I decided on 100mm thick coolroom panels, originally was going to be 75mm but the total cost difference was about $300, so decided on the thicker panel.
Originally was going to be 6x3m, but with STUPID council rules I needed to be 1.5m from the fence, so I had to reduce width to 2.5m otherwise it would be too close to the house. (Hence my giving away a coolroom panel a while ago)
So all my internal tank plans got thrown out the window.
Delivery
Day 1. Base down. After drilling and anchoring everything in we did a measurement diagonally across. The measurements were within 1mm. God bless year 10 Trig
Day 3. After spending 2 days straight cutting panels we finally finished at 4pm. We decided to put one panel up to see how hard it was.
Then we realised we would have to either take it down, or put the next one up. So I carried over the second panel and we stuck it in place.
45 minutes later, every panel was in place. Amazing how quick these go up.
But I hadnt bought the wall supports yet, so we used the flashing to hold the corners in place.
Finished outside
Running power inside.
I am still in the process of moving tanks inside, namely working up the energy to shift the 8ft.
Progress so far.
6ft rack
Top tank has only just had gravel added so is still a bit cloudy.
Bottom tank will get gravel and rock scaping once I have more tanks ready, so is being used as a fry raiser right now.
3 tier 4ft
EY colony in the middle, other two are housing 7 Bar trio and a Gibbi till the 6ft is ready.
Space for the 8ft
The 8ft to go into above space.
The empty 3ft and sump are going and I will be adding two 4x18x18s down the bottom.
In an attempt to make the move easy, yesterday I built a little trolley to sit the tank on and hopefully it will only take 2 people to move it into place.... Any volunteers? I need two people, as I will be the supervisor
IBC converted to catfish tank.
There is enough driftwood in there to fill three 3ft tanks, and it looks empty.
More driftwood will eventually work its way in there.
From the door looking right.
The IBC is on the back left hand corner.
Next to that is going a bench (getting built one day) which will house fry raisers up top and air pumps, food, accessories etc down the bottom
I am building a 3 tier 3ft rack to go on the right wall, and havent decided what else, probably another 6ft rack at this stage.
Every tank is run off sponge filters or UGF, and I am hoping that with the awesome insulation of the shed I wont need to add heaters to every tank in winter. Time will tell.
Cheers
Andrew
Edited by werdna, 02 April 2011 - 12:12 PM.
