My Plywood Build 250 Gallon

[john73738]

Lost his grip the last 1/2"..... that is heart stopping.... Glass is fine

Substrate holding it down... How original

Siliconed around edge of glass also also. Glad the tank is ply.. My mad skills are really rusty.

More to follow next weekend....

 

[greenterra]

Glass in. Woohoo!

 

[broken]

getting closer!!!!

 

[john73738]

Glass in. Woohoo!

Been working toward this for a awhile...

getting closer!!!!

If the stars are aligned I will test fill saturday

 

[Valous]

very nice. and as far as ordering driftwood off ebay. the price is good but they all dont promise it to sink. And from my experience it is going to release tannins but I like the look of the fish in the blackwater.

 

[gamerdemon]

nice

 

[john73738]

does anyone think I am gonna have a circulation problem in the filter... water exits where the tees are, and the drip plates are over the one at the bottom of the first picture. And where can I find the egg-grate? looked at HD could not find it.

 

[BadOleRoss]

You should have picked up some of those suction cups for moving glass. The 2 cup ones are available at Harbor Freight for $5. As far as egg crate goes, look in lighting or where ever they have ceiling tiles. It's called a light diffusing panel. Lowe's has it with ceiling tiles. It's hard to judge the flow...what size pump(s) are you going to be using? That sump looks like DryLock! Looking good, glad to see the glass in place.

 

[john73738]

You should have picked up some of those suction cups for moving glass. The 2 cup ones are available at Harbor Freight for $5.

Yea will get some suction cups for the next tank.

As far as egg crate goes, look in lighting or where ever they have ceiling tiles. It's called a light diffusing panel. Lowe's has it with ceiling tiles.

Thanks will take a look at Lowes

It's hard to judge the flow...what size pump(s) are you going to be using?

Using 2 Quietone 3000 pumps rated at 790ish GPH before headloss, 682 GPH counting in head loss.

That sump looks like DryLock!

Yes that is drylock. Gonna rebuild the filter, but I am going to use this one for testing purposes before I build the next version and use my left over epoxy paint.

Looking good, glad to see the glass in place.

Thanks..

 

[Ponyo]

cool!