Poor man's fish room!!!

[RobsReefs]

EDIT wont let me fix the title. Poor mans fish room!!!

well i guess my joke to ppl who see my setup for the first time wont work after seeing this. I tell everyone i dont run a sump,skimmer or anything. they look at me like ????

well hear is my outdoor fish room.

 

[RobsReefs]

and the water change station

 

[Bdimas]

Cool stuff Rob! How hot does it get in your supply room? Are you running a chiller in the summer? I may have to do something like that when i upgrade and put my tank in the front family room.
Also how does your water change station work?

 

[RobsReefs]

winter air temp inside room is 62-69 summer is 75-80 . I vent out through the top and in through the middle. air comes from the house and out to outside. i have a window behind the room that i run my plumbing and air duct through.I run a 1/4 hp chiller in the summer.

Robert

 

[RobsReefs]

water change station has, RODI, 20g rubbermaid trash can (NSF) with float valve, and a Quiet One 4000 that i mix with and then pump over to sump after water change.

 

[RobsReefs]

i need to go get some zip ties and tidy up my wiring a bit.

 

[Jacob D]

Rob, that's a sweet set up. I wouldn't call it a poor man's fish room at all. Look more like an innovative way to not take up a room in your house to me!

 

[RobsReefs]

Thanks guys. Their are so many things i like about having all the wat stuff outside and all the electronics/dry stuff inside. it works well for me. I thought i would share it.

 

[Iwishihadgills]

lol There we go i wanted to see it Plus hows big bird? (Thats what my gf called her lol)

 

[RobsReefs]

shes good. after she showed freckels (Purple Tang) she wasnt going to take it. it all calmed down. Its funny How all my tangs now are just so focuced on eating. they wont stop picking the rocks. Before they would just would wait for me to feed and spend the day swimming around and splashing around the tank. Big Bird, Perfict thats her name! now we have 13 named fish.

Robert

 

[phizzle]

hows the brown powder doing?

 

[Reefugee]

Nice job! I debated on doing the same thing, but a friend who had an outside fish room (like yours) told me it was expensive to keep it heated during the winter.

Minh

 

[RobsReefs]

Nice job! I debated on doing the same thing, but a friend who had an outside fish room (like yours) told me it was expensive to keep it heated during the winter.

Minh

that is why i vent it the way i do. i bring 78+ dagree air from the house into it and vent out humid air. And i thought i was the first to try this. the walls have a 2 inch air gap that i beleave help out with the diffrent outside air temp. One day i think i will do something like a expanding foam insulation in side the walls to bring the insulating capabilities up on it. well see.

 

[RobsReefs]

hows the brown powder doing?

He fit in from the get go. he and my 8''+ Naso hit it off from the start. he loves it in hear. my wife just cant get enough of him she thinks he is "just the cutest little guy"

 

[Lacy]

Looks great. We bought a used 300 gal tank and the previous owner had it set up like that in the rubbermaid storage thing. I think its a great way to keep it out of the house.

 

[Iwishihadgills]

I wanna see this list of names

 

[RobsReefs]

I wanna see this list of names

Toby, yellow Goby
Freckles, Purple Tang
Big T, Naso
Little T, Powder Brown
Dumb, Chromos
Dumber, Chromos
Homer, lawnmower Blenny
Bert, Bicolor Blenny
spike, Bicolor foxface
P, female clown
Rob, Male clown
Lee, my 4 year old manderan
waldo, 6 line
Big Bird, Yellow Tang

 

[RobsReefs]

14 my bad

 

[Iwishihadgills]

haha nice

I call my blenny, lenny the blenny.

 

[HMG-Reefer]

That set up is very nice.