LARGE Plywood Tank Build

bronco300

bronco300

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Originally Posted by acrylic51
http:///forum/post/2729839
Tank will be 30" deep....got first qoute back on starphire 96"x28"x3/4" $1660.00
I have a couple other sources I'm still checking......

ahhh, you're going heavy duty...mine is only 1/2" thick and doing great...regular glass i got mine at a little under $200
 
acrylic51

acrylic51

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I was thinking 1/2" because with the tank being 30" tall, I'd like to have 2" sealing surface all around the glass, so that would make the glass height technically 26" which I could get away with 1/2", but like the added thickness....Overkill yes, but piece of mine.....Why did you cross brace your tank as well? That $1660.00 price was local....I could get Low Iron a heck of alot cheaper from GlassCages........
 
bronco300

bronco300

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Originally Posted by acrylic51
http:///forum/post/2730776
I was thinking 1/2" because with the tank being 30" tall, I'd like to have 2" sealing surface all around the glass, so that would make the glass height technically 26" which I could get away with 1/2", but like the added thickness....Overkill yes, but piece of mine.....Why did you cross brace your tank as well? That $1660.00 price was local....I could get Low Iron a heck of alot cheaper from GlassCages........
haha, cross braced for piece of minD--just another safety feature that can't hurt to have for me ya know...being that long i was worried..if i could have gotten that long of a peice of glass cages i might have gotten it, but their longest was not enough...i think i had just under a 2" seal on the sides...and a bit over on the top and bottom
 
acrylic51

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I figured that's why you cross braced the tank, because of the length.....I like those added safety designs.......
 
chris17

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WOW, that is the best. I live just outside of hamilton, oh and I have $20 to come swim in that thing. Just let me know when to come and I will be there lol seriously not kidding at all. I thought laying down inside my 125g was great I can't imagine swimming from one side to the other. I am short enough I could probably turn around and do laps. That would be a youtubevideo for sure
BTW the tank looks sweet!
 
acrylic51

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Thanks for the tips yesterday Luke!!!!!!
I'll be picking your brain here shortly once the build gets started........
 
bronco300

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haha, you better hurry up chris, its going up soon!!
no problem shawn, glad to help
in return i'll just ask you send me two sumps,lol
 
acrylic51

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Your getting to the fun part........cutting a hole in the wall....1 of my favorites.....my wife just rolls her eyes when I do that
 
stdreb27

stdreb27

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Originally Posted by Bronco300
http:///forum/post/2733923
well today I mapped out the hole....i cant wait for it to go up!!!


here is a picture of the room basically

I love it, no furniture but a 400 gallon tank. That is what I call priorities!
 
bronco300

bronco300

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Originally Posted by acrylic51
http:///forum/post/2733938
Your getting to the fun part........cutting a hole in the wall....1 of my favorites.....my wife just rolls her eyes when I do that
thats exactly how it is, i marked some tape yesterday and she said how she didnt like it because it meant it was coming soon,lol
Originally Posted by acrylic51
http:///forum/post/2733947
2 Sumps???? feel me in......I could help you out.....
the way the stand is I'm going to be using two sumps, or sump refuge combo basically...unfortunately i can't find a good rubbermaid container without wasting a lot of space that i'd love to utilize, but special tanks are in the couple hundred dollars etc, so not sure i want to go that far for a couple sumps and just deal with rubbermaids.
Originally Posted by stdreb27
http:///forum/post/2733954
I love it, no furniture but a 400 gallon tank. That is what I call priorities!
lol, well i figure if i can work the tank in, the rest is guaranteed to fall into place...I mean who can have a fish tank without proper stadium theatre seating? If i would have gotten the furniture first, the tank would have been years down the road,lol...we technically had a loveseat on the wall, but of course moved it out of the picture to map the hole.
THanks bgrae, its been a blast to do such a project
 
aquaknight

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Sweet bowl chair!!
I really miss my old one. Apparently the gross total weight rating on one of those is around 250 pounds. Apparently when an offensive lineman, north of 300# blops down, the base can't handle that sort of load.
 
stdreb27

stdreb27

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Originally Posted by Bronco300
http:///forum/post/2733993
lol, well i figure if i can work the tank in, the rest is guaranteed to fall into place...I mean who can have a fish tank without proper stadium theatre seating? If i would have gotten the furniture first, the tank would have been years down the road,lol...we technically had a loveseat on the wall, but of course moved it out of the picture to map the hole.
Of course. I saw the love seat. If only our wives really knew what they were getting into when they married fishtank people...
 
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