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#1 Vebas

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 10:45 AM

Thought I'd share a few pics of the current refit we are doing on our fish wholesale storage area - enjoy smile.gif

Cheers
Pacco

Getting rid of the old tanks and stands (Early November)












Prepping and sealing the floor (mid November)








Flatpack American White Oak stands arrive (late November)





40' container of aquariums arrives (early January)




#2 Melvin

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 01:14 PM

Looking very tidy and slick!

#3 Furnix

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 01:21 PM

very awesome! cant wait till its all done!

#4 Anka

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 01:22 PM

ooooo PCS tour when it's done? smile.gif

#5 YIN93

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 01:24 PM

Seen this in person with my mate Chen. This is one awesome setup welldone.gif

#6 Vebas

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 01:29 PM

Once it's fully operational we might do a meeting/tour smile.gif
No plans on refitting the retail side of things in the short-mid term, although eventually it's on the cards (the time and money cost of a refit this size is pretty crazy...)

Cheers
Pacco

#7 CCA001

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 02:00 PM

Have seen this in person aswell i must say if its got to be done may aswell do it PROPERLY .

Looks AWESOME keep up the good work.

#8 sandgroper

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 02:48 PM

QUOTE (Vebas @ Jan 11 2013, 04:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Once it's fully operational we might do a meeting/tour smile.gif
No plans on refitting the retail side of things in the short-mid term, although eventually it's on the cards (the time and money cost of a refit this size is pretty crazy...)

Cheers
Pacco

A tour would be great Pacco, cheers for the photo's.

#9 Hypanheaven

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 05:33 PM

atleast the tanks would have been cheap! tongue.gif

well done pacco atleast your expanding and developing unlike most LFS which are going to the sh*tta

#10 Fox

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 06:00 PM

Looking fantastic Pacco, Great job to you & the guys.
Would love to see it running when your finished.

#11 fishking123

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 06:33 PM

NICE what size are the tanks?

#12 pacco

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 07:19 PM

There are:

48 of 80cm x 64cm x 40cm
53 of 48" x 18" x 24"
212 of 24" x 18" x 20"

All 10mm glass all round

Cheers
Pacco

#13 CichlidLife

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Posted 12 January 2013 - 11:36 AM

Great looking setup Pacco, as the others have said a tour would be awesome! smile.gif

Edited by CichlidLife, 12 January 2013 - 11:36 AM.


#14 Departure

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Posted 12 January 2013 - 12:19 PM

looks good, Im interested to see how its all plumbed up...

#15 AXIS

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Posted 14 January 2013 - 10:48 AM

Looking much better indeed.

#16 Juls

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Posted 16 January 2013 - 07:04 PM

Looking pretty sweet, will be up this weekend, will be in for some gear.

Looks better than the empty room I saw last time I was up.

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#17 Vebas

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Posted 19 January 2013 - 09:57 AM

Coolroom panels arrived and installed

















Next step - lighting/power and plumbing installation

Cheers
Pacco

#18 werdna

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Posted 19 January 2013 - 10:01 AM

WOW... you got a photo of Frank... DOING SOME WORK ohmy.gif goodjob.gif welldone.gif

Looking awesome.
Wait till you see the difference they make.
My power bills dropped by about $400 by building a shed to house 15 tanks
Yours is a slightly larger scale than mine smile.gif

#19 Vebas

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Posted 19 January 2013 - 10:18 AM

More than heating/cooling, the main savings will be in:
Pump power consumption - we have cut the power usage by around 5kw constant load by switching everything except the marine system to air driven
Maintainence wages - once fully set up there will be almost zero maitainence on over 300 tanks, which saves a lot
Catching wages - with single species per tank and no substrate or filters/airstones in the tanks to catch the net on, catching times for wholesale orders etc should be halved.
FIsh health/quality - Being able to increase the filtration immensely and have constant water changes will allow use to feed a lot heavier and maintain higher water quality

Cheers
Pacco

#20 CichlidLife

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Posted 19 January 2013 - 11:41 AM

Very awesome Pacco, job well done to you and the guys

Hehe Frank, I miss him... haven't seen him for long time! sad.gif




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