I am looking for information on sealing a plywood tank. I dont have access to sweetwater being a canuck here. I was wondering what types of appoxy I could use. I am debating on wether or not to use fiberglass.
Thinking About Constructing a Monster Aquarium Yourself?
- Thread starter Anythingfish
- Start date
Thinking of starting my first plywood tank, 48 x 24 x 24 inch to start with, looking at larger later. Glass thickness for the viewing panel is always a concern to me ?
Would also be interested in hearing about constructs using block, brick and concrete.
Do it !
Kev T
Would also be interested in hearing about constructs using block, brick and concrete.
Do it !
Kev T
Awesome tank; fantastic fish too!! I am in the planning stages for a outdoor cinderblock tank. I am thinking maybe 10'x5'x4', which should be about 650-700 gallons (if my math is right!). Bigger is possible, as I am building on an existing pad that is about 16'x16'. I am intrigued by your window; I would love to put a viewing window on one side, but I am no engineer. I am not against using plywood instead of blocks. Any ideas would be great. As far as fish go, I have 2 baby pacus (5") that will definitely be going in. I am getting info from my lfs on availability and prices of various monsters. So far, these have caught my eye- Blk aro, albino clown knife, snakehead, managuense, fire eel, peacock bass, and an rtc. The lfs should have prices for me tomorrow. I know I am looking at 3-4' on most of these, so please give me suggestions on a minimal tank size. Thanks ahead of time, TomAnythingfish;399977;399977 said:I am planning to write a detailed article about constructing large inexpensive fish tanks if there is sufficient interest. I have built many tropical fish aquariums over the years; the most recent is a 2400 gallon tank 12’ by 8’ by 4 feet high with a 7 foot window.
The cost in 2003 was $2,700.00 including everything: tank, heat, lighting, pump and filtration; but not including my 30 days labor, sales tax, power and water hook-up and ground prep.
I live in Seattle Washington USA, between the 47th and 48th parallel, North Latitude; my year-round average aquarium operating cost for electricity, weekly water changes, lighting and filtration pump operation is about $60 (US) monthly. These figures should give you a place to start when calculating your own monster fish tank operating expenses.
If you post to this thread tell us about your dream tank; what kinds of fish would you keep there? If you have questions I will try to incorporate them into my article. Do you have a do-it-yourself aquarium project experience to tell about? -- if so, I am sure other members would benefit.
This is a photo of my 2400 gallon aquarium at night looking into the 7 foot window.
This is a photo of my Arapaima Gigas which was 3” long in January of 2005 and is now over 36”. He/she eats trout chow, hot dogs, any fish up to 8”, shrimp, beef heart and fingers.
looks like you have a really sweet setup there, it really is a monster. I would be interested in additional picks of the stand (if any) and the plumbing and lighting you use. Also a question, I saw your emergency tank.. what and how do you move a 40lb fish from tank to tank?
It sucks how some people are awesome at DIY and some people just cant do it at all,no matter how simple it seems to others.
I dont know how,but even if I follow the instructions exactly I wind up with something completely different than what the end result of the thread was (whatever the project may be).
Ive tried a plywood tank and the results where humorous at best....same with those "fish highways" some of you have,I just cant do it.
Good luck though.I'm just gonna pay people to do my DIY for me......
I dont know how,but even if I follow the instructions exactly I wind up with something completely different than what the end result of the thread was (whatever the project may be).
Ive tried a plywood tank and the results where humorous at best....same with those "fish highways" some of you have,I just cant do it.
Good luck though.I'm just gonna pay people to do my DIY for me......
at the moment I am building a (what i think is still quite small but others dissagree) 220g tank for my oscars, and polypteruses + pleco... I am wanting to add a nice predator to the tank to but havent decided yet if it will be a catfish of some sort or a snakehead of some sore... im leaning on snakehead right now...
However one day I would love to build a nice 800-1000 gallon tank n put some other biguns in it... theres so many fish id like to keep... i just dont have enough house space to fit all the aquariums...
However one day I would love to build a nice 800-1000 gallon tank n put some other biguns in it... theres so many fish id like to keep... i just dont have enough house space to fit all the aquariums...
when articles are written ithe mods should keep people from commenting because during the arcticles people just keep commenting and it is impossible to find the different parts o f the article with the hundreds of thousands of posts!
just some input
just some input
