Room spec.

Owner:
Kaj Persson, Thomas Erlandsson Varberg, Sweden

E-mail:
Kaj.p@home.se
www.diskus-varberg.com

Amount of tanks and tank sizes:
1 x 1300L ,1 x 750L, 1 x 650L, 4 x 540L, 1 x 400L, 1 x 375L, 1 x 280L, 1x 240L, 3 x 220L, 10 x 150L, 24 x 105L, 2 x 100L, 1 x 80L 2 x 60L= 53 tanks 11 235 L

Racks:
Steel, wood, aluminum and cement.

Heating:
Individual heaters in all tanks. Ebo Jaeger with adjustable thermostat.

Lighting:
Individual lights for all tanks. Sylvana Aquastar tubes.

Filtration:
Baisically sponge filters in all tanks run by a Siemens compressor that gives 50 Kbm/hour. In the larget tanks we also use Ehiem 2224, 2229, 2028. As a back up we use Fluval 3+.

Electric installation:
The electric installation is specially designed for the setup. There are 220 volt outlets along the whole cieling with 1 meter between them.

Flooring:
Concrete

Substrate:
Since I keep mainly Discus I dont use much substrate.

Interiors, (plants rock work):
Lots of roots, Anubias in pots and Ceratopteris cornuta.

What could have been done better?
I would like to set up some kind of container for peat filtration between the hot water tank and the fish tanks. This will be a future project.

Do you have a show tank in your livingroom?
Not at the moment but.....well, well.

Fish

What cichlids do you keep?
Symphysodon , Laetecara Dorsinger, Pterophyllum altum, Neolamprologus brichardi, Non cichlids: Corydoras, Ancistrus, L 177 and LDA 33

Your favourite fish in the room and why? (only one individual)
Discus

Last fish purchased:
Pidgeon Blood Blau, Flächigen Turquise

Nr. 1. on your wish list:
Wild caught Nahmunda rose

Maintanace

Waterchange frequency:
From 50% daily in some tanks to 30% weekly in others.

Method of waterchanges:
I have installed an automatic water changing system. A water pipe runs along the cieling. At the outlet for each tank there is a set of buttons were you can have the system give 2, 4, 6 or 12 liters per hour depending on the amount of whater you wish to change and on the size of the tank.

Smart gadgets to help working the room:
Drain in the Floor. At summer time I lead all the water that goes out of the tanks into my breed house for plants.

I have installed a 250 liter hot water tank that is used only for the fish room. It's conected to a thermostat and an electro magnet so that all whater that comes out of it is always of the exact same temperature.

As backup I have installed a "movement tracking device" that is connected to the burglar/fire alarm of my home. If the power goes off I get called up by a security company if the power isn't back on within a specified amount of time.

Foods for fry and grown fish:
Home made beef heart mix, Artemia, Pellets and various algae wafers.

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