shiuh Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 i am planning a fishroom in the laundry room. it is pretty much the only place that is available in the house. its quite small provided with a sink and i can pretty much keep heat and warm in there. The aim is to breed guppies. i am going to have an overflow system to let the water drain out of each tank into the sink. then from tap, i will have irrigation connection to the tanks and have water slowly dripping down. a dripping system at 2LPH or 4LPH. so i can get away with water change in all 24hrs. Pictures and diagrams coming soon. just at a planning stage though. trying to keep the cost as low as possible. hopefully i will only need a heater in the room, yes that means no sumps, no pumps, no aeration, no filtering system (i know this is bad) but it can be done, i think guppies can cope with this. they have done this on commercial bred show guppies in singapore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 Who needs a laundry when you have fish. Sounds like a great project. I used to have a purpose built fishhouse where the whole room (12ft x 8ft with 40 - 50 tanks)was heated with a 1 kW heater. Had a drain in the floor to empty water into. I miss the convenience,but I sold the house and now we do it the other way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 Why would having no filtration system be bad when you are changing the water every 24 hours? I thought continual fresh water would be preferable. Cheers Judy - showing her ignorance again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiuh Posted December 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 Why would having no filtration system be bad when you are changing the water every 24 hours? I thought continual fresh water would be preferable. Cheers Judy - showing her ignorance again! that is what i am thinking as well. with the continual change of water i dont need a filter or sump. but then i am thinking the built up bacteria in the filtering sytem might be good for the fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 You will need to remove the fish waste as there will not be anything to break it down. Soluble nitrogen compounds should get flushed OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 Bacteria will still build up in the gravel and whatnot, I would think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiuh Posted December 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 yes...all the nitrate built up will get removed easily. this is mainly the compound that slows the growth of the guppy frys. i will be good to have a little sponge filter or undergravel filter to have bacteria built up. but i am thinking of skipping that see what happen. i have also made a smaller tank just to test out this system. and added a few guppies in there, see how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelers Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 Whats the water of Chch like? I hear its really good, but what about ph wise ect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiuh Posted December 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 Whats the water of Chch like? I hear its really good, but what about ph wise ect? well i have been using water straight from the tap without adding any chemical. i have no problem with it so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 Being a student Feelers I guess you didn't drink a lot of water while here. It is artesian, but in some areas they add NaOH to adjut pH. Can use straight out of the tap---great for stimulating spawning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 Being a student Feelers I guess you didn't drink a lot of water while here. It is artesian, but in some areas they add NaOH to adjut pH. Can use straight out of the tap---great for stimulating spawning. Oh no, drano! Hehehe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 sounds good got any deigns or concepts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiuh Posted December 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2005 coming up very soon!! still trying to design the space because the space is so limited Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiuh Posted December 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2005 ok. heres the brief design of how the it looks like. hopefully my diagrams can be read easily. the aim is to have automated water changing in 24hrs to keep the water condition good (promotes growth of guppies frys)and also to keep the running cost low in the short term and long term. no sump or aeration (but this can be added if desired.)a very small setup for testing purposes. a plan of the laundry room. the space is VERY limited!! front side (this is where u go in the room and see the view) back view. cant really see this from this angle. but i am just trying to show how the pipe connection works. easy huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluetom Posted December 18, 2005 Report Share Posted December 18, 2005 what about purifing the water before it goes in? bit of a cost i supose in getting the system, could even run the water through some larger, i.e. downpipe, inline with sponge in it, just to take that little bit of extra crap out of the water. Probably another $20 but could work well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelers Posted December 18, 2005 Report Share Posted December 18, 2005 Haha I like the 3d model, Yeah you could attatch a RO unit and just have that giving you well filtered water if it was needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 18, 2005 Report Share Posted December 18, 2005 What's wrong with water from the third artesian strata (we aaaaar on the correct side of the Bombay hills) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelers Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 Is there any copper in the water supply in Chch? I ask because an octo is incredibly sensitive to copper- lethal. Just wondering if I could do my top off with it - althou I will probably use distilled or something just to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiuh Posted December 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 what about purifing the water before it goes in? bit of a cost i supose in getting the system, could even run the water through some larger, i.e. downpipe, inline with sponge in it, just to take that little bit of extra crap out of the water. Probably another $20 but could work well this filter should do the trick. very low cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluetom Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 yeah, i remember seeing them when doing garden irrigation. I know there is also a filter specifically made for fish that takes out chlorine and other chemicals. Not sure what the name is though, or who makes them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 Looks like a really well thought out system, I'll be very interested to see how it gets on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 looks good, what did you use to make the pictures? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoezealand Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 it looks like a Rhino job to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiuh Posted December 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 nah...its archiCAD. its quick and sketchy not a good quality image. i can produce really stunning 3D image using other softwares. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 The facts on Christchurch water and we don't get charged for it. The water is hard and the PH is high. http://www.ccc.govt.nz/Water/HowWeGetOu ... alysis.asp http://www.ccc.govt.nz/Water/ Good reason to never leave Christchurch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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