry to hear you had a hard go at it for a while. But clearly your rebuilding your empire. Very nice!
 
#9 ·
there is a section for your tank pictures. :)
and you can include specific pictures of your fish too,
we love seeing peoples set up and fish pics here.
fresh water pictures and videos,is the bit you want. :)
 
#17 ·
I sell them. My website is http://aquaticmadness.com I also ship and give a guarantee on shipping that most people or businesses don't. I ship mostly usps priority and express mail. I guarantee live arrival for 3 days in transit on all juvies and if you receive a DOA I reship replacements free of charge. Meaning I pay shipping on the replacements which a lot of people are not willing to do.

I am starting to get a nice collection of Victorians going and if there are any fish you guys can't find or think I should breed I am open to suggestions. If they are too expensive somewhere else I will buy breeders and sell nice cheap juvies.

I just got my hands on the following Victorians

Pundamilia sp. Red Flank
Pundamilia sp. Blue Bar Hippo Point
Pundamilia Nyereri "Anchor Islands"
Xystichromis Phytophagus Lake Kanyaboli

The Red Flanks are very rare and I was told there are only 3 people in the US with them and only one is a breeding group.

I have and breed everything on my website except a few of the species toward the bottom of the list. I think I need to update it but I have been very busy lately.
 
#18 ·
Nice looking room!

How are you handling regular water changes? Any clever shortcuts for all the tanks? From the pics it looks like each tank has its own water...

Also, how are you handling heat?

I'm looking into building fishroom as well (but much smaller) - any lessons learned or shortcuts that you have would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

EC
 
#19 ·
Water chaqnges are simple. Since the system runs off a swimming pool pump I just run pvc out a window and blow the pump off outside. Heat is controlled now by a vent free heater in the basement. Keep the ambient room temp up to keep the water warm. I have had a lot of problems with this system. A good trial and error start so next time I move and have to set it up again I can do it easily. Moving appears to be in the near future. My gf has lost it over this whole project and wants me out.
 
#20 ·
LMAO

AquaticMadness: I'm almost finished the project babe
Girlfriend: I don't care, it's either me or the fish.
AquaticMadness: The doors that way then--->

:notworthy:
 
#23 ·
Can't wait to see more pictures - maybe you could post some of the tanks you've got set up upstairs :eek:) bet uv got some pretty cool fish.

I'm thinking it could be worse for your gf u could have lots of reptiles downstairs uuuuurh now that's scary! heh just run that idea by her maybe :twisted:
 
#25 ·
That is so freaking awesome! I'd love to even have half the tanks you do! Being 17 and not having a job sucks! I don't have the money to buy a nice tank. The biggest one I have is a 29? gallon and it's for my turtles. So for right now I'm stuck with a 20gal. I'd like to get a bigger tank but right now I can't. If you don't mind me asking, how much money did you spend on all those tanks!?
 
#26 ·
The money was around $8,000 for everything but it's all gone now. I am in upstate NY. My website is up and will have to be updated. My ex pulled the heat and shut the blower down when I wasn't there so everything has died and I am homeless and have no fish. I will rebuild and it will be better. I will keep you all updated. It is nice being single now though.
 
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