East Weekend Project

andy_j

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My mate came round the other night (he has an 8' tank and a fish house) and we got chatting about doing the racking for my fighter tanks.

So, saturday morning, he's turning up with the wood and lots of tools and we're going to put the racking up.

The existing tanks will go on there for the time being but eventually, they'll be replaced by 4 tanks which i will make myself,

This is the area in the conservatory where it's going.....to the left of the window. Under the window will be added to later (might even do it that day if we've got enough wood).

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This is how the main bank of tanks should look.

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And the tanks will be built like this. Although it'll be one tank, there'll be a central divider of glass down the centre. By doing this and partitioning them off, it'll give me 64 sections (16 per tank) of 6" x 8" x 8"....ideal for growing on the babies.

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Photos to be added :D

Andy
 
wow, I really like the design, better then anything Ive thought up.
 
Thats going to look cool!........ you deffinetly love your plants :lol:
 
a funny note for gardner in the us....I am a trained emt, phlebtomist, and lab tech....and ya know what job I left those for to get paid more.... a gardner... a begginer lowest man on the totum pole gardner, hehe.


btw how far have you got on your set up any pics yet?
 
Looks really Good. Are you fitting a UV sterilizer on aswell
 
Work starts today.....in about 3 hours actually so i've got to have a tidy up.

Never been a fan of UV's.....they never compensate for the bugs that don't go through them
 
Well....all the racking is finished....not a beer was touched until now

This is before we started

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Back wall in

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Shelves in

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Tanks in

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Right hand side done

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Just got to clear up the mess now !!!

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The tanks won't be made until at least May when all my bedding plants and banana trees can go outside.
 
are you going to stain and seal or paint any of it?....well not with the fish in the room, duh on me.
 

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