We finally managed to move our fish from the
house to our new fish room / building and put it in service in March of 08.
It has been and continues to be the D.I.Y.
project of a lifetime. There will always be more to do, new ideas, things to
"improve" but never really done. We were honored to be visited in
April of 08 by a dear friend of ours (Ray "Kingfish"
Lucas) to see the fish room that he had hearing was in progress for so long. Ray
is a lifetime dedicated hobbyist and has long been an Icon at fish club events
world wide. He operates KingFish services as an educational and promotional tool
to promote and expand our beloved hobby.
Our original configuration allowed to max out at
243 tanks, totaling 6835 gallons, that number includes the 1000 gallons of
ageing water waiting to be used. As of this date 9-14-11we are in the process of
reducing the fish room, to get back to "fun" instead of the full time
JOB it had become, we are now utilizing 54 tanks totaling around 1830 gallons
plus dechlorinating tanks. We have room to expand as demand for our
quality fish continues to grow.
Construction Phase
| We
started with a three car garage, a dream |
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a plan that required just a little work. |
| Starting
with another garage for our "stuff" |
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sheet
rock and a complete new electrical service |
| acid
etching the floor for epoxy paint |
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installed
furnace and cut ducting to the hit aisles |
| Started
with Gorilla racks from Menards |
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Cut,
re-sized and re-welded all racks to fit our tank plan |
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and lots of paint |
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Stands
for ageing water tanks |
| 1000
gallons of water ageing space |
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Finally
some tank racks!! |
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babies |
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a
few pairs |
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"D" |
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Row
"E" |
| A
pairing group |
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Angel
Pair row "A" |
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Ray Lucas
Says
"state of the art" |
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