Tank Rack Pictorial

[Ron]

By request, reposted from my past thread from the belated MSC, lacking any descriptions I might have previously had, this is a pictorial of a rack I built to hold a series of 10 gallon tanks....























And for anyone wondering, I don't try to get my dog to pose in the photos on purpose. She just does that herself. 

[JeffroM]

And for anyone wondering, I don't try to get my dog to pose in the photos on purpose. She just does that herself. 

I just assumed she was supervising.

[SKISWETPETS]

Hey Ron, where did you purchase that blue foam, and how thick is it... Looks to be about 2in or so... Thanks Ski, ps, the rack looks good..

[Regalblue]

Nice to see this is back/here. This helped me out while building my 50breeder rack.

[Ron]

And for anyone wondering, I don't try to get my dog to pose in the photos on purpose. She just does that herself. 

I just assumed she was supervising.

Supervising and generally trying to get in the way to "help". 

Hey Ron, where did you purchase that blue foam, and how thick is it... Looks to be about 2in or so... Thanks Ski, ps, the rack looks good..

Here's the link: http://www.swisstropicals.com/Poret%20Filter%20Foam.html I didn't buy mine new though - bought some extra from another hobbyist for a slightly better price. It's a bit expensive IMO. I tried to find a different source for the same stuff, similar to buying my polyester fill through craft stores instead of "filter floss" for 4x the price from the LFS.

BTW, I'll have to recreate the Mattenfilter thread sometime too - that's the style filter I used.

Nice to see this is back/here. This helped me out while building my 50breeder rack.

Glad it helped!

Just to add since I didn't post any text with the pictorial, all suppplies were purchased from Home Depot. The larger brackets are kind of expensive, but make it really hard to screw up the 90 degree corners and add a lot of support.

[dbo2212]

Thanks for posting.

[Cadman2000]

Thanks for posting this, will be a help to a new person to the hobby, needing a fast efficient rack for tanks. I do have a question thou; It would be helpful if you could explain the foam pad section of your tanks. I believe that you are using this as an additional filter for your fry tanks, water flows through the foam, and the pvc/airline portion acts as an overflow to keep the water flowing. Curious to know how this works and if my guess is correct.

[Ron]

Thanks for posting.

I'd been thinking about reposting these - thanks for the request.

Thanks for posting this, will be a help to a new person to the hobby, needing a fast efficient rack for tanks. I do have a question thou; It would be helpful if you could explain the foam pad section of your tanks. I believe that you are using this as an additional filter for your fry tanks, water flows through the foam, and the pvc/airline portion acts as an overflow to keep the water flowing. Curious to know how this works and if my guess is correct.

It's actually the only filtration being used and you're assumption is really, really close. The PVC is functioning the opposite of an overflow - it's an "uplift" tube. I'll start a new thread later tonight on the topic. Maybe even get a few current pictures if I'm feeling ambitious!

[jcunningham0295]

Thanks, that will be really helpful.  For fry tanks would you do a rack of 10 gallon tanks or 5.5 gallons?  I am working on plans for a fish room and am wondering which one is more effecient.  I was thinking 5.5 gallons, just becuase I can get more on a rack, but is this practical?

[Ron]

I'll start a new thread later tonight on the topic. Maybe even get a few current pictures if I'm feeling ambitious!

I got some pictures, but I'll be delaying a day or two due to lack of time to put together a complete post the way I'd like to.

Thanks, that will be really helpful.  For fry tanks would you do a rack of 10 gallon tanks or 5.5 gallons?  I am working on plans for a fish room and am wondering which one is more effecient.  I was thinking 5.5 gallons, just because I can get more on a rack, but is this practical?

I went with 10 gallon tanks. As shown in the photos, I put them on the stand face to face instead of end to end. I could have moved the filter foam to the center if I wanted to divide them into 5s, but then it'd be hard to see the back side with the orientation I used. I can think of many reasons I don't like small tanks - water parameter stability, maintenance time, stocking densities, ect. If it wasn't for wanting to keep different batches/species of fry separate I'd rather have one really large tank per shelf.

[jcunningham0295]

How many 10 gallon tanks the the rack you built hold?

[Ron]

How many 10 gallon tanks the the rack you built hold?

It'll hold 3 per level, so 9 total. It was built to comfortably fit the space I had available. I could have packed in more, but accessing tanks in cramped spaces is not a comprise I'm willing to make. 

[jcunningham0295]

Thanks.  Do you have other pics of your fishroom you could share?  I am trying to get ideas on what type of racks are the best and the most functional.

[JeffroM]

The pics are great and thanks for sharing.  But I have to say this thread has been a let down for me.  Every time I see the title I skip over the tank part to read 'Rack Pictorial' and then get excited only to be let down because its actually a 'Tank Rack Pictorial'.

[Regalblue]

The pics are great and thanks for sharing.  But I have to say this thread has been a let down for me.  Every time I see the title I skip over the tank part to read 'Rack Pictorial' and then get excited only to be let down because its actually a 'Tank Rack Pictorial'.

Lol