Supraman
Fishaholic
Well lady's and Gentlemen, its finally time to start this journal!
For a few weeks now I have been researching into how to get a larger tank for cheap, well that's just not even possible... Or so I thought. I began looking into different options, first was a full glass tank, but those are crazy expensive for the size I wanted and not to mention super heavy. Next I thought about doing a acrylic tank, while they are far lighter and slightly cheaper then glass they are a lot harder to build and eventually bow. I was in a rut, until a local friend brought up the idea of a plywood tank. The pro's to a plywood tank are they are VERY CHEAP to build, if you have ever built a box before you can build the tank, the cons are its not as heavy as glass but not as light as acrylic. I started doing hours of research, how would I seal the wood so it wouldn't rot, how would I design a viewing window, what was fish friendly and not, how big of screws should I use? all questions I took into a lot of thought. Well I now have answers to all my questions and even stumbles on a lot of good tips from people who have built these before.
I decided to build my stand first, and so far have got all the measurements ready and will be getting all the wood for the stand build by thursday. So far the measurements are as followed. KEY: L= Length W= Width H= Height S= Support 04x= 4 pieces needed of that size.
04x L 61"
12x W 36"
08x H 27"
08x S 20"
Thats it for now guys sorry for not having pictures just yet, I just got really excited and wanted to share
For a few weeks now I have been researching into how to get a larger tank for cheap, well that's just not even possible... Or so I thought. I began looking into different options, first was a full glass tank, but those are crazy expensive for the size I wanted and not to mention super heavy. Next I thought about doing a acrylic tank, while they are far lighter and slightly cheaper then glass they are a lot harder to build and eventually bow. I was in a rut, until a local friend brought up the idea of a plywood tank. The pro's to a plywood tank are they are VERY CHEAP to build, if you have ever built a box before you can build the tank, the cons are its not as heavy as glass but not as light as acrylic. I started doing hours of research, how would I seal the wood so it wouldn't rot, how would I design a viewing window, what was fish friendly and not, how big of screws should I use? all questions I took into a lot of thought. Well I now have answers to all my questions and even stumbles on a lot of good tips from people who have built these before.
I decided to build my stand first, and so far have got all the measurements ready and will be getting all the wood for the stand build by thursday. So far the measurements are as followed. KEY: L= Length W= Width H= Height S= Support 04x= 4 pieces needed of that size.
04x L 61"
12x W 36"
08x H 27"
08x S 20"
Thats it for now guys sorry for not having pictures just yet, I just got really excited and wanted to share
