Ben Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I can't help but smile at the dead lock (and what looks to be a solid door) with foam walls.... I assume you will be cladding the outside too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattrox Posted September 1, 2012 Author Share Posted September 1, 2012 I can't help but smile at the dead lock (and what looks to be a solid door) with foam walls.... I assume you will be cladding the outside too?I will be cladding the outside. I'll be making it difficult to just walk in and take fish. I'll be padlocking the shed too. The door was just sitting around in the shed..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattrox Posted September 3, 2012 Author Share Posted September 3, 2012 The juggling of tanks, stands and fish has begun.I am taking the opportunity to lightly sand and rust protect the stands while the tanks are not on them. I'll be getting a dehumidifier or heat recapture ventilation system in the shed to help reduce this problem. But I'll slowly start replacing racks with wooden ones over the next couple years. I am slowly accumulating tools and skills that I need to do this properly.Moving/tearing down the tanks gives me the chance to have a second look at the species I keep and hopefully be adding a couple of species to the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattrox Posted September 3, 2012 Author Share Posted September 3, 2012 Some pictures of the chaos. Slowly getting the grow out tanks and some fry into the "new" rack.Have the contents of 2x 4ft tanks keeping some filters cycled until their rack is in and tanks installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirtle Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Nice man, now you can prepare for the stuffy feeling of the foam lol, In summer I find I always need a fan in there.The foam is actually stronger then what most people think, I have some panels tight fitted which we whacked with a mallet and left little to no marks. Pushing them out is also quite hard. Quite solid if I may say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattrox Posted September 7, 2012 Author Share Posted September 7, 2012 Nice man, now you can prepare for the stuffy feeling of the foam lol, In summer I find I always need a fan in there.The foam is actually stronger then what most people think, I have some panels tight fitted which we whacked with a mallet and left little to no marks. Pushing them out is also quite hard. Quite solid if I may say.I think a de-humidifier/heat recapture ventilation will be a must. Or opening the room up for a while over night on the warm nights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirtle Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 yeah, My walls are left open and it does get very humid and stuffy in there already, but holds the heat well. hopefully you wont get this issue but sometimes water may drip from the ceiling when u air the room out and heat it back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moez Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Good work mate, keep it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattrox Posted October 31, 2012 Author Share Posted October 31, 2012 I have decided to de-rust and repaint the racks. It's a fiddly time consuming job. Hope to post some updates over the next week or 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Have you had much problems with rust and anything common with it's location. I had problem with rust on one rack until I realised that where the lids were cut on the corners caused increase in moisture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattrox Posted November 1, 2012 Author Share Posted November 1, 2012 Rust is where water droplets accumulate as you say. Mattenfilters have less fine droplet spray than regular sponges. And rust is where ever water sits when it splashes, e.g. netting fish and tanks overflowing when forgetting the hose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Hi Matthave a friend in melb that is changing his stands over to woodeven though the stands were hot gal coated they have still rusted awaydue to the high moisture in his roomsno I didn't over flow the tank ....... I'm cleaning the floor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattrox Posted November 3, 2012 Author Share Posted November 3, 2012 I will probably change to timber slowly. It will be cheap enough to build them myself, bought the metal ones as I needed to set up multiple racks quickly and was cheaper than getting someone else to build timber ones. I think with a dehumidifier I can really reduce rust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattrox Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 I got the 4x 3ft tanks and 6ft tank in this rack filled and heated. I got the air system in. The Resun LP 40 from indoors and the pvc air manifold are all working properly with all sponge filters being driven by this now. I used irrigation dripper line fittings with the threads this time rather than drilling and gluing air line in, it took longer but will be more flexible when changing things around.The shed is still a construction zone so excuse the mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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