Making a small fish room

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  1. Oscar

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    I am turning a small shed 2.3 by 2.3 into a fish room and putting 8 170L tanks any ideas for making shelves and how may tanks do you think I could fit in Here.

    Mane tanks 95Lenght by 44 height and 44wide 170litre tanks
     
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    Would get the shelves made from angle iron or square tube, is the floor solid of the shed or hollow, like wendy house?
     
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    These little huts can get extremely hot in our summer sun. Or was this the old "out"building :)
     
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    Hi

    It has a solid floor and very strong walls
     
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    Ok then it will be able to carry the weight of the 8 tanks, does it have windows for ventilation due to summer heat ?
     
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    Hi

    It has one window and a solid concrete roof so it is cool in summer
     
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    Ok excellent then i would measure it out and make marks on the floor too see how many tanks i could fit in and go for the maximum amount, leave about 40 cm between tanks for lights and arm room.
     
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    Thanx

    thanx for the help
     
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    Forgot to ask have you got a power source ? if not you might have to run this room off its own breaker on your main board, due to power pulling heaters, lights and pumps.
     
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    hi

    no but am going to do a box.
    I also going to breed just guppies for a year at least in the room
     
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    Ok, that would be the safest.
    Guppies aren't that hard to breed and endler guppies would be the best to breed with.
     

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