DIY Super Tanks...

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LordsSoilder

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Aug 29, 2005
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I've heard of super tanks being made and they seem so expensive.... Actually not so super but still nice 100+ gallon tanks are pretty expensive.

Then I heard of people making tanks out of other things like plywood and cement. Anyone ever try this with a marine tank?

I think it would be cool if I could special build a tank in my wall and make it cheap...

anyone with experience, or good links to great ideas, please post them.

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uMuMUmUm <--- Turbulent water...
 
too much time and potential trouble. alot of water and all it takes is a little leak. i would opt for buying second hand used tanks in the wanted adds. even the material to build would not save you enough money to offset the time to build in my opinion. "need the mother of invention"
 
I looked into it a few years ago for the same reason, cost.

It came down to "if your a carpenter then yes it could be cheaper or better then tank x for the same money. If your not then its going to fall apart after awhile and cost twice as much." :rolleyes: its definitely not easier.

The cool thing is you can set it up anyway you want in any shape (kinda)
 
It may be cheaper. Depends on how big your tank is and what materials you will be using. This is my diy plywood tank below. I think I am the first to use the material called Sanitred to waterproof a plywood tank. Don't know anyone on this forum or anywhere else that has done it: Look for post #28

http://forums.waterwolves.com/index.php?showtopic=78955&st=20
 
At Steinhart it was mostly ply/fiberglass, very strong tanks. It is just getting more difficult to get polyester to fabricate them. But if we moved anything with all the catacombs and wierd little halls we'd eventually smack into a few tanks here and there but never any damage. In fact a lot of the tanks were on wheels and we could just move them around full of livestock and all.
 
Keep asking and looking around. I have seen some great plywood and even some floor model cement tanks. I built a filter from plywood and it worked great and I used it for two years before I got rid of it because I wanted something different. A cost estimate may prove cheaper to buy a manufactured tank but then again it might not. If you are somewhat handy and think you would enjoy building a custom tank then it can definitely work. I read about some plywood tanks at a university that lasted 10 years and were still good. Check out these links.

http://www.wamas.org/links/diy.htm
http://www.duboisi.com/diy/diyglossary.htm
http://www.thekrib.com/TankHardware/
 
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