Mid Posted

On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 23:47:25 -0500, "Racf"
wrote:




I suggest leaving the floor as is.....perhaps adding a mat to the
walkway to avoid slipping.

Thats what I'd pretty much have to do... I don't have the skill
required to buld a subfloor. The rack itself was my first attempt at
carpentry. It came out well, mainly because I took 3 months to do it,
one piece at a time...


When you do build your racks make sure the
posts are not sitting on the concrete. Some put hockey pucks under
them. This action keeps water (which will spill) from wicking up the
structure.

Thats what I was thinking about too.. I was thinking about those
rubber shock mats you see in industrial applications... 1/2" thick
usually, and they have big holes in them.. .I figure the water won't
collect, and I can just cover the whole area in it, including the
walkways.. it might even help w/ minute leveling adjustments.

For heating and air conditioning....try and find an old unit
like they use in cheap hotels that does both functions and mounts in a
hole cut in the wall. This will cool, heat, and also provide plain fan
air.

I can't cut any holes in the wall there because it would lead into my
front foyer. I know the ones you mean though..

Paint with a paint containing a anti-fungal/mildew agent since
that will naturally want to grow in a moist environment.

I stained the rack w/ a hardwood floor stain (red cedar).. Looks very
nice, but I think I should have gone w/ something designed for decks
and fences.

You may want
to invest in some type of aux power. Either a generator or battery
backup for the main pump. If you invest a lot of money in fish, an
automatic start generator and fail over circuits may be in the cards....

I will look at some sort of APC battery backup, but we've never had
anby power outages here. A back up generator is way out of my budget.


If your tanks are drilled already......common filtration could make a
lot of sense....with auto water changes being easier to do.

The 6 tanks that will go on the rack are drilled w/ bulkheads and over
flow guards. These are from an aquarium store that went out of
business I think. I plan to have a sump system to filter them
eventually. I actually have a 35 gal sump running on my 100 gallon
right now w/ like 10 gallons of bioballs. I might bring that out to
the rack and just use a fluval and aquaclear on the 100 gal..

I will have quite a bit of filtration from the linear air pump.. I'm
going to put 2 sponges in each tank.


good luck... If only money was no object..

I wish... there would be human living tanks in my underwater home...