First plwood tank build started..... with pics

[jhewitt7887]

That looks awesome. I want to try one of my own.

 

[insanity0x1]

Update:

The tank has been filled for over a month now. no issues at all. The liquid zavlar rubber coating has turned brown as it was reported to do when submerged in water. no effect on the water. water in the tank still matches my tap water. I am now in the plans of building a bigger tank with this same concept.

I recently moved and the tank did fine during the move. i ended up setting it up in my new place and them decided haveing it upstairs was a bad idea, so i then moved it down stairs, which it also survied. I was able to move it on my own which i would have never been able to do with a glass tank.

I am still working on filtration. Right now i have two 1 inch bulkheads plumbed into it, but thats as far as i got with that. i will be doing a wet/dry still to go with my fx5.

I also added two silver arowanas to this tank two weeks ago to go with my stingrays. The marble motoro i ordered did arrive on schedule, but it was DOA, so i replaced it with two aros instead which survived the flight just fine.

I also added a few discus to this tank(not pictured yet)
all fish are doing great.


full tank shot is after feeding, so a bit messy.

sorry im a little late, but just saw the thread.. nice looking aros!!!! and awesome rays too.. im not a ray guy, but..are they..moto's? lol idk great job though
oh my, i need to read more.. nice ones you had!

 

[bonesb66]

definately a good tank just read the whole thread, did you get much for it when you sold it? you only had 1 aro in 1 of your videos but to start with you had 2? what happened there?

 

[joey02]

definately a good tank just read the whole thread, did you get much for it when you sold it? you only had 1 aro in 1 of your videos but to start with you had 2? what happened there?

Thanks for reminding me about the arowanas....

What happened there, was i rescued a large alligator gar and added it to that tank.. The gar was a little too curious about the arowanas..... i guess that about sums it up...

Gar went to a new home shortly after... remaining silver aro jumped.... He was replaced with an asian aro. Whom i still have.

I sold the tank for 1/2 of what it cost me to build i believe. Maybe a little less... so $200-250. Tank, and stand.

 

[spates 33]

Man can't wait to build mine

 

[valderi123]

very nice build

 

[joey02]

very nice build

Thank you

 

[joey02]

Hey guys, i recently summarized this build into a simple video.

For specifics, refer to this thread.

I made this video based off of memory from the build.. All information should be accurate.

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[Valous]

Thanks for putting that video up. It will help anyone thinking about making a plywood tank.

 

[joey02]

Thanks for putting that video up. It will help anyone thinking about making a plywood tank.

No problem!