Plywood Tanks For Fish Room - Build Log
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You shouldn't ever use tempered with an aquarium. It will implode if it gets damaged releasing the water it holds and sending thousands of pieces of glass everywhere.
If I go with the 72"x36" piece that my friend has for me, it is 1" thick. I may go with acrylic though because he knows where to get 96"x48"x2" pieces for pretty cheap in comparison to what I've seen everyone else list them for.
No need for scuba to clean a tank this size. It's only going to be 5 ft. deep. The tanks at my friend's restaurant and nightclub were 100K+ gallons and he did don scuba gear to swim with the sharks he had and his employees did to clean the tanks.
I don't have a set time frame on this project, though I'd like to have it done sooner than later for sure.
Boy is that true...about 15 years ago, my good friend met his wife. She student, he working quite some time already and earning far more than he would or could spend.
So one afternoon he gave his ATM-card to his lady to enjoy herself do some shopping.
About 2 hours later, she called him...darling, your ATM-card doesn't work anymore...
So he called the bank only to find out that there is a standard day-limit on his card that he never ever reached before....
So one afternoon he gave his ATM-card to his lady to enjoy herself do some shopping.
About 2 hours later, she called him...darling, your ATM-card doesn't work anymore...
So he called the bank only to find out that there is a standard day-limit on his card that he never ever reached before....
Coming back to your tank. Any idea how your frame / woodwork will be?
Seen many different ideas and ways of doing it, best one (also in terms of thinking it through and testing various methods of water-proofing) is this link:
http://www.jonolavsakvarium.com/eng_diy/2200litre/2200litres.html
Lots of information on his site and well pictures also.
Seen many different ideas and ways of doing it, best one (also in terms of thinking it through and testing various methods of water-proofing) is this link:
http://www.jonolavsakvarium.com/eng_diy/2200litre/2200litres.html
Lots of information on his site and well pictures also.
Similar, but a bit different. My friend has 2 2600 gallon lined tanks, so I'll be using his design for the most part.
this will be quite awesome and you will keep a lot of us quite entertained also, however the word wife comes to mind. I know you don't have one but alot of us do. I have mentioned several times that I would like to build a custom tank and I always seem to get "that look" but one day I will get to enjoy the fun of a project like this.
So how long before you expect to start the build?
I would love to have a monster tank but my house just isn't big enough plus my wife has limited me to my 180g even though i could fit in a tank 2' longer.
I would love to have a monster tank but my house just isn't big enough plus my wife has limited me to my 180g even though i could fit in a tank 2' longer.
Helps when you watch a few Sketchup Tutorial videos.
Here's a mock up with 48"x96"x2" acrylic for 42"x90" viewable.
This weekend I'm going to try to get the garage and sunroom cleared out to be able to move all the tanks out of the fish room. It's Mardi Gras time here in New Orleans, so I don't know how much time I'll have before the end of March to work on it.
Here's a mock up with 48"x96"x2" acrylic for 42"x90" viewable.
This weekend I'm going to try to get the garage and sunroom cleared out to be able to move all the tanks out of the fish room. It's Mardi Gras time here in New Orleans, so I don't know how much time I'll have before the end of March to work on it.
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