1000 gallon build

[jamey0615]

jamey, did you think of gluing slabs of real polished granite together to make your tank? what you have done is really great but your mention of granite made me think of something I've been wanting to do. slabs of granite glued together to make a box and a glass front.

Granite is porous. It has to be sealed to be water proof.

 

[Moontanman]

Granite is porous. It has to be sealed to be water proof.

Really, inch thick slabs? I guess I'll stick to epoxy covered plywood. You really did build a beautiful tank dude, I have a design for one that would allow pelagic fish to be kept but it's beyond me in cost to build. I did build a 3000 gallon aquarium once in my greenhouse. It was odd looking but it was cool too.

 

[Lil_Stinker]

The wife talked me out of all Granite, but its still going to have a large Granite table built into the slot right below the tank.

I agree with the wife, Plus the table would be a great sit down area to go over options with clients.. (sign here please)



I cant remember, when was it you said you were you coming up to my house to start then next one?

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[gunnerx]

Sweet!!! That's a nice "trim" if you can call it that! I'm jealous, when I finish my basement, can you make trims all around for me?

 

[Oreo]

Really, inch thick slabs? I guess I'll stick to epoxy covered plywood. You really did build a beautiful tank dude, I have a design for one that would allow pelagic fish to be kept but it's beyond me in cost to build. I did build a 3000 gallon aquarium once in my greenhouse. It was odd looking but it was cool too.

Something else Jamey can back me up on is that Granite is VERY brittle. I'd bet you'd have to go in excess of 3" thick before it would handle the water pressure- and that's only on the short side walls. So it would not be a good material to build a tank out of, structurally speaking.

Although, if you had a taste for that kind of thing you could always line the inside of the tank with granite. I think that would look a little too mausoleum for me though.

 

[Moontanman]

Something else Jamey can back me up on is that Granite is VERY brittle. I'd bet you'd have to go in excess of 3" thick before it would handle the water pressure- and that's only on the short side walls. So it would not be a good material to build a tank out of, structurally speaking.

Although, if you had a taste for that kind of thing you could always line the inside of the tank with granite. I think that would look a little too mausoleum for me though.

It was a thought I'd been mulling over for sometime. I really hadn't investigated the granite as a building material but I thought it would be neat for things like coral to grow attached to. There is a place near me that displays huge slabs of granite outside their business and it looks like it would be beautiful, so many different colors and designs. I think they specialize in granite counter tops. I often get small sample pieces and they intrigue me as a building material. I whish I had room for a tank half as big as the one in this thread. My plywood tank didn't survive the move to teh new house, it leaks now. It is 24 years old so I got my moneys worth I think. Even if it would work, granite would be very exspensive.......

 

[SoCalDiscus]

The trim looks awesome! Along with the rest of the build of course.

 

[Jasoncham2003]

I noticed in your last pic the fauxpanels.com background was not in there. what happend to it?

 

[wise175]

I've just gotta say that is a very nice set up you have there. Fantastic job!

 

[Drizzt]

Very nice. You built it relatively fast considering how busy you were and the amount of detail that went into everything. All I have to say is "kudos" master 1000 gallon tank builder. I bow down to your awesomeness.