Bettarazzi Posted January 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 LOL. Actually there used to be a bed in there. Nah, there won't be enough room for tanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromis Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 That's Melbourne's Chinatown Aquarium. Don't know if Sydney has one, too. Hmm. All I know is that Sydney has a Chinatown and it is far away. Ah well. I've been eyeing a 250L tank at the LFS, but it's a month's worth of my pay in price :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted January 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 I raised the rows of beanie boxes up a bit so I can see the back two rows. There's 36 boxes on this side. Haven't done the other side yet. Will eventually have about 70 beanie boxes all attached to a drip system. But it's nice being able to see all the fish at once. I can't stop staring at it. They're usually all carded but they're still pretty active. I took the cards away for the clip. ">" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divy Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 omg thats soo cool bettarazzi i love it but are they not heated ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted January 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 There are heating cords underneath the boxes. The timber for the back two rows has had a couple of grooves made with a power saw. For the front row I didn't want to make grooves directly on the shelf because it would have meant dismantling the entire thing. So I tacked some strips of masonite onto the shelf and the cord sits in a couple of gaps between the strips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jusdeb Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 SLICE OF HEAVEN>>> No wonder you cant stop staring..that is awesome. ##Wipes the drool away## You dont need a bed just a big Lazyboy Recliner . :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divy Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 ive just put some of my fry in beanie boxes like yours and i have a heating cord under them too what wattage is your cord and how many rows did you put under them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren MacFish Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 V. nice! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted January 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 I'm using 50 watt cords and I've put two rows of it under each beanie box. It's on a timer in summer so that it goes off and on during the day. And I also turn them off completely if the weather sits in the high 20s for a couple of days. I wish they could be temperature controlled. Actually I think it is possible but prohibitively expensive. In winter I think the two rows of heating cord will be inadequate if that was the sole heating method. I'm planning on heating the room up to about 19 deg so the heating cord won't have to do all the work. And by then they should all be connected to a heated sump which will help as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishie Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 TOP STUFF i wish my mum would let me turn my bedroom into somthing like that but i would have 100s of angelfish instead (I LOVE ANGELFISH) its more interesting than tv when the crickets on you should stick a fold out sofa bed in there! but one question im really wondering, how much did it end up costing??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jusdeb Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 Where do you get the beanie boxes....They look pretty solid and the perfect size .? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitstyles Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 wo.. very impressive!! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted January 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 I got those beanie boxes from Jodi. They're from the US I think. If I wasn't planning on connecting it to a sump I think they're a bit on the small side. They only hold about 1.5 liters which means more water changes than I'd like. Even on a drip system I think a heavily finned halfmoon will need to be kept in something larger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divy Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 your right like usual bettarazzi there is something you can buy that makes heating cords temp controlled heres a link to one if anyones interested http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...A:IT&ih=020 you plug the heating cord to it and plug it into a powerpoint and theres a probe that you put in one of the tanks that reads the temp and it controls the temp to what ever temp you want Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted January 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Ooh... I haven't seen that particular type before. The one's I was thinking of were a very DIY. You had to connect the whole thing yourself. This one looks better but hmm... the price. It's tempting though. It would have US plug fittings, and might only be suitable for 110v not 240v. Not completely insurmountable. Good find, divy, you're the eBay King! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tara Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 Just a quick question about your 20cm cubes are they 20cm tall as well and how many litre's do they hold. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted February 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 Yep, they're 20 cm tall x 20 cm wide x 20 cm deep. That's the outside measurements. Minus the glass and filled to about 1.5 cm from the top they hold just over 6 liters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghengis Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 Hey, Mike, any updates here?? I just spent the past half hour drooling over your fish room (beats the crap out of watching Big Brother)... What's news? You finished?? :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canfeleq Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 We want updates!!! I too have been drooling over your fishroom...not to mention the inhabitants. I am currently setting up my verandah as a fishroom, my house being too small unless I extend (now there's a thought) and I am not above copying some of your ideas. Great job :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted May 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 OMG it's been a whole year!!! My partner goes away for the weekend at this time of year every year and it's that weekend again. Sheesh!! Talk about working slowly. And no... it not entirely finished. Maybe it will never be. The current status is that all the boxes of books and junk that were on the shelves have been moved elsewhere. Some of it has been thrown out but not enough. Still gotta go through heaps of junk. I get sentimental over the most bizarre things. Anyway, the beanie boxes have now been installed in gutters which flow into a sump, filtered and pumped back up again. This little video shows you what happens. ">" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"> And he's a pic of what they look like. Oh and if you could take a closer look at that spirit level it would show you that the entire thing is slightly tilted IN THE WRONG BLOODY DIRECTION!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettc777 Posted May 16, 2008 Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 Nice work mike! looks good Tell ya what after watching that video i need to go to the toilet lololol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted May 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 OOOHHHH that's what's wrong with me! Der! It all makes sense now. I sit here all day. I thought I was sick. I made a doctors appointment and everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettc777 Posted May 16, 2008 Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 lol if you ever have any people staying with you that you dont really like set up their beds in the fishroom lololol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jusdeb Posted May 16, 2008 Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 Ditto , had to turn the sound FX off. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted May 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 Aaaarrrrrgggh! The room is a soggy, mouldy mess! It's been cold down here and condensation forms on the external wall and on the windows and it's gone mouldy and metal fittings are rusting. I only noticed this 2 days ago but I think it's been going on for a while. I'm worried about all the books I've got in the room. So far they look ok but I don't think this is going to be good for them. Problem is I have nowhere else to put them. I had quite a few unlidded beanie boxes and the sump wasn't lidded. I've fixed this now but can't do anything about the open gutters. Brett suggested a dehumidifier but they're around $500 for ones that will do a small room like this one. I guess my other option is to get rid of the gutters have all water moving through enclosed pipes. That's going to be a pain in the proverbial and will also cost a fair bit by the time I buy all the components and bearing in mind that the gutters are wasted. NOT HAPPY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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