Why Do Some People Have Fish Houses?
- Thread starter shelaghfishface
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I got heavily into breeding killifish, sort of grew on me over the years, I have had three thus far (All garden shed types) The last one was by far the best cullmanating in 100 tanks and 2 box ponds. I was really sad to move house and have to dismantle that one.
I was personally banished to the bottom of the garden by an unsympathetic spouse.
Regards
BigC
I was personally banished to the bottom of the garden by an unsympathetic spouse.
Regards
BigC
Wish I had the get up and go I had back then. Too old and and injured to start all over again.
I remember being outside in the snow working on that fish-house. The time I spent with the fishes, Too much time.
My wife was a proper Killi-Widow.
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BigC
definately cos I have a busy house with work where I'm pestered by druggies all day, then 2 young children who I love to bits but peace and quiet is a premium so its nice to chill with my dog and check my fish out
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shelaghfishface
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oh yes i get the peace is a premium bit, im a single parent so its all on my head here, i often try to escape but, they find me again, think thats why i love my oscars so much, they dont give me cheek,no answering back lol,and they eat what i give them, without complaining about my cooking skills,
shelagh xxx
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tring to escape lol my wife shut the back door the other day whilst kids were outside laughing that we should not let them in and just have some peace and quiet. when their at the grandparents though the silence is horrible so can't live with em can't live without them!!!
Colin hit pretty much all the reasons as far as saving on utilities & the ease of maintenance when all the tanks are in one designated area. It's really no different than a laundry room or tool room, imagine having laundry or tool scattered in different areas throughout the house.
My fishroom is in a far corner of the basement, in a room that roughed out to 8'x16'. Well insulated, the room temp is about 78F, one large air pump runs all the tanks, saving money, an exhaust fan on a timer to keep humidity at a reasonable level. It's around the corner from the family room, behind the TV, so it isn't like I have to trudge through the snow to the back 40 to work with the fish. It is an escape of sorts for the dog & I, if the family happens to be getting on my nerves we can go downstairs, work on tanks, & chill. Part of any relationship is a certain amount of space, if you are with someone 24/7 they will get on your nerves eventually. It also makes it easier to work on the tanks at any time, sometimes I will go to bed early, and wake up quite early, such as right now. I can go down there & do whatever I want at 4am, if the tanks were scattered about the house everyone would kill me if I pulled that.
It gets pretty cold here in the winter, most everyone has their fishroom set up in the house, a few have them in an attached garage. This is another energy saving matter, heating a separate building can get expensive. Most people with enough tanks to justify a designated area breed fish to at least try to break even on the costs involved. A separate heated building increases those costs.
Colin mentioned locking doors, this is not just a good idea for theft, but also a safety measure for neighborhood kids. Kids will get into anything, I was a kid long ago, I got into plenty. You don't need any injuries to youngsters who get into your fish area, climb racks to see higher tanks, and bring down many gallons of water on top of them. My fishroom doesn't have a lock, but I can rig the doorknob so that you have to card the door to open it. I'll do this when friends or relatives are over with younger kids, last weekend was a good example.
Many people I know who have a fishroom also have a dog or two, this is a deterrent to theft, as well as a helper to deal with stray food that hits the floor. My dog will scratch on the fishroom door if I go down there & watch TV without opening it, he needs to go check it out.
My fishroom is in a far corner of the basement, in a room that roughed out to 8'x16'. Well insulated, the room temp is about 78F, one large air pump runs all the tanks, saving money, an exhaust fan on a timer to keep humidity at a reasonable level. It's around the corner from the family room, behind the TV, so it isn't like I have to trudge through the snow to the back 40 to work with the fish. It is an escape of sorts for the dog & I, if the family happens to be getting on my nerves we can go downstairs, work on tanks, & chill. Part of any relationship is a certain amount of space, if you are with someone 24/7 they will get on your nerves eventually. It also makes it easier to work on the tanks at any time, sometimes I will go to bed early, and wake up quite early, such as right now. I can go down there & do whatever I want at 4am, if the tanks were scattered about the house everyone would kill me if I pulled that.
