What is a Fish Room?

I was reading on another post that Deano was building a fish room. First off...I'm still new at this..so what is a fish room?

I'm thinking it is just what it sounds like. I get a mental picture of it being like the LFS with all the tanks lining the walls and having a central plumbing unit hidden away.

If any of you have one could you please post pics.

Thanks!!

Its a room where ya cram as many tanks as ya can afford into it & do your thang ..what ever that is in the fishy world...
wish I had one..

Mooo wrote:

Its a room where ya cram as many tanks as ya can afford into it & do your thang ..what ever that is in the fishy world...
wish I had one..

Wish I had one also. I'd set a revolving recliner in the middle of the room and just..spin.

We have a fish room, I am intending posting some pics of it from scratch, being an empty 6ft x 6ft room, to a room that is tanked out floor to ceiling lol

Angi-N-Wayne wrote:

We have a fish room, I am intending posting some pics of it from scratch, being an empty 6ft x 6ft room, to a room that is tanked out floor to ceiling lol

Looking forward to the pictures lol

i want 1 to

Trying to get a fish room up and running, this BN bug is dangerous lol. Is 8 fishtanks considered a fih room, its just a start.

i have seen a fish room that was a garage turned into a fish room for bettas, 10+ tanks and a fish barracks for 200 fish absolutaly awsome setup.
i dont have the room but i wish i did otherwise i would have a similar setup.
daniel

Y'know, a fish room oddly enough doesn't appeal to me. I'm more of a 'sit in the bedroom/living room and gawp at them inbetween tv' kind of person! xD

Spreebok wrote:

Y'know, a fish room oddly enough doesn't appeal to me. I'm more of a 'sit in the bedroom/living room and gawp at them inbetween tv' kind of person! xD

which is why I have a tv in my fish room!

would it be a bad idea to put a fish room upstairs

Loving the signature mate....

ltaylor88 wrote:

would it be a bad idea to put a fish room upstairs

depends on several things. Some people plumb their fish rooms in so that they can just empty tanks onto the floor and it all flows away, this may be hard on the second floor. But i am guessing your worries go more to weight. Fish tanks are heavy. My 4ft tank (full of water, gravel etc including stand) weighs about 340 kilos. Water is heavy, glass tanks are heavy but nothing that the house can't take if done right. In short, i see no issues with having a fish room upstairs as long as you are clever about it. don't put a 8ft 1000ltr tank on floorboards (that goes for downstairs too). Just make sure that the flooring can take the weight, and if it is wooden, make sure that if any water gets spilt that it doesnt soak into the wood and weaken it.

ltaylor88 wrote:

would it be a bad idea to put a fish room upstairs

I've just had my 20 or so tanks moved from upstairs to down, maily after any visitors kept asking which way do your beams run etc. They frightened the life out of me so now all in one room and it's an awful lot easier too!

some threads cheer me up so much lol...

yvette and her 20 tanks upstairs....lol.... and 8 tanks for a beginners fish room sounds ok

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I have a friend who is a singer in america and she started off with 1 betta about 10 years ago, now she as over 200 fish tanks all full with betta and other fish....

will see if i CAN FIND HER PIC SHE SENT ME........

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on another matter someone just gave me a idea......

lol.... I was looking at mobing now I have a requirement that I have a spare room with a concrete floor.... so now my partner is not going to like you lot... coz we had a nice semi lined up, but no concrete floor or garage so now on the look out again... lol...

Wolverine, you are more than welcome to come a see my fish house - I'm not too far away from you

thankyou kindly yvette,

i need to look at setting up sumps and filters ready for mine... )

have built a rather big filter in the past with my father and sister for a 15ft pond but tanks are slightly different

here is a photo of when i was setting up my fish room, il try and get some more recent ones for you, its full now! no space left haha

Nice room, I want one

Mooo wrote:

Nice room, I want one

me too

how the hell do you do a water change on those top tanks...lol

hope your not a short ass like me lol, or you might need step ladders...lol

haha nah im 6ft 2. its easy!

that looks a nice fish room andrew credit to ya