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 Yes Kurt , like Charlon suggested the hood is too far that is all wasted energy !!

prosit Kurt ....... looking good. Be extra careful with the electrical plugs etc because they are too close to the water mate. Maybe in time you can make a cover or something for them so that if you splash water it would not effect you electricity.

martin 

 Thanks for your interest guys.

Teddy: Regarding wasting energy i will still be wasting energy since i need space where to work above the tank but i could adjust it to reduce the wasted energy lol

Martin: Regarding the plugs i've already been noted about them and i'm thinking of some new idea for them, although in photos they look much more closer than they actually are. But its water if you splash it could go anywhere ey... So thats another project for the future lol

I think that to settle my mini fishroom, because i don't consider my fishroom an actual fishroom because normally its much much bigger then mine, but i think that its something that you know when you begin but which will be almost impossible to know when to end lol

Today i've discovered a small problem. The lower shelve where i was going to do my coldwater from the back is .5mm (yes its not 5mm its 0.5mm) smaller than the front so i've got to put the planted instead of the coldwater and the coldwater instead of the planted which will be a big headache !! 

Istra would half a millimeter do that difference Kurt ???

martin

 What do you mean by working above the tank ? If I were you I would place the 'hood' lower and if you need to do some changes inside the tank you just take it off.  Normally this kind of work is not done very often.  The photo like you said may be misleading but it looks dark to me considering you have live plants. 

The other problem of the shelf I didn't quite understand it sorry  

vassallomartin:

Istra would half a millimeter do that difference Kurt ???

T3ddy:

If I were you I would place the 'hood' lower and if you need to do some changes inside the tank you just take it off. 

No no i think i got misunderstood mate. The hood is placed normally on the tank it is hanged under the shelve when i need to do some change inside the tank i mean instead of taking it off i've made it that it could hang so i still have good light to work with. I don't know if charlon understood me like you did sorry i should have been more clear.

vassallomartin:

Istra would half a millimeter do that difference Kurt ???

Yes martin it makes the difference because the tank should have entered exactly in that space and because of that half a millimeter it doesn't enter 

T3ddy:

The other problem of the shelf I didn't quite understand it sorry  

- The problem of the shelf is that i've planned to put my new coolwater tank in a shelve that it was going to fit in exactly (apart from the height obviously... I was going to have free space to make a hood and more other space available) and know i've realised that since the hallowsections are 0.5mm from the back closer than they were suppose to be, the tank is not going to fit in the shelve so i'm going to switch the coolwater instead of the planted because i have space where to put it and place the planted instead of the coldwater because the planted is 1cm smaller from the length than the coolwater lol -

Is the half a millimeter problem a joke !!!!

As a safety reason, I would place all the electrical sockets on top of the tanks. 

Corydoras seracin:

Is the half a millimeter problem a joke !!!!

No it wasn't a joke... I twas planned that the ank fits exactly and because of that half millimeter it isn't going to fit :-/

Did anyone ever had a problem like this before ??? I assume that there is at least 1 person that had this problem before lol

Corydoras seracin:

As a safety reason, I would place all the electrical sockets on top of the tanks. 

And about placing the electrical sockets on top of the tanks, i will have to do them too high and i will have to lengthen all the wires so i think that its better to do something so that i will avoid water going into sockets. I mean also if the water goes down with the wire and into the socket i should do something about that maybe...

If you planned to cram the tank in place without a bit of spacing on both sides, that you planned it wrong, as tanks need to have some space.

To avoid water going down the wire, you must do a "U" loop at the bottom, but I still think that it's not safe to have electricity lower than the tanks.

Corydoras seracin:

If you planned to cram the tank in place without a bit of spacing on both sides, that you planned it wrong, as tanks need to have some space.

Not actually the case mate, the actual thing is that i've planned to do it in another place but then i decided that it would be much better in a lower shelve so i decided to move it on that shelve lol

Corydoras seracin:

To avoid water going down the wire, you must do a "U" loop at the bottom, but I still think that it's not safe to have electricity lower than the tanks.

And about the u loop it is a very good idea thanks a lot mate

Though I'll ask. Any new reports on your fishrooms..... Charles, Bert, Seracin, Teddy, Kurt, Giann, others ?????.  I know there is always going on in our fishrooms, although speak for myself the changes are normally carried out more in the summer days rather then in the winter as my fish room is on the outside. It is good to share our ideas so everyone will learn from one another ehhhhh ??? Keep us updated guys.

martin

The only thing that I'm planning, is to move the storage tanks I already have to another "higher" place & fix a tap at the bottom, so I'll be using the "gravity" method to do the water changes. Also I got hold of some "jablo" & I wish to insulate the door, but that will have to wait, till I'll clear out the "fish room". Lately I was more focused on the planted tank than on the "fish room"......

 Yes, there are some new updates about my fishroom, i got some zebra danios and some white cloud mountain minnows and also some crowntail female bettas...

That's basically, and btw i've began my 200ltr coolwater planted tank. Today i've built the support and tomorrow i'll have the tank built, the day after it will be tested and the day after it will be filled. Hopefully by next week i'll have the tank cycling with the filter and maybe some gravel etc...

For the time being i'm trying not to add any more fish, i've got to breed the peppered and put the fry in the coolwater and when i have fry from the wcmm and the zebra danios i will also put them in the coolwater tank so that i'll have nice shoals of fish...

And the others... any new updates about your fishroom guys ??

seems to be a pretty good plan keep it up you can also try golden barbs .. I increased my shoal form 4 to 26 golden barbs with breeding so its a pretty good idea to produce your own shoal ..

atm my fishroom is a bit abandoned .. I do't have that large amount of fish and I am trying to sell my "old" fish just to rekindle some enthusiasm and bring new species to my fishroom =P