Building a 1500 Gallon plywood & glass tank

[Deano1956]

I didnt see if you got rid of your other tanks that were up against the wall ?

 

[Egon]

veggie clip with magnet?

My tank is almost 4 feet deep and my pleco will rip the clip off the magnet. I have a long snake grabber tool that I use to reach all the way to the bottom but it's a pain. I was thinking about drilling a hole on the end of an old fork and putting some string on it. Then I can give my pleco some variety of veggies. I just got tired of people asking me why the fork is in the tank lol. It's like: look at this massive tank and they notice a fork in the corner!!!! Their killin me!

 

[rdbrown]

1" acrylic those dimensions was $1600

Who quoted this price on the 1" acrylic? It is only $550 for a 1" thick 120" x 48" sheet of Cyro Cell Cast Acrylite GP Acrylic.

 

[skynoch]

Who quoted this price on the 1" acrylic? It is only $550 for a 1" thick 120" x 48" sheet of Cyro Cell Cast Acrylite GP Acrylic.

Your lucky to live in the states. I was quoted 3600 for the same piece in edmonton alberta and only one place in the province would get it for me out of the six places I called.

 

[Egon]

Your lucky to live in the states. I was quoted 3600 for the same piece in edmonton alberta and only one place in the province would get it for me out of the six places I called.

Yeah but you guys can own the Asian Arowana! We can't.........

 

[TheFishGuy]

Ok. I actually read the entire thread. It took three and a half hours. I've got the time with a broken foot and all so it was an enjoyable read. One question though. What hardie product did you use? Was it hardie backer or hardie panel? I did not acid wash my hardie panel. I just glued it into place and pond armored it. Which by the way is the cats azz. I love the stuff, and now that I've worked with it once I look foreward to working with it again. But I will definately warm the cans up to atleast 90* first!

Congrats on a fantastic tank! I only wish I would have found the thread three and a half hours ago when you started the project!

 

[justintime36]

That was great.I just went through this whole thread and your an inspiration.Gives me alot to think about when time comes for a house.How is the whole moisture factor under the tank.Thank you for sharing this.Good luck,happy swiming.And just remember with the rays Steve Irwin left us that way so wear your chest protector.Lol Awsome tank.

 

[wolfsburgfanatic]

turned out great! Really like the FRT, hope to have one myself someday. Amazing work

 

[alcohologist]

finally got round to reading the whole thread too. amazing stuff.
what happened to your coral cats though? got any SW setups still?

 

[VLDesign]

Ok. I actually read the entire thread. It took three and a half hours. I've got the time with a broken foot and all so it was an enjoyable read. One question though. What hardie product did you use? Was it hardie backer or hardie panel? I did not acid wash my hardie panel. I just glued it into place and pond armored it. Which by the way is the cats azz. I love the stuff, and now that I've worked with it once I look foreward to working with it again. But I will definately warm the cans up to atleast 90* first!

Congrats on a fantastic tank! I only wish I would have found the thread three and a half hours ago when you started the project!

Thanks,

I eneded up using concrete backer boards which is why I had to acid wash them.