nolapete you and the others just convinced me that my idea of going with a stacked lumber build is the design I'm looking for.. I've helped finish a basement, build a deck, and other handy-man type jobs around the house.. but the thought of working with fiberglass.. and in general building something that will hold a few hundred gallons of water in the house has been positively terrifying. lol I'm looking at building a 6'foot LxW and 24"-30" high "pond" in my basment w/ a 2' by 6' "wet/dry" that will run along the top and hold bins of plants. Both the tank and "FW refugium" will be made w/ 2x4s useing the stacked method.
1) Where can I find some info/videos of fiber glassing/coating ect? I'm still abit blurry on this and want to avoid a pondliner unless absolutely neccisary.
2) we will be moving in the next 1-2yrs and after measureing the doorways this was the largest size I could build and still get it threw the door, or am I missing something?
3) I plan on utilizing a "pond" type filter set-up using a pre-filter sponge on the input and plumbing it into the bottom of the wet/dry. Useing the stacked method shown.. I was thinking of useing a larger board ( like a 2x6)on the bottom and drilling evenly threw it to avoid "open spaces" laying the boards at the short way ( ie lots of 2' boards) or would one solid base board work? I don't want the bottom to fall out.. lol and I have no problems with "over-building" my first DIY project.
The tank will be houseing some gar , spiney eels, and retic rays.
I've been reading alot on here for the last few years and finally have a good idea of what I need, and what my fish will need.
1) Where can I find some info/videos of fiber glassing/coating ect? I'm still abit blurry on this and want to avoid a pondliner unless absolutely neccisary.
2) we will be moving in the next 1-2yrs and after measureing the doorways this was the largest size I could build and still get it threw the door, or am I missing something?
3) I plan on utilizing a "pond" type filter set-up using a pre-filter sponge on the input and plumbing it into the bottom of the wet/dry. Useing the stacked method shown.. I was thinking of useing a larger board ( like a 2x6)on the bottom and drilling evenly threw it to avoid "open spaces" laying the boards at the short way ( ie lots of 2' boards) or would one solid base board work? I don't want the bottom to fall out.. lol and I have no problems with "over-building" my first DIY project.
The tank will be houseing some gar , spiney eels, and retic rays.
I've been reading alot on here for the last few years and finally have a good idea of what I need, and what my fish will need.