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Fish room New Parosphromenus !

Lindy

Lindy

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Setting up shrimp/fish room under our stairs. It is really just a place to hide from my 3 1/2 yr old.

Electrics sorted.
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Tanks arrived today.
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Dc aquariums have done an excellent job and had decided to do all the tanks in optiwhite for no extra cost. A very nice surprise!
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Just waiting for the polystyrene sheets for the tanks to sit on.
 
Very nice lindy, nice of them to do opti too. Look forward to see that lot set up.
 
Optiwhite shrimp room, thats just showing off :)
Are you concerned about evaporation affecting the ceiling in there?
 
We don't have a big house but it is around 100 yrs old with good living space.
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Living in a shitty wee village means the nice houses are cheaper. If this house was in Glasgow wee wouldn't have been able to buy it. Saying that, it was a doer uper. The stairs took 3yrs to strip and wasn't made any easier by the previous owner who had covered it with nitramore, a toxic paint stripper, and then just left it as it was too much hard work. The bathroom was 'avocado' and you could see daylight through the hole in the dormer roof above the shower/bath.
 
Couple of comments...

- Nice.
- You need to move your tanks so that you see them as you look into the cupboard whilst going up the stairs.
- Ventilation of some form will be required. My mate had a tank in a small room (ex toilet I think) in his old house and suffered condensation and mould on the external wall.
 
ian_m said:
- Nice
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thanks


ian_m said:
You need to move your tanks so that you see them as you look into the cupboard whilst going up the stairs
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There is another rack to go in straight in front of the door.


ian_m said:
Ventilation of some form will be required. My mate had a tank in a small room (ex toilet I think) in his old house and suffered condensation and mould on the external wall
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There is no external wall as we are semi detached so no cooler wall for condensation to form on. There are gaps all over the place in the floor walls and ceiling so not a sealed room by any means. I might put a vent on the door though, to help when the door is shut.

Thanks for the input. I'll be eating my words if it goes all mouldy lol...

Edvet said:
What size are the tanks?
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The one right under the stairs is a 95l for female betta splendens
The new tanks for the racks are 69x30x30 cm and 60x30x30.
The wee 30cm cube has lees betta channoides in it for now.
 
My advice would be to ditch the bettas. Who needs fish? The funny looks from him may offend your shrimps so youd be better off with a shrimp only room....
You are living one of my many dreams now :)
 
That's a cracking space under those stairs. Did harry potter not pay his rent?.
 
Haha, kirk. Should have put Eva in here, her room would make lovely shrimp room.
 
Got tanks on one set of shelves and realised that it is a tight fit. I'd actually ordered 4 x 69x29x30 to give a little room for error on 70x30 shelving. Last night I noticed they were 30cm deep and thought sh1t. They fit but they are up against the metal.
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Dc aquariums think it will be fine.
 
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