Last Summers fish house project...

[TX_Hoghunter]

I don't know how many of ya'll have aquariums but I have been raising fish for a lot of years and decided last summer to reuse my old dog kennel slab to built a fish house. I had one good friend that helped me a lot and everything went pretty well. The only oops was when he shot me in the leg with the nail gun....

-john

I had already started taking it down before I thought to take a picture...by the way if anyone needs some used cinder blocks I can probably help you out....



2 weeks in ( remember I only had help on the weekends )



A look at the inside



look at the outside...



getting the water tanks..Seven 330 gallon water tanks for the attic...



tanks in the rafter.


Still needing finishing but coming together..



building the racks to hold the tanks...



nearly there



Back of some of the tanks going into the racks. The base holds about 300 gallons of water that is pumped up into the tanks. The tanks have an overflow hole drilled inthem and the water rans though some biological filtration and back into the base.



also runs though some sponge filters



A couple of tanks from the front



A few of the fish... everyone pets their fish..right?





with babies










-john

[Fishndude]

Holy Cow!!! You obviously have a BIG clue! !

[slayer]

All I can say is WOW! Thats a fish house!

[Jake]

That is very impressive.

[txsteele]

F-ing sweet You must looooooove fish

[Bones]

I almost want to cry over the dog kennels but that is pretty awesome!

Steve

[rockone8]

WoW! Very cool. If I am ever in your neck of the woods do you give tours. I'd like to see those.

[Montec man]

Man, those discus fish are awesome!

[cantexduck]

I almost want to cry over the dog kennels but that is pretty awesome!

Steve

I thought the same thing.

I take it you breed the fish to sell?? Sweet set up!

[TX_Hoghunter]

Thanks everyone. I have 18 tanks running in there now and about 20 tanks sitting in the yard that the wife really wants me to get in the building.

Bones I built the kennel block by block all by myself and I hated to take it down,,,but I just got to old and to busy to catch hogs/wild cows anymore so I figured I might as well put it to good use.

-john

[TX_Hoghunter]

I do sale fish and have people at the house nearly every weekend. Also we are having the national discus show in DFW this year. www.discus2010.com If anyone is interested.

-john

[cheez]

Very nice!

What's with the totes in the attic? Are they part of your recirc system?

[Hilbile]

wow thats really cool

[muley4x4]

that's one heck of a fish house. All I can say is wowzers.

[Russ]

Hey my mom loves discuss and has 6 of them in 2 different tanks at her house. I'd love to surprise her with another couple. I really like those orange ones. She has the blue ones and the snake skin ones. PM me I drive by Caddo mills weekly and would like to pick some up from you. Thanks