This was a great video. I think there was a lot of good advice in it in a short amount of time. With electricity costs rising, I would highly recommend two things, for both hobbyists and breeders: 1) for filtration, go with a sponge filter. Buy an air pump that has twice the "air rating" you need. That way you have room to expand should you decide to add another tank or two. I know as a hobbyist, just starting out, you think you just want one tank, but fish tanks are like Lay's potato chips ... You can't have just one. The sponge filter systems are very quiet, easy to maintain, and will save you a ton in electric costs. 2) heat the room not the tank. I know this may not apply in every case, but if you can maintain the room temperature in the temperature range for your fish, you do not need an aquarium heater. If you look around UA-cam, you will find a number of fish keepers with failed heaters that wiped out a tank of fish, shrimp etc. By eliminating the heater from your setup, not only do you avoid this problem, you save more on your electric bill. Just a reminder, anyone who does have a heater in their tank, 2 years is probably the maximum you should "trust but verify your heater". After that toss it no matter what. I recently switched my fish room to room heat only. I have approximately 30 tanks. I pulled the heaters, and have five that were questionable or definitely dead. I'm glad I switched over. You will be too in the long run.
If I ever rebuild my garage fishroom, I definitely will apply all these tips! I will like to add consistency to a fish room (as in consistency to racking, piping diameters, etc.)
I would be very leery of those plug strips especially in a high moisture environment. They must have some kind of " wiper " contact in order for them to rotate. I guarantee the manufacturer would not recommend them for a high moisture situation. There are plenty of strips that have wider spaced receptacles that allow you to use them with big plugs and wall wart transformers and such.
This was a great video. I think there was a lot of good advice in it in a short amount of time.
With electricity costs rising, I would highly recommend two things, for both hobbyists and breeders:
1) for filtration, go with a sponge filter. Buy an air pump that has twice the "air rating" you need. That way you have room to expand should you decide to add another tank or two. I know as a hobbyist, just starting out, you think you just want one tank, but fish tanks are like Lay's potato chips ... You can't have just one. The sponge filter systems are very quiet, easy to maintain, and will save you a ton in electric costs.
2) heat the room not the tank. I know this may not apply in every case, but if you can maintain the room temperature in the temperature range for your fish, you do not need an aquarium heater. If you look around UA-cam, you will find a number of fish keepers with failed heaters that wiped out a tank of fish, shrimp etc. By eliminating the heater from your setup, not only do you avoid this problem, you save more on your electric bill. Just a reminder, anyone who does have a heater in their tank, 2 years is probably the maximum you should "trust but verify your heater". After that toss it no matter what.
I recently switched my fish room to room heat only. I have approximately 30 tanks. I pulled the heaters, and have five that were questionable or definitely dead. I'm glad I switched over. You will be too in the long run.
If I ever rebuild my garage fishroom, I definitely will apply all these tips! I will like to add consistency to a fish room (as in consistency to racking, piping diameters, etc.)
Loved this video. Lots of great tips
Appreciate you watching!
I am in the planning stage of my new Shrimp/Fishroom and I picked some good pointers. Thanks guys.
I would be very leery of those plug strips especially in a high moisture environment. They must have some kind of " wiper " contact in order for them to rotate. I guarantee the manufacturer would not recommend them for a high moisture situation. There are plenty of strips that have wider spaced receptacles that allow you to use them with big plugs and wall wart transformers and such.
Wow some awesome advice watching it for my second time to take it all in...good job.
Glad it was helpful!
Awesome advice bro.
Appreciated the collab with the other hobbyist. 👍
I am glad we were able to put this together
Awesome info!!
Glad it was helpful!
I know this is a really late comment lol but what is that gray rack that you use? Is it a Husky?
Yes it is the Husky Rack from Home Depot. I do have a video just on the rack. I have had really good success with them
@@WeldonTanks Awesome! Thanks so much 😄 Love your videos btw!
Thank you for the support!
Are you guys replacing me in the Think Tank!?! 😭😭😭
Kidding. Great Video!
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