fishy-fish Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Hi all, I have decided to add another tank to the family and have some 6mm glass in storage to DIY it. I currently have 2 large tanks, a 400L malawi breeding colony tank with 40 mature malawi's and a 540L tank which currently house 200+ fry that I'm growing out to sell. Now that I have begun selling and shipping, it is a mega pain trying to catch fry in such a large tank, plus, it's in my lounge and the dismantling and general upheavel that goes along with catching, packing and shipping fish is probably best left in the garage! So I've decided that the 540L is going to be a display tank with new breeding colonies started. That means I need a new home to house the fry. I have two 60L tanks, but they are only good for the first 4 - 6 weeks and can't house enough fry. I am also mindful of making the tank a size that could be used as a single species breeder tank, so I was thinking about a 120L tank 1000mm(L)x300mm(H)x400mm(W) What do you reckon? Is 300mm high enough or should I go to 350 or 400? 1000 or 1200? If you were in my position and had 6mm glass, what size would you build? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfishybuisness Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Build it to the biggest size it could be so if the glass is 120x 35 cm build it to that , bigger is always better for growing fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishy-fish Posted September 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Build it to the biggest size it could be so if the glass is 120x 35 cm build it to that , bigger is always better for growing fish I have two sheets of 6mm 1800x600 and some other smaller pieces. Could do 1200(l)x350(h)x450(w) 160L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Might pay to have a read here before you go too high. http://www.fnzas.org.nz/?p=1732 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfishybuisness Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Yeah my 120x 45x 45 is done in 6 mm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishy-fish Posted September 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Thanks for the link :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navarre Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 my fry tank is a stolen idea but it is 1200x 45 x45 and it has a sheet of glass runing length ways end to end 100mm in from the back wall this houses the heater and the filtration. the glass is fixed at each end tank floor to tank top. the tank is then devided into four length ways and these deviders are glued top to bottom but not along the floor of the tank. this allows for water movement between all 5 chambers I can grade and grow out many fish in this set up vacum one or more chambers or house adult fish within reason if i have to you can do the same with movable deviders if you wish HTH Nav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishy-fish Posted September 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2011 my fry tank is a stolen idea but it is 1200x 45 x45 and it has a sheet of glass runing length ways end to end 100mm in from the back wall this houses the heater and the filtration. the glass is fixed at each end tank floor to tank top. the tank is then devided into four length ways and these deviders are glued top to bottom but not along the floor of the tank. this allows for water movement between all 5 chambers I can grade and grow out many fish in this set up vacum one or more chambers or house adult fish within reason if i have to you can do the same with movable deviders if you wish HTH Nav Hey Nav, sounds interesting. Do you have photos or a diagram? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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