Building My 50,000 Gallon Monster Mega Tank

[bassplr93]

That is superb

 

[bassplr93]

marvelous

 

[bassplr93]

excellent

 

[bassplr93]

great

 

[bassplr93]

 

[arapaimag]

awesome tank well done
ive looked through most of this thread but cant see what was the thickness of the glass you used?
was it glass or acrylic and how thick was long and wide is each pane

kind regards
heruka

Sorry for the late answer just finished organizing a large wheelchair basketball tournament and attending Richard Ross's Stingray biology symposium.

It is glass and 1" thickThe panels are 3 feet by 5 feet.

 

[haynchinook334]

any up dated pictures of all your tanks?

 

[arapaimag]

Hey arapaimeg, congrats on your tank and I am really jeaulos. Can u send me a message stating how much you invested in this project and how much it takes to keep it. I was planning on a 1000gallon, but now that I see this I might go for 4000-8000gallon tank. I know it is way smaller than your 50,000gal tank but maybe you could give me advice and help to see how I can build my dream tank(cause I don't know where to start lol ). Many thanks.

The best advice is on this site. Check out John PTC, Todd's 2500 and Anything Fish Ted's 2400 & 8,000. My 15,000 might give you some more ideas.

 

[arapaimag]

WOW that was a great job .really a dream fish tank like to make a small one kindly advice .like the water proof used on wall .also like to know what material did you use for the glass frame.was the glass fixed directly without any rubber beading in between or just with silicon .what kind of filter did you Use

There are many great ways to waterproof. I used a non toxic food grade material used for coating tankers etc. Many others are available just read each of the other big tank constructions in this article section.


Straight GE1200 silicone was used.

2 600 lb sand filters with multi density media, 6 blue bag filters and 4 10,000g per hour ozone filters.

 

[Rawimpact]

At least you can sell it saying it comes with a swimming pool with GREAT filtration and viewable basement to make sure your kids dont drown.