LARGE Plywood Tank Build
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bronco300
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Originally Posted by Alan1
http:///forum/post/2488614
AWESOME project! You can da*n near park your car in that thing.
I can't wait to see it in action, as well as to know the impact on your utility bill.
lol, well considering i have 3 400w MH running already and this tank is taking place of all three of those i should just stay the same minus the addition in the water bill for evaporation...definitely will need an ATO of some sort....the fiance was just saying the other day why i didn't wait till the spring when it was warmer to do this so she could park in the garage still,lol.
http:///forum/post/2488614
AWESOME project! You can da*n near park your car in that thing.
I can't wait to see it in action, as well as to know the impact on your utility bill.
lol, well considering i have 3 400w MH running already and this tank is taking place of all three of those i should just stay the same minus the addition in the water bill for evaporation...definitely will need an ATO of some sort....the fiance was just saying the other day why i didn't wait till the spring when it was warmer to do this so she could park in the garage still,lol.
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bonita69
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Hey MR!!! I think it is a bit early to adding any CATFish!!!
brandan
Member
Originally Posted by Bronco300
http:///forum/post/2490024
well then i have to run heaters and i don't really want to eat that cost of heaters when i can just wait a couple months and be fan tastic...plus i have to go outside when i lift the tank up on end.
x2. you would have to heat the garage for longer than 24 hours, and that is assuming you do all the epoxy in one shot. When I put poly on my stand and canopy, I used a propane heater, I went through a tank of propane in about a day. And with the price of all fuels going up, it might get expensive.
http:///forum/post/2490024
well then i have to run heaters and i don't really want to eat that cost of heaters when i can just wait a couple months and be fan tastic...plus i have to go outside when i lift the tank up on end.
x2. you would have to heat the garage for longer than 24 hours, and that is assuming you do all the epoxy in one shot. When I put poly on my stand and canopy, I used a propane heater, I went through a tank of propane in about a day. And with the price of all fuels going up, it might get expensive.
reefiness
Active Member
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Originally Posted by Bronco300
http:///forum/post/2488411
Looks like you got yourself your first fish.... a nice Cat fish.
O no! Huston... I think we got a jumper
Any way.... It looks Awesome. Keep up the good work! Cant wait to see it finished.
Originally Posted by Bronco300
http:///forum/post/2488411
Looks like you got yourself your first fish.... a nice Cat fish.
O no! Huston... I think we got a jumper
Any way.... It looks Awesome. Keep up the good work! Cant wait to see it finished.
stumpyfish
Member
Thats a nice scuba training tank you have there!! Cant wait till its done
bronco300
Active Member
Originally Posted by Brandan
http:///forum/post/2490516
hahahahahahahahahahaha, of course, no picture of your face. Ok Wilson, howdy ho good neighbor. lol, but seriously, you better call me next weekend to help prep it for epoxy.
lololol...i'm not epoxying for a while depending on temperatures...so make the snow go away and temp up to 45 or so and we're set to start!
http:///forum/post/2490516
hahahahahahahahahahaha, of course, no picture of your face. Ok Wilson, howdy ho good neighbor. lol, but seriously, you better call me next weekend to help prep it for epoxy.
lololol...i'm not epoxying for a while depending on temperatures...so make the snow go away and temp up to 45 or so and we're set to start!
bronco300
Active Member
Originally Posted by stumpyfish
http:///forum/post/2490520
Thats a nice scuba training tank you have there!! Cant wait till its done
haha, thanks...itd be wonderful to be able to scuba in it, haha to bad all the fish would surf in the wave crashing outside the tank as i got in.
http:///forum/post/2490520
Thats a nice scuba training tank you have there!! Cant wait till its done
haha, thanks...itd be wonderful to be able to scuba in it, haha to bad all the fish would surf in the wave crashing outside the tank as i got in.
brandan
Member
Originally Posted by Bronco300
http:///forum/post/2490536
lololol...i'm not epoxying for a while depending on temperatures...so make the snow go away and temp up to 45 or so and we're set to start!
Looks like I have a lot of prep work to do then, lol
http:///forum/post/2490536
lololol...i'm not epoxying for a while depending on temperatures...so make the snow go away and temp up to 45 or so and we're set to start!
Looks like I have a lot of prep work to do then, lol
reefmaster08
Member
Looks like fun.
chrgerondavins
Member
pretty cool, how big of a tank will be landing there?
brandan
Member
Originally Posted by ChrgerOnDavins
http:///forum/post/2490880
pretty cool, how big of a tank will be landing there?
That is the tank, the stand is not built yet.
http:///forum/post/2490880
pretty cool, how big of a tank will be landing there?
That is the tank, the stand is not built yet.
veni vidi vici
Active Member
Originally Posted by Brandan
http:///forum/post/2490913
That is the tank, the stand is not built yet.
506.49 gallonsx8.3453=4,226.810997 pounds of water!!! Thats just about the same weight as an average sized car.....Hope you can weld too lol.
http:///forum/post/2490913
That is the tank, the stand is not built yet.
506.49 gallonsx8.3453=4,226.810997 pounds of water!!! Thats just about the same weight as an average sized car.....Hope you can weld too lol.
snakeblitz33
Well-Known Member
naa, I don't think there would be any reason to weld a stand. A strongly built wooden stand would do just fine, and be cheaper.
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