Re: Re:Putting fishroom back together was

["Del from Oregon" <del@weberized.net>]

Hi Eric,

I have setup 1 rack for tanks and I have a space of 24.5
inches between the shelves. I have one tank that is 21.5 tall
and it is really hard to properly clean the tank.

I am interested as to how you "plug" in the lights to the
ballasts. What type of plug did you use?

Also, do you set your lights on timers?  How long do you
leave the lights on?

Thanks,

Del Kail
GPAS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 8:36 AM
Subject: Re: Re:Putting fishroom back together was


> On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, Eng Family wrote:
>
> > Hi Eric,
> >
> > Looking at you fish room has given me some inspiration to get my
fishroom
> > started :^)  I have a quick question though........ how much clearance
do
> > you have between the tops of your aquariums & the racks above them?  I'm
> > trying to design some aquarium racks but I'm a bit confused about what
> > height I should make between the shelves.  Thanks.
>
> Hi Victor,
>
> This is always a compromise.  In my opinion, ours is too little at ~4".
> It is seriously difficult to clean. But if we gave it much more, then the
> bottom rack would be wayyyy too low.  The other thing is that in our
> original design we had the lights recessed into the row above, and if you
> make the clearance too big, you lose lots of valuable light.  Our
> compromise on that is now we've got "reconditioned" shoplight fixtures
> that sit on the tanks but "plug" into the ballasts mounted on the rack
> itself.  They can be unplugged for tank cleaning, restoring some of the
> clearance we lost.
>
>   - Erik
>
>
> --
> Erik Olson
> erik at thekrib dot com
>
>
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