Building My 50,000 Gallon Monster Mega Tank

[greenterrorizer]

i hope there is no plans on moving ....ever.

 

[synapse989]

At this time I am having problems with my steel above the water line rusting. I built 10 access doors to feed the fish etc. and they are rusting also. I had problems with the floor above the tank after the first year because the floor materials absorbed water and weakened. I then had to replace the floor. I heat my tank with a house oil fired hot water tank. I have used 2 swimming pool heaters before this. But I had many problems 1. the first one ran great for 5 years but it had been installed improperly by the seller and caused a fire. The second one was far too big and it started leaking in the boiler after 1 and a half years. I use a 600 lb sand filter on the mega tank, the natural lava rock filtration, I don't over feed and I do about 10,000 gallon water changes every week.

I wish I knew about this construction before you began... There's a chemical process for mild steel called "parkerizing" that I use on all kinds of stuff. I have metal pieces you could toss in a saltwater tank and leave them there for 5 years without rust. I only say 5 as an example because I've seen raw steel sit near saltwater for 2 months rusted into powder...

I can recommend one thing since it's already completed... ..and the task is nothing to be taken lightly, but if you can clean the rust off the metal, use a brush on bedliner.

 

[peanut]

not worthy

 

[andyarowana]

AMAZING VERY NICE INDEED, HOPE YOU HAVE SORTED UR PROBLEMS OUT, BEST TANK EVER

 

[jayvee_austin]

truly amazing! i need to save up for years for an aquaria like that! i look up to you!
lovely lovely lovely

 

[Roflcopter]

I wish i had sumthin like that!The tank i have is nowhere close to as great as this!i also learned from this that lava rock is a natural filter

 

[oscarface]

That is insane....nice work

 

[arapaimag]

I wish I knew about this construction before you began... There's a chemical process for mild steel called "parkerizing" that I use on all kinds of stuff. I have metal pieces you could toss in a saltwater tank and leave them there for 5 years without rust. I only say 5 as an example because I've seen raw steel sit near saltwater for 2 months rusted into powder...

I can recommend one thing since it's already completed... ..and the task is nothing to be taken lightly, but if you can clean the rust off the metal, use a brush on bedliner.

Thanks for the information it sounds fantastic and I wish I knew about it when building the tank. Where do you buy it?

 

[arapaimag]

I wish i had sumthin like that!The tank i have is nowhere close to as great as this!i also learned from this that lava rock is a natural filter

Lava rock is a great natural filter in large quantities and small bio load.

 

[Jonesy604]

Awsome tank Dude.

Dale