It gets pretty cold here in the winter, most everyone has their fishroom set up in the house, a few have them in an attached garage. This is another energy saving matter, heating a separate building can get expensive. Most people with enough tanks to justify a designated area breed fish to at least try to break even on the costs involved. A separate heated building increases those costs.
Colin mentioned locking doors, this is not just a good idea for theft, but also a safety measure for neighborhood kids. Kids will get into anything, I was a kid long ago, I got into plenty. You don't need any injuries to youngsters who get into your fish area, climb racks to see higher tanks, and bring down many gallons of water on top of them. My fishroom doesn't have a lock, but I can rig the doorknob so that you have to card the door to open it. I'll do this when friends or relatives are over with younger kids, last weekend was a good example.
Many people I know who have a fishroom also have a dog or two, this is a deterrent to theft, as well as a helper to deal with stray food that hits the floor. My dog will scratch on the fishroom door if I go down there & watch TV without opening it, he needs to go check it out.
Miss Wiggle
Practically perfect in every way
well we've no outside space so don't have a shed or anything, all our tanks have been in the house, I'd always want to keep a couple of pretty tanks in the house just cos I like having my fish around to lok at. But in the next house Ian wants to have a garage where he can have all his tools and stuff and he'd also like to have a little room built onto the garage with a sofa, playstation, few fishtanks he's tinkering with, breeding projects and such like, fridge and a microwave. I have said he's not allowed though cos he'd finish work, go into the garage to put his tools away and then not come out again all evening!!!
I agree with you there! My parents dog (a Westie) has developed a taste for sinking catfish pellets, and will sit and ask for some whenever the cories and other fish get fed. strange animals!
My dog loves those as well, he can hear when I'm feeding the fish from anywhere in the house, and comes running down. He's asleep in the bedroom upstairs right now, if I go down there & rattle a fish food bag he will be down like a shot.
I have a fish house for several reasons.
Firstly as mentioned previously water changes and feeding are much easier when all the tanks are in one place and you can do maintainance without having to worry about spilling water on the floor.
Secondly when i had the tanks in the garage connected to the house the moisture from nearly 1000 gallons of water caused the plaster on one of the walls to blister under the wallpaper so by keeping them in a seperate building they wont damage the house any further.
Thirdly there is no way i could sensibly fit a 48 square foot tank into a house unless we won the lottery and bought a mansion, but in the fish house my 900g takes up 1/3rd of the building without being in the way.
Lastly because the tanks are all kept in one well insulated building i can keep the running costs down by heating the room with one 2000w oil filled radiator on a thermostat rather than having individual heaters in each tank, my fish house is so well insulated it hasnt required any heating for the last 3 weeks to maintain its temperature at 27c minimum. I can also run most of the filtration from one large air pump which would produce too much noise to be kept in the house thus saving more money on energy costs and i have flourecent strip lighting on the ceiling with each strip lighting several tanks so i dont need individual lighting systems for each tank.
Firstly as mentioned previously water changes and feeding are much easier when all the tanks are in one place and you can do maintainance without having to worry about spilling water on the floor.
Secondly when i had the tanks in the garage connected to the house the moisture from nearly 1000 gallons of water caused the plaster on one of the walls to blister under the wallpaper so by keeping them in a seperate building they wont damage the house any further.
Thirdly there is no way i could sensibly fit a 48 square foot tank into a house unless we won the lottery and bought a mansion, but in the fish house my 900g takes up 1/3rd of the building without being in the way.
Lastly because the tanks are all kept in one well insulated building i can keep the running costs down by heating the room with one 2000w oil filled radiator on a thermostat rather than having individual heaters in each tank, my fish house is so well insulated it hasnt required any heating for the last 3 weeks to maintain its temperature at 27c minimum. I can also run most of the filtration from one large air pump which would produce too much noise to be kept in the house thus saving more money on energy costs and i have flourecent strip lighting on the ceiling with each strip lighting several tanks so i dont need individual lighting systems for each tank.
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