Today I went up for another visit to Ken's, and well this time I remembered the camera.
As we all know Ken (fishfarm) has a lot of tanks. And like most people he has gone for the principles of clean water, good food, and algae tanks = happy fish. Like many of us he also decided to skip any substrate in order to keep he tanks clean.
I must say that someday when I get a place of my own I hope to setup a central system similar to his. (He has 2 different central filter systems and each tank appeared to have at least 2 sponge filters.) This in essence allows him to change water with a few knob turns and he never really has to worry about his bacteria dieing.
If you haven't been up to his place well even when you have an inkling of what to expect you still get shocked when you walk into the barn. Two things hit you right away.
One that it is warm. Ken heats the barn instead of the water, which makes it a very nice place to be inside during the winter.
Two is that there are a lot of fish tanks. And when I say a lot, I mean think grocery isles full of fish tanks. And the assortment of species matches the number of tanks.
To the left of the entrance is most of his breeding tanks, or tanks with fish that have his great show fish. (You can see these tanks behind Ken in the first photo.)
Then you get to the rows of tanks. One tank will be full of future (or current) monsters, the next has livebearers. It is always a joy to see Kens place, and someday I hope to have even half the type of setup as his.
Anyways I am now just going to post photos. I could go on but well if you are curious about Ken's place I am sure Ken would be more than willing to tell you all about it.
Ken bagging fish.
His tub for large fish... I would suggest you watch your hands when near it.
A glimpse of the filtration setup.
The main lighting is near the far wall. So these tanks are the best to actually see what is inside. (Also Ken had cleaned off some of the algae for people like to spend money on the discus
Ken has all his tanks drilled. He puts PVC up to the level he wants the water to stay at. Simple and works without a hitch.
And the final shot. I am at the far corner. You can see Ken's head. Plus you can see how more of the filtration works.
As we all know Ken (fishfarm) has a lot of tanks. And like most people he has gone for the principles of clean water, good food, and algae tanks = happy fish. Like many of us he also decided to skip any substrate in order to keep he tanks clean.
I must say that someday when I get a place of my own I hope to setup a central system similar to his. (He has 2 different central filter systems and each tank appeared to have at least 2 sponge filters.) This in essence allows him to change water with a few knob turns and he never really has to worry about his bacteria dieing.
If you haven't been up to his place well even when you have an inkling of what to expect you still get shocked when you walk into the barn. Two things hit you right away.
One that it is warm. Ken heats the barn instead of the water, which makes it a very nice place to be inside during the winter.
Two is that there are a lot of fish tanks. And when I say a lot, I mean think grocery isles full of fish tanks. And the assortment of species matches the number of tanks.
To the left of the entrance is most of his breeding tanks, or tanks with fish that have his great show fish. (You can see these tanks behind Ken in the first photo.)
Then you get to the rows of tanks. One tank will be full of future (or current) monsters, the next has livebearers. It is always a joy to see Kens place, and someday I hope to have even half the type of setup as his.
Anyways I am now just going to post photos. I could go on but well if you are curious about Ken's place I am sure Ken would be more than willing to tell you all about it.
Ken bagging fish.
His tub for large fish... I would suggest you watch your hands when near it.
A glimpse of the filtration setup.
The main lighting is near the far wall. So these tanks are the best to actually see what is inside. (Also Ken had cleaned off some of the algae for people like to spend money on the discus
Ken has all his tanks drilled. He puts PVC up to the level he wants the water to stay at. Simple and works without a hitch.
And the final shot. I am at the far corner. You can see Ken's head. Plus you can see how more of the filtration works.
