Stand or not for huge plywood tank

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Later I will be painting the wood and cutting the strips of fiberglass to cover the seams. Tomorrow I may be adding the epoxy.
Then I’ll triple check the interior to make sure there’s full coverage of epoxy .
The leak check will be soon 🥹

 

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Mixed up a different color epoxy for the walls. So now there’s 3 coats of epoxy on all the walls. I also re fiberglassed the areas around the window panels. Next I’ll be wiring the lights in the bronco and securing it to the bottom of the tank. I figure 1 week until leak testing.

 

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The last picture above shows electrical conduit coming out of the tank lid. Also my wife wants to add her “Little Belgian Boy Peeing” statue for the water return

 

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Mu koi are 12” now and my wife’s spotted gar is 14”…patiently waiting for the transfer date.

 

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The interior walls are completely epoxied now and I only have to epoxy the two tank top undersides. Then onto the leak test.

 

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Just a few of the intended inhabitants of this tank. I have 4 koi, 2 tri colors, 1 platinum and 1 black/gold butterfly.
1 spotted Florida gar, 2 red sliders that we rescued from under our landscape fabric out front.
I want a ripsaw catfish, several super red crawfish and 20-30 fresh water clams.

 

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Putting paint on the lids while waiting for the silicone to cure. Tomorrow I finally get to add water.

 

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Today’s the day for water

 

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Found first problem, addressing it now. Dried the bottom of the tank. Going to build a wall with Tuck tape around one corner of the front glass frame and pour epoxy 4” deep. Then build a silicone wall along the bottom edge and fill with epoxy. Tonight I will remove the tape and silicone. Tomorrow night I will resume filling it with water.

 

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The fiberglass pulled away a little bit from the bottom and had an air pocket 2.5” up.
It'll be encased in epoxy.