I have just finished building my new house with a walk-out basement. The basement is unfinished and I have BIG plans to finish it. I am going to put in a family room with dimensions of 28x25. On the 25' wall I plan on building into the wall a 20' long x 3' wide x 2' tall reef aquarium. This equates to close to 1000 gallons. I have added a simple tank layout to try to demonstrate what I want to do. Please dont laugh it isnt to scale.
Behind the tank will be a workshop type room, for the refugium, lighting, and other components.
The basic tank construction will be a basic plywood box, with 3 acrylic viewing panels spaced throughout the front. As I said this tank will be built into a wall.
Now comes the reason for this post. Does anyone know how I can build this tank to be structurally sound? Im thinking the framing will have to be 2x6 planks spaced about 6" on center to support the 10,000 lbs + of weight this tank will be. This adds up to alot of wood and alot of cost. Does anyone have a more economical cost method, or any better ideas on the spacing of the framework?
Thanks in advance for any help, ideas, or suggestions that you may provide.
Chucklez
Behind the tank will be a workshop type room, for the refugium, lighting, and other components.
The basic tank construction will be a basic plywood box, with 3 acrylic viewing panels spaced throughout the front. As I said this tank will be built into a wall.
Now comes the reason for this post. Does anyone know how I can build this tank to be structurally sound? Im thinking the framing will have to be 2x6 planks spaced about 6" on center to support the 10,000 lbs + of weight this tank will be. This adds up to alot of wood and alot of cost. Does anyone have a more economical cost method, or any better ideas on the spacing of the framework?
Thanks in advance for any help, ideas, or suggestions that you may provide.
Chucklez