Knuggs Fish Room aka Addiction (lots o pix =)

[knuggs]

Ok so, finally, here it is my fish room...It the second room in my 2br apt., on the second floor ^^

My view from my comfy chair


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Other views


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My Tanks

3-40g breeders, 2-10g, 1-29g, 1-14g, and an Nano with a Nana

My 14g Endler Tank (about to change real soon)


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My 40g Juvie Tank


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My 29g Baby Tank


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My 10g Fry Tank


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My 40g Breeding Tank aka Blue Tank


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My 10g First Shrimp Tank


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My 40g Multi Purpose Tank


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Knuggs Nano


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A Few Special Features:

20# Pressurized Co2 w/ 12 Port Manifold


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Custom Built Stand aka I Built Them


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Air Purifier, Space Heater, and Blackout Curtains aka Climate Control


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Custom Closets aka What I do for a Living


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[Big O]

jealous! can't wait till my kids move out.
sorry kids...I know, I'm bad...the wife tells me all the time

[xxbenjamminxx]

Nice looking tanks, aka Im jealous!

[Cottagewitch]

Drool...envy!!!!! You are SO lucky! Things look great! Do you raise your own foods as well?


Jenna

[thefisherman]

congrats on your fish room! i'm sure it much cozier than in my dungeon of a basement lol cheers!


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[msjinkzd]

man, i love that closet. My daughter needs help from someone with your skills. Too bad you are in IN, I would totally bribe you with livestock and plants for your skills.

[fishboy199413]

I really like your tanks. Also what fish are your breeding and keeping?

[knuggs]

Originally Posted by Big O

jealous! can't wait till my kids move out.
sorry kids...I know, I'm bad...the wife tells me all the time

LOL thanks! Luckily I havent had any kids, I wouldnt prolly have the fishroom if that was the case...cold shiver...dont wanna think about that lol

Originally Posted by xxbenjamminxx

Nice looking tanks, aka Im jealous!

Thanks! Lol aka hahaha :P

Originally Posted by Cottagewitch

Drool...envy!!!!! You are SO lucky! Things look great! Do you raise your own foods as well?
Jenna

Thanks, I dont know how much of it was luck though. I worked pretty dam hard on this. You can create your own luck, beauty part about freewill I do keep microworm cultures but still buy my blackworms from the lfs.

Originally Posted by thefisherman

congrats on your fish room! i'm sure it much cozier than in my dungeon of a basement lol cheers! Sent from my iPhone

Thanks! Next year Im going to be moving and hopefully in a bigger place with a basement. I need more space :P It is cozy but I need more space :P

Originally Posted by msjinkzd

man, i love that closet. My daughter needs help from someone with your skills. Too bad you are in IN, I would totally bribe you with livestock and plants for your skills.

Thanks, to bad you are a bit aways are I would totally work out a deal with ya.

Originally Posted by fishboy199413

I really like your tanks. Also what fish are your breeding and keeping?

Thanks! Right now I have been breeding Dwarf Neon Rainbowfish, Checkered Rainbowfish (Melanotaenia splendida inornata), Endlers, Yellow, and Cherry Shrimp. Had some Dwarf Red Blue Gularis I was breeding but recently jumped tank

[diwu13]

Very neat looking fish room!

Few questions:

What's the plant that's taking over the entire tank here?

How did you divide the 40B tank? Are the acrylic dividers or sponge?

[knuggs]

Thanks The plant taking over my my fry tank is peacock moss and on my 40b I used Lee`s Aquarium Tank Divider 40 Breeder 17X16 its a plastic mesh.

[diwu13]

Oh that's pretty cool. I wonder why I haven't seen that used a lot. People try to use foam or whatever to section tanks but then the flow gets cut pretty badly. How's the mesh treating you? Are the mesh openings pretty large?

And what's that plant taking over the 10g fry tank?

[knuggs]

The plant taking over the fry tank is peacock moss.

The dividers werent cheap, thats prolly why a lot of people go for alternatives. I glue mine down so they arent going anyway unless I get a razor blade. The mesh is pretty small. Endler fry cant get through but my rainbowfish fry can. Im sure the holes will get smaller through time as well with algae. I can still slide the mesh out though if I need to clean it, the sides are the only thing glued down.

[diwu13]

Oh whoops, didn't see you post that before. That huge picture of the divider caught my eye haha. Any chance you'll be putting up some peacock moss for sale ?

So how's the flow through that 40B tank? Do you have a powerhead set up or something?

[knuggs]

Originally Posted by diwu13

Oh whoops, didn't see you post that before. That huge picture of the divider caught my eye haha. Any chance you'll be putting up some peacock moss for sale ?

So how's the flow through that 40B tank? Do you have a powerhead set up or something?

Lol yeah I figured that would give you a good visual of what I used I actually just posted a thread on the swap and shop last night http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sw...ck-cherry.html

The flow in the 40b wasnt what I expected. I ended up using 3 HOB AquaClear 20's for each section. I started out with a HOB 50 in the middle but wasnt enough surface movement. Then I tried to 20's on each side and the middle was still a lil stagnant. I could of used airstones but didnt want to raise my ph so I just put one in each section. Big Als sells AquaClears for cheap, I have them on all my tanks but one, which is my main and its a canister. Im more of a fan of the HOB's.

[diwu13]

Think you'll still be selling peacock moss in a month or so? I need to set up dividers in my moss tank or all the moss will grow together :\. Stupid suction cups from ebay haven't arrived yet. Might even need to report the seller since there's no communication what so ever.

Ah, so you're still forced a filter per section. I was hoping you had a way to have a single filter for all three sections haha. Think a cansiter would work? Have the intake to the canister in the middle, and modify the output to each of the three sections? I guess a UGF would work as well. But yea, multiple HOB is what I see everyone end up doing haha.