Construction of the new breeding room – lots of progress

So, after my holiday – it’s now the end of August – it’s time for another update.

I was very busy on holiday, all the walls are finished and the tiling is now complete

But this is definitely not going to be my favourite job, sliding around on my knees is not my thing at all! And accordingly, the floor could certainly have been nicer (straighter). You can’t do everything equally well.

Well, when that was finally finished, we could start with the installation in the room. First of all, the storage tank was put in its final place, on a platform with a tray so that condensation (or overflow, which I also want to prevent technically, but more on that later) can drain into the sewage system. In front of it, you can see an old photo tank, which is perfectly suitable for my purposes.

You can also see the pipe from the rainwater tank outside (the thin white pipe on the left of the tank), which goes through the waste water system for the aquariums to be heated in a kind of heat exchanger.

A powerful pump has now been installed in the tank and the connection and all the supply lines to the ring line of the water supply for the aquariums have also been completed, including a three-way tap (you sometimes change the water manually in individual tanks) and a non-return valve.

The various pipes were also completed today, i.e. the water supply pipes for all the tanks (upper pipes with the many hose nozzle outlets), the air pipes (the thin pipe in the centre) and the waste water pipes for the individual tanks (the lower pipes with connections to the waste water pipe). You can see this here using the example of the wall with the long row of aquariums.

The aquarium frame for the left-hand part of the block has already been assembled (wooden stand with aluminium supports), and the individual pipe levels are clearly visible.

Well, now that the gas heating is also connected (see picture below), the electrical installation is complete and the ventilation for the room (including heat recovery) is already running perfectly, the pools can actually come in now.

The picture also shows the intake pipe for the warm air (the thick grey pipe), which is to be distributed in the room by means of pipes and a pipe fan. Let’s see if we can prevent the heat stratification in the room. So now it’s time to test all the theoretical ideas to see if everything you’ve thought of actually works. Now it’s getting really exciting!