Question: House addition, planning big tank .. remote fish room

[jam583]

Hello! My wife and are are planning an addition on our house in the near future and meeting with various firms to help us plan what we can do, etc. Currently I have a fish room in my garage (finished/climate controlled) with a big frag tank and plumbed into my office above it with a tank.

I would like to put a tank in the new room where the addition will be on the primary house. But, the garage/office is a seperate building about 50 feet away.

Has anyone ever plumbed a return and overflow into a fish room, in a building not attached to the house, by burying the lines? I live in MD, so we get snow, etc., it would have to go below the freezing mark, etc., but curious if anyone has done this, considered it?

I really don't want the fish room in the main house, if possible.

 

[Socaltoaz]

Look at my build thread in my signature. My fish room is about 70 feet away. We ran 5 1.5 inch PEX pipes under the slab. 3 drains and 2 returns.

We have 2 230 watt Royal Exclusive return pumps that I run at about 50%.

It works just fine. happy to help you plan this as I learned a ton from this endeavor.

 

[jam583]

Certainly would love to chat .. our's would actually leave the house and go outside, 50 feet, into the other building. So, no slab, just buried deep enough like a sewer pipe I imagine. Looking at your thread now.

 

[Socaltoaz]

Just insulate well being in the cold but I do t think it would matter. My spread is longer than 50 feet.