building your own tank....

[Blazin__]

has anyone on here done this? im thinking of building my own upwards of the 300 gal range... can anyone recomend a good site with some tips??

 

[Anonymous]

What kind are you thinking of building? - Glass, Acrylic, Wood?

 

[Blazin__]

glass

 

[Blazin__]

anyone ???

 

[Anonymous]

Here are some pic's that show's a sump being built out of acrylic.

Sorry, I don't have any experience working with glass.

Louey

 

[reefann]

Garf has a pretty good guide on their site.....
HTH

 

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I'm wanting to build a 700 gallon tank. Demensions are 96x48x36

I'm looking at 3/4" glass, but I'm wanting to make sure I know where to put the top bracings.

If anyone can help, let me know.
James

 

[SnowManSnow]

I read a good article a few months ago about creating large tanks from marine plywood. Only the front was glass. The real challenges were 10 making sure the glass back and sides were strong enough to support the pressure (I forgot how to do the calculations) and making sure there was a support structure in place strong enough to tote a couple thousand pounds (BTW this was a 900 gallon aquarium now that I think about it). Good luck.

 

[reefann]

I doubt 3/4 would cut it on such a big tank......I dont think it would be worth the risk either way

 

[SaltyMist]

I just met this guy in the aquarium club that just started in my area, heres his outdoor tank (I think it's 500 gallons with an underground well to heat and cool the water - we live in so. california desert, so in summer it gets really really hot).

http://www.wizardscave.com/aquarium.html

 

[big t]

Louey, that is a really cool jig that you made there. I like it a lot and am going to make something similar. That must make thigs go a lot easier.