I made some finishing touches to the lighting. 

1) I added some florescent lighting over the BRTs  (I was only able to find double fixtures). 



2)  I changed the lighting over the broodstock tanks.  One of the original lights I had over the broodstock tanks was the room light.  Which I had to turn on and off manually.  That was starting to get old. 

Since I have eggs that are waiting to hatch (Probably Wed or Thurs).  I needed to put the finishing touches on my larval tanks.  I added a heater and the started the airstone.  Here are a couple pics of the larval tank in action.

You are going to put a 120m mesh screen around the stand pipe, right?

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Yeah, thanks for reminding me

Fishtal


You are going to put a 120m mesh screen around the stand pipe, right?

I was thinking about the temp issues we were talking about earlier, as well as trying to remember exactly how your basement is laid out... was there a door that leads into the breeding room, or is that an open walkway?

In one pic it looks like I can see where hinges were removed. If you could close off the room a bit more that might help keep the temps up...? Just a thought.

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Unfortunately there is not a door.  I may try adjusting the placement of some of the heaters.

Breeding Setup 2.0

I have decided to redo the broodstock and growout areas of my system.  I didn't like the fact that I could reach some of the tanks very well to clean them and the fact that I really didn't use my space effectively.  Anyway, I tore out the old stand and built a new one with concrete block and wood.  Here is pic of what it looks like right now.  I might have to make some tweaks but the pic is the basic design.

I should have mentioned it above.  The top tanks are 10 gallons for broodstock and the 20 gals are going to be the grow out tanks

Are those 2x6's laid flat?  I've been thinking of doing the same thing with bricks - it just seems so much stronger, not to mention much quicker to set up!  I'd even wager you could might be able to fix it in such a way as to be able to place a sump under the bottom as well.

Keep the pictures coming!

Arc Katana


Are those 2x6's laid flat?  I've been thinking of doing the same thing with bricks - it just seems so much stronger, not to mention much quicker to set up!  I'd even wager you could might be able to fix it in such a way as to be able to place a sump under the bottom as well.

Keep the pictures coming!

Arc, they are three 2x8s laid flat and nailed together with 2 pieces of 1x4 on the bottom for each level.  Not counting the time it took to purchase the material or remove the old stand (which was a PITA) it took about an hour. 

I don't have enough height to fit a sump on bottom, but you could design it that way if you wanted to.

Looks good, are you going to paint the wood?

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Yeah,  I am going to paint the wood

Looks good, I'm no carpenter but I would make sure to watch for bowing on those 2x8's, if I remember correctly from the lessons learned from my pops, they bow easily laid down flat and are more rigid and inflexible on their edges.  It looks like the top shelf should be fine, but I would watch the bottom shelf with the 20's on it.  Might be fine, I could be paranoid, but I wouldn't want you to come find a disaster.

Here is the latest progress.

Wood on stand painted



All tanks blacked out and placed on stand



Next is to plumb this all up

Lookin' good Mike!

You could add more blocks in the future if the boards sag.


AJ

Thanks AJ!

Today I have been able to finish a lot of the plumbing.  I only have to install the intakes on the top row and plumb the system back to the pumps.  Here are the latest pics





Finally, one of the benefits of the block.  Very easy to hang the inflow piping over the tanks

I realized that I never updated how this turned out.  In the meantime, I added some additional broodstock which makes the total broodstock system to 16 tanks.  Here are the current inhabitants and tanks sizes

Top Section Right

10G - Grade B Picasso Pair
10G - Darwin Black Ocellaris Pair
10G - A. Bicinctus Pair
10G - A. Percula Pair
10G - Possible A. Percula juvi pair (need to positively ID)
10G - A Ocellaris Pair
10G - TBD

Lower Right

20G - A. Clarkii Pair
20G - Maroon Clown Pair
20G - A. Akindynos Pair
20G - A. Ephippium Pair

Left Side

20G - A. Sebae (1 fish only - need to find additional mate)
20G - A. Perideraion Pair
29G - TBD
20G - A. Polymnus Pair (Brown Variant)
20G - TBD

Here some pics of the system

Full system



Right side


Left side