Building a 1500 Gallon plywood & glass tank
- Thread starter VLDesign
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if i were you i would blame the poor coverage on trying to do it on cement board. since pond armors service is so good you could probably call em up and say, "hey, one of your guys told me using cement board is a good thing to do but he never told me i'll get way worse coverage, now i'm out of pond armor and money to finish sealing my tank. what can you guys do to help me?"
tanks looking great man!
tanks looking great man!
Costs so far...
2x4 12' = $25.00
2x4 10' = $57.00
2x4 8' = $15.00
2x6 8' = $7.00
2x6 10' = $59.50
2x6 12' = $20.00
2x8 12' = $14.00
2x8 10' = $105.00
2x8 8' = 9.00
Treated 4x4 = $13.00
3/4" Plywood sheets 4'x8' = $120.00
5/16" Concrete sheets 4'x4' = $132.00
Construction adhesive = $10.00
Screws = $32.00
Muraitic acid = $5.00
Seam tape = $8.00
Glass = $1750.00
Pond armor (2 gallons) = $700.00 (with shipping)
Lights = $100.00
Bulbs = $28.00
Plumbing = $100.00
Bulkheads = $80.00
Tax = $255.00
Total = $3654.00
2x4 12' = $25.00
2x4 10' = $57.00
2x4 8' = $15.00
2x6 8' = $7.00
2x6 10' = $59.50
2x6 12' = $20.00
2x8 12' = $14.00
2x8 10' = $105.00
2x8 8' = 9.00
Treated 4x4 = $13.00
3/4" Plywood sheets 4'x8' = $120.00
5/16" Concrete sheets 4'x4' = $132.00
Construction adhesive = $10.00
Screws = $32.00
Muraitic acid = $5.00
Seam tape = $8.00
Glass = $1750.00
Pond armor (2 gallons) = $700.00 (with shipping)
Lights = $100.00
Bulbs = $28.00
Plumbing = $100.00
Bulkheads = $80.00
Tax = $255.00
Total = $3654.00
what do you want, down to the cent?Dang, I missed the specs on the glass. What is it, 3/4? $1750 is almost exactly half of your build cost just in glass... which doesn't sound typical.
Yeah it ended up being 3/4" starfire. Had I gone with the regular float glass it would have only been $950.00.
113" in length is what jacked the price up.. Had I gone with a smaller 8' window it would have been even cheaper.. But no, I had to be stubborn and wanted to have a giant window... lol
113" in length is what jacked the price up.. Had I gone with a smaller 8' window it would have been even cheaper.. But no, I had to be stubborn and wanted to have a giant window... lol
He went with Starfire glass. That's why it's so expensive. I'm still waiting to hear on my acrylic price.What was the same size acrylic going to cost you VL?
