new prop system (part 1)

[Fishaholic]

heres my weekend project, I built the stands out of 2" square tubing 1.20 wall. They are 40" tall (makes the tanks @ good veiwing level)

I have not installed the plumbing yet but I still need to paint the stands.

this is a long running project for me, I hope to be finished in about 1mo.

The tanks will be FW breeders for my many cichlids and I will have another smaller system for SW.

Tanks are 8'L X 24"W X 12"T for a total water volume of 120g ea, with the filteration I am using total system capicity will be about 450g :D

feel free to give any feedback

BIG THANKS TO HAROLD @ FRAGS CITY FOR THE TANKS!!!

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a167/jerehmyd/propsystem006.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a167/jerehmyd/propsystem003.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a167/jerehmyd/propsystem001.jpg

[mmoore0803]

looks sweet

[DaChrisDude]

NIce Jer, Very cool. I'm jealous.

[rbdesigns]

Sweet setup, did these come from BR's out of business sale?

[Fishaholic]

yeah Harold got them from BR and I got them from Harod

[rbdesigns]

yeah Harold got them from BR and I got them from Harod


Damn, I should've gone down the day of the sale.

[Trickman2]

Is brilliant Reefs gone?

[Fishaholic]

where have you been? . . . lol. . . They are long gone about 2mo ago ;)

[cagirly2006]

looking good jerehmy!! oh yeah your baby started eating dry kitten food 20 minutes ago!! :)

[victortrav]

hey jerehmy what FW chiclids are you breeding???

[Fishaholic]

yellow labs
chisamaules
rustys
red zebras
mainganos
red peacocks
eureka peacocks
kenyis
pearl zebras (like the red zebra but white with blue eyes)

there are a few others but I can't remember right now, they are at another house untill I get the system running


Ashley I can't wait!!!!!!

[victortrav]

very kick ass ive considered breding but dont have the room for a setup like you are doing.

[Fishaholic]

I have been using about 8-12 tanks right now and the cost is not very good ;)

with 1 huge system I can grow out the fry to about 3" and get way more $ than when they are 1-2"

right now I am forced to "move" fish to get more room, I have about 450-500 fry right now with another 200 or so on the way!

[victortrav]

oh my should this be in the FW forum... j/k ... you can move some this way if need facilitate i got a few tanks they can grow out in

[lucubrator]

What do all these fish look like?

[Trickman2]

where have you been? . . . lol. . . They are long gone about 2mo ago ;)

Well after a while I just stop wasting my time dropping by there. So it was OG and AW and I skipped Brillaint. Also I been busy working so I have not had as much time to follow the forums. Oh well:D

[Fishaholic]

I could post some pic right now im too busy mabye in a day or so :D

[whatever]

what is the tank volume of each cubicle? I\'m also setting up a breeding system, but I\'m doing African Shell Dwellers. They appear to be 12\" cubes? Seems small for breeding those fish, or are you using these only for grow out? What did you pay if you don\'t mind me asking? Maybe one day I can swing by and checkout your setup. I\'m always interested in others systems. David M. has a sweet setup (had?)

[Roger]

Pearly zebras are cool...have you ever tried tropheus? I was thinking about doing another FW tank with some tropheus, but they are getting a bit expensive at the LFS. I used to be able to get tropheus duboisi juvies for $3.

[Fishaholic]

just got the new system up and running, threew out the cichlids and am going with salt :D

[rlh]

roger if ur looking for tropheus i can get them wild caught for cheaper than most lfs sell f1 or f2 no problem. lmk sorry for the hijack jerm :)

[Redeye]

Damn, never thought you would get that garage that clean
:)

[DaChrisDude]

Jer, so you're doing all salt? whatcha gonna be prop'ing?

[SolRo]

the stands on the tanks....are you going to add some cross bars or something? because the way you have em now, it looks like it would be easy to tip/break the whole thing if someone leaned on one of the sides or the whole thing wabbled in an earth quake.

[Fishaholic]

they are very secure,

chris going to be doing corals

Redeye, yeah it was tough but I just got everything up, going to hane the MH this weekend

[SDFISHMAN]

I have 1 more of those prop tanks if your interested.. PM me..

[SolRo]

they are very secure,

...while empty.

When you fill them up with water that stand will be a lot less stable.

I have an ikea computer desk with the same design as your stand....without wieght it looked pretty stable. I put a 60lb monitor on it, and the thing wobbled like crazy.

[Fishaholic]

unlike an Ikea desk, each stand weighs about 115lbs and is constructed out of mild steel (not sheet metal). I have had water in the tanks for 5 days now and believe me they are SOLID :D

I made adjustable feet for all the legs so that I could make the tanks & stands level, not to mention that they are on a concrete floor which is about as solic as you can get ;)

You have to come by Stan, I am on the NCRMAS tank tour, and will also be having a BBQ for all who want to eat after the tank tour

Mabye we could even have some sort of a frag swap?

I will try and post a few better pics of the system up and running (I will get a good shot of the stands for you stan :D)