My 3665 Gallon Lined Plywood Tank Build Log

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I still have it. It was just out of the garage at the time of the pic. Once I move the 210 into the house, some room will be freed up in the garage to move stuff over. I'm still working on getting rid of stuff and getting the garage completely clear. I have a kiddie pool that is about 180 gallons that is going to be set up in the garage for grow out.
 
On the agenda for the weekend:

Finish painting 210 stand
Move haitiensis females and festae juvies to individual 3 separate 10 gallon tanks.
Empty 75 haitiensis were in, clean, move to garage, setup
Empty 90 juvie festae were in, clean, set aside
Move Z-Beam rack those tanks and 40L were on into garage
Clean kiddie pool pond and test fill
Setup kiddie pool pond in garage
Move the port 300 (probably more) babies to the kiddie pool pond
Empty and clean 75 port babies were in
Paint back black and move to 2nd Z-Beam rack in garage
Setup 90 on stand that 75 was on somewhere (dunno where yet)
Paint 90 back black
Move fish from 210 to empty 75 and 90
Remove all gravel and decor from 210
Move 210 stand inside house
Paint rim and one end of 210 black
Move all miscellaneous stuff from fish room to garage
Move 210 in house

On top of all that, go to grocery and cook for people coming to help move stuff out the fish room, primarily 210, tomorrow.

Sunday, go pick up 75 from my sister's house an hour away.

After all this is done, the only things remaining in the fish room will be the 135 and the 50 breeder marine tank. The 135 may be used as a sump for a filter subsystem. I'm leaning toward not, but who knows at this point. I need to build a new stand for the 50 marine and move it somewhere; probably the garage temporarily.
 
Finish painting 210 stand DONE

Move haitiensis females and festae juvies to individual 3 separate 10 gallon tanks. DONE

Empty 75 haitiensis were in, clean, move to garage, setup
EMPTIED AND MOVED NOT FINISHED

Empty 90 juvie festae were in, clean, set aside
EMPTIED, CLEANED, MOVED TO GARAGE
IT WILL HOLD ABOUT HALF THE FISH FROM THE 210 TEMPORARILY

Move Z-Beam rack those tanks and 40L were on into garage
NOT DONE

Clean kiddie pool pond and test fill
DONE AND NO LEAKS, BUT I DON'T LIKE HOW EASY IT IS TO PULL THE DRAIN PLUG

Setup kiddie pool pond in garage
HOLDING OFF ON THIS UNTIL I CAN SECURE THE DRAIN PLUG DIFFERENTLY

Move the port 300 (probably more) babies to the kiddie pool pond
ON HOLD

Empty and clean 75 port babies were in
ON HOLD

Paint back black and move to 2nd Z-Beam rack in garage
ON HOLD

Setup 90 on stand that 75 was on somewhere (dunno where yet)
IT'S ON ANOTHER STAND I HAD FOR NOW

Paint 90 back black
WILL DO LATER

Move fish from 210 to empty 75 and 90
IN THE MORNING I'LL DO THIS AFTER I GO TO GROCERY

Remove all gravel and decor from 210
SAME AS ABOVE

Move 210 stand inside house
DONE

Paint rim and one end of 210 black
TOMORROW

Move all miscellaneous stuff from fish room to garage
MOST IS MOVED, BUT STILL SOME LEFT

Move 210 in house
TOMORROW
 
Pete, I remember somewhere in this thread or the previous one on this topic that you where going to reduce the number of tanks and get one very big one...

So that 75G from your sister, how do you explain that....eeeeh...

Still drooling over the amount of tanks you got stacked up over there. Amazing, I got a long way to get there..
 
Luc, I'm eventually going to get rid of a lot of the smaller tanks; probably everything under 50 gallons. Even with the big tank, I don't see myself having just a few other tanks. I've always had a lot because I like a lot of different fish.
 
Today, in spite of all the other stuff over the past 24 hours non-fish related that went wrong, went swimmingly. My roommate along with three guys from our regional aquarium society, SELAS, helped move the 210 into the living room. Everything went off without a hitch except for me busting a hole in my living room wall with my buns of steel. :D Once I get everything cleaned up, I'll take some photos. Phase 1B nearing completion.
 
Nolapete said:
Today, in spite of all the other stuff over the past 24 hours non-fish related that went wrong, went swimmingly. My roommate along with three guys from our regional aquarium society, SELAS, helped move the 210 into the living room. Everything went off without a hitch except for me busting a hole in my living room wall with my buns of steel. :D Once I get everything cleaned up, I'll take some photos. Phase 1B nearing completion.
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LOL, great story. Looking forward to the pics.
 
I was wiped out today, so all I did was go pick up a 75 from my sister's house that they had picked up for me. Turns out it has 3 chips on the side, so it can't be used as an aquarium. The chips are on the front and back glass, otherwise I'd replace the side and have another 75. I put it back up on Craigslist. The guy I bought it from had it listed as a 55 for $50, so I listed it as a 75 and priced it at $100. LOL

I put the gravel, sand, and rocks back in the 210 then filled and drained it a couple times with treated water to clean them out a bit. It was smelling real fishy. I hooked up an Aquaclear 500 and my xP3 to it to clear the water. The 55 gallon wet/dry that is on the 110 right now will be moved to the 210. I have to move that tank to the garage from the sunroom before I can get to it since the filter is between the tank and the wall. 210 smells earthy now instead of fishy, so good to go.

I'm hoping to have the fish room cleared out, the 210 filtered properly, and the canopy painted before Thursday. Thursday, I'm getting 15 4-5" silver arowanas from a local guy. He has them eating Hikari pellets and market shrimp. They'll be in the 210 until the big tank is completed then that will be their permanent home. The 15 will be thinned to my 5-7 favorites once they are 12"-18" and the rest sold to recover some of the cost of building the big tank.

I promise that I'll post some progress pics tomorrow.
 
Cool man...

The wife and I stopped at a fish store in Kenner the other day, maybe you've heard of them...Aquatic Specialties, they seemed to have good knowledge, but as soon as they figured out we werent purchasing anything that day they really lost interest.

Ready to see some progress pics on the fish room.
 
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