Would a large fiberglass aquarium survive outside? Atlanta Georgia

[Hmontoya93]

I live in Atlanta Georgia, temperatures aren’t too extreme cold wise and it can average high 90s in the summer. I have an outdoor patio with a roof no walls. I wanted to buy the biggest fiberglass aquarium possible, so far 2000 gallons is the biggest I found, my brother is a mason and he would decorate it with rocks around it, it would look nice! And under the roof to prevent so much sun hitting it directly. Is this possible ? Or will the temperature fluctuations be too much, wanted to put some hardy monsters in it.
garage would be an option that works, but my wife would probably kick me out at that point, so I wouldn’t get to enjoy the fish

 

[mikee870]

As much as I know fiberglass can withstand extreme temperatures, but is is also very rigid an prone to cracking if not built well. So with glass. You just have to make sure that its is well built and supported to prevent this. A roof would be nice with little sunlight hitting it as you might decide to put in some plants. Sunlight too is good for fishes.

- Garage is the best option but you have to convince your wife ( maybe have her select a fish that she likes ) so that she will begin to love the hobby too. YOU HAVE TO AT ALL COSTS!

-Careful planning and research is needed for all of these since this is a very big setup. Failure will result to catastrophic fish death and $$$.

This is the way!

 

[karlozx5]

Where did you buy the 2000 fiberglass tank from?

 

[pacu mom]

I live in Atlanta Georgia, temperatures aren’t too extreme cold wise and it can average high 90s in the summer. I have an outdoor patio with a roof no walls. I wanted to buy the biggest fiberglass aquarium possible, so far 2000 gallons is the biggest I found, my brother is a mason and he would decorate it with rocks around it, it would look nice! And under the roof to prevent so much sun hitting it directly. Is this possible ? Or will the temperature fluctuations be too much, wanted to put some hardy monsters in it.
garage would be an option that works, but my wife would probably kick me out at that point, so I wouldn’t get to enjoy the fish

If you want a really big fiberglass tank, Water Dog Products can fabricate a tank for you. There is a member on MFK with a 4,000 gallon tank built by Water Dog Products.

Custom Fiberglass Tank Manufacturer | Waterdog Products Inc.

Custom Fiberglass Tank Manufacturer |We also specialize in acrylic aquariums. Waterdog Products Inc. San Diego, Ca

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The 4,000 gallon fiberglass tank has a history on MFK. The first thread on the tank was an installation done in a garage.

4000 Gallon tank install (H20 Custom Aquatics)

This is my project for the week, Tank is 4000 gallons 14x7x6 fiberglass tank with seamless acrylic front panel. Being installed in customer garage and viewable from his living room. Going to be salt water setup, have an amazing 10ft long custom piece of coral being made my Living Color...

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Less than a year later, the tank was removed and became a showtank

H2O 4000 gallon show tank

Size 14x7x6 fiberglass tank with 3" acrylic front viewing panel. Fully stocked now enjoy.

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And not even a year later, bigrich545 bought the tank and made the long trip to pick it up.

free big catfish need homes/trip to washington to save them

Did you weigh any of the fish? Just curious. no we did not get a chance, sorry, i should have made provisions for that, but i will when we move them into there big tank, bigrich

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The tank is part of Big Rich's Ohio Fish Rescue

new house, new fishroom, 4,000 gallon tank, 1,000 gallon tank, many others and ponds,

hello this is bigrich again, finally posting pics and the story of the new fish room build, to house the 19 huge catfish from washington, and of coarse all of my fish that ive collected over the years, first off, i had my last fishroom was a 2.5 car garage that got filled up very quickly and...

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If you want a tank bigger than 2,000 gallons, Water Dog Products can definitely fabricate it for you.