NH Fish Clown breeding build

[NH Fish]

I'm going to start a clown breeding room and post as things go along. Total capacity will be six 40 gal breeders (some with dividers) and one 40 gal breeder sump. Follow along if interested. Let me know if I can improve anything. always looking for new ideas.

 

[NH Fish]

I started the breeding setup. I got a couple of the 40 breeders drilled and the backs painted. Also got the dividers painted. For those who have never drilled a tank, put a bead of plumbers putty around where the hole will go and put a little water inside to cool the bit. I drilled for 1" bulkheads.

 

[NH Fish]

I started to put the stand together to see how things fit. I reinforced the cross members. I need to level things off and I will put 3/4" square aluminium uprights in the center between the shelves to help prevent sagging

 

[dz6t]

Very nice, what type of clownfish are you breeding? Possible to see a photo of the parents?

 

[NH Fish]

Very nice, what type of clownfish are you breeding? Possible to see a photo of the parents?

Hi Dong:
I have 4 pair right now. 2 pair of percs. A Darwin and a blacker ice and a Platinum and Super Platinum
I have some fry from 1 of the perc pairs that are about 10dph. I have been taking pics as time goes on and will start a separate thread on that along with photos
I will also be posting more pics of the breeding room build today.

 

[s_kelley]

Looking good Dave

 

[NH Fish]

Started working on the overflow plumbing. A tip when having to align a few t's and elbows is to dry fit everything first and mark the depth of the pipe into the fitting and the orientation of the outlets before you start gluing things together.

 

[NH Fish]

Everything is fitting together great.

 

[NH Fish]

The overflows That I will be using. I have one on each side so I can divide the tank if I need to.

 

[NH Fish]

All 6 tanks now installed on the stand.

 

[jayinh]

nice and clean install, great job

 

[NH Fish]

nice and clean install, great job

Thanks. making a clean install is a priority.

 

[dz6t]

Very nice and neat

 

[RadReefer]

Looks pretty sweet! When I first read the description I pictured tanks everywhere you turned and a mess of equipment. That is really cool how you plumbed them all together on that rack.

 

[NH Fish]

I plumbed the return lines. Each of the 6 tanks will have a manifold as seen in the pic. Pipes run in the wall to keep things tidy. I ordered some loc-line with shut off valves and nozzles to finish off the returns.

 

[NH Fish]

I got my lights installed. I used 6- 36" double T5 lights. (1 for each tank). I wired them with separate plugs so I can control each tank individually and independent of each other through my apex.

 

[NH Fish]

I painted the white overflow plumbing black to clean things up a little

 

[NH Fish]

This is what I learned in my self taught basic electrical class.



HA HA I need to snake the wires through the wall before I can put the plugs on.

 

[tonka]

This is what I learned in my self taught basic electrical class.

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HA HA I need to snake the wires through the wall before I can put the plugs on.

I was going to say you should at least strip the wires before sticking them into outlets first...

 

[Foggy]

looks great! Can't wait to see this progress.