fish tank over the corner fireplace

[asaood]

hi
i am new in this website. i am finishing my basement. in the corner i put my fireplace. space above that corner is empty. i am thinking to build a fish tank there. please advise me. top of the fireplace is closed by plywood. i would make an opening above 8 inches from the fireplace plywood roof.

thanks.

 

[Meleemaker]

How hot would it be above the fireplace in winter/summer...how easy would it be to do weekly waterchanges, cleaning, feeding, ect ect


If the temperature fluctuates a lot, its a big no no. Fish donit do well with changing temperatures, especially constant and dramatic ones. I would advise against it, but maye a picture of where the fireplace is, and where you want to put the tank would be even more helpful..

 

[asaood]

the temperature not changing much, because fish tank about 2 feet above the fire place look at the attached picture. the opening above is the space for fish tank. this 4x4x6 feet triangle corner and about 4 feet high. i will make a small cabinet on the side of the tank holding equipment. i will put water and drain line line with valves in the equipment cabinet to change the water without removing the tank. i will try to send you the drawing later. all my water supply and drain are nearby in the wall.

 

[asaood]

here is the proposed picture with dimenssion

 

[Lorna]

Personally I wouldn't as heat is always a problem with the high lighting requirements of reef tanks. If this isn't a reef tank and will only have fish and live rock then it may be possible provided you don't have any heat issues. Again I would personally not do it as the height makes it hard to do any type of maintenance on the tank itself unless you are a very tall person with very long arms. The window would also be a source of heat if sunlight comes in through that window very much and also promote algae which may present more maintenance.

 

[mlipst]

I agree that this is not a good idea. But if you are going ahead, have you checked if there are any building code restrictions on what you can do (where is the exhaust ductwork going)?