always4lora
Fish Herder
Well i was hoping to get a 72*30*24 tank bought and put into my shed, however due to the cost of the few extra inches in width (getting on double the price!) i decided i'm going to build my own out of plywood and acrylic.
With building it myself im doing 72*30*30 1062litres/ 234 uk G or 281us G
Unfortuantely my shed was nakerd so this had to be fixed first.
First off was the roof was falling to pieces and it was freezing cold inside the shead.
So...
I've redone the roof from scratch
taken everything out of the shed, shelves etc
For the insulation ive got the whole shed lined with buble wrap, followed by loft insulation and then to keep it all tidy i've used 2mm plastic sheet to cover that! so it's kinda like 3 layers of insulation. The only bit not insulated is the floor which will be lined with thick cardboard and then covered over with lino or whatevr you call it!
Total cost so far £240 and thats with my dad doing most of the work, i just stand their giving him tools and stuff when he asks for them lol
Below is the shed view from one side, bit messy as we've only totally finsihed of the shed earlier today, it's all white! very bright in there.
Below is a picture of the RO Unit installed into the shed,this will make it less messy for adding water into the tank. I also have a tap just outside the shed for normal water.
Here's some of the inhabitants for the new tank , currently in my 100g
Retic Ray on the side of the glass, shows the guy's mouth and claspers
Retic rays spike just about visible
looks soo small even in my tank!
Polypterus Weeksii , only seems to come out when im taking pictures! Camera Hogg!
Soo Far my rougthly planned stocking is the following:
Polypterus Lapredei x3
Polypterus Weeksii
Polypterus Ornatipinnis
2 Marbled Motoro Rays , one male and one female (these should be coming shortly and going into my 100g to grow out a little)
Retic Ray hopefully will be ok with the motoro's for a wile
Asian Arowana, will take T1karmann's advise and go with a Red tail golden
Zebra Shovelnose catfish
Tire track eel once i've got it feeding properly (currently only hand feeds on worms and prawns but wont touch them otherwise)
Spotted or Florida Gar although this depends what size i can get them at.
Once my Oscar get's bigger that'll go in there.
The rays will be getting swapped over for Scobina Rays once they're avaialble.
The Oscar may get left in the 100G and i might get Dat's in the bigger tank.
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I've currently got all the Plywood for the tank build, using 20mm marine grade plywood for the back sides and underneath, on the top of the tank i'll probs going to use 10mm ply for frame and then just have some sliders on top. I'll grab pictures of this when my dad brings it to my house. All the wood has been cut to size and cost zilch
For the viewing panel i'm using 12mm Acrylic, going to be 68*25" this shouldnt cost much more than £100
Stands Also been built using angle bar , also free <-- pics will come along next week sometime.
for filteration i am going to be making a sump, i'm going to most likely go with something like 60"L*20"W*15"H with 3 media compartments and one for the heaters and pump to go into, i already a pump which pumps 5500lph which should be enough for now.
My Parents have gone away until next wednesday so i expect some more progress and pics after then
With building it myself im doing 72*30*30 1062litres/ 234 uk G or 281us G
Unfortuantely my shed was nakerd so this had to be fixed first.
First off was the roof was falling to pieces and it was freezing cold inside the shead.
So...
I've redone the roof from scratch
taken everything out of the shed, shelves etc
For the insulation ive got the whole shed lined with buble wrap, followed by loft insulation and then to keep it all tidy i've used 2mm plastic sheet to cover that! so it's kinda like 3 layers of insulation. The only bit not insulated is the floor which will be lined with thick cardboard and then covered over with lino or whatevr you call it!
Total cost so far £240 and thats with my dad doing most of the work, i just stand their giving him tools and stuff when he asks for them lol
Below is the shed view from one side, bit messy as we've only totally finsihed of the shed earlier today, it's all white! very bright in there.
Below is a picture of the RO Unit installed into the shed,this will make it less messy for adding water into the tank. I also have a tap just outside the shed for normal water.
Here's some of the inhabitants for the new tank , currently in my 100g
Retic Ray on the side of the glass, shows the guy's mouth and claspers
Retic rays spike just about visible
looks soo small even in my tank!
Polypterus Weeksii , only seems to come out when im taking pictures! Camera Hogg!
Soo Far my rougthly planned stocking is the following:
Polypterus Lapredei x3
Polypterus Weeksii
Polypterus Ornatipinnis
2 Marbled Motoro Rays , one male and one female (these should be coming shortly and going into my 100g to grow out a little)
Retic Ray hopefully will be ok with the motoro's for a wile
Asian Arowana, will take T1karmann's advise and go with a Red tail golden
Zebra Shovelnose catfish
Tire track eel once i've got it feeding properly (currently only hand feeds on worms and prawns but wont touch them otherwise)
Spotted or Florida Gar although this depends what size i can get them at.
Once my Oscar get's bigger that'll go in there.
The rays will be getting swapped over for Scobina Rays once they're avaialble.
The Oscar may get left in the 100G and i might get Dat's in the bigger tank.
________________________________________________________________________________
I've currently got all the Plywood for the tank build, using 20mm marine grade plywood for the back sides and underneath, on the top of the tank i'll probs going to use 10mm ply for frame and then just have some sliders on top. I'll grab pictures of this when my dad brings it to my house. All the wood has been cut to size and cost zilch
For the viewing panel i'm using 12mm Acrylic, going to be 68*25" this shouldnt cost much more than £100
Stands Also been built using angle bar , also free
<-- pics will come along next week sometime.for filteration i am going to be making a sump, i'm going to most likely go with something like 60"L*20"W*15"H with 3 media compartments and one for the heaters and pump to go into, i already a pump which pumps 5500lph which should be enough for now.
My Parents have gone away until next wednesday so i expect some more progress and pics after then
