3000 liter plywood tank/paludaria

bymoor

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Well here we go finally. I've been building this tank for almost a year now as got some other things to do in the meantime. Planning started already 2 years ago by searching for new house where I could build a larger tank for stingrays and other amazon fishes I have.

Basics:
- Measures: 2950 x 1200 x 800 (~116" x 48" x 31")
- Aquarium volume: 3000 liters ~ 800 gallons
- Total volume including terrarium: 6000 liters ~ 1600 gallons
- Filtration: 6000L/H sand filter with 2 chambers to give better biological filtration

Materials:
- 21mm plywood with studs from same material
- Steel frames around glass and back wall
- Base from concrete blocks
- Topped 760 grams of fiberglass with epoxy
- 15mm Float glass
- Laminate to cover the structures
- Acryl sheets to cover the terrarium

Inhabitants:
- 2x L25, 3x L282, L600, 2x Adonis, P.hystrix, P.motoro, 2x S.daemon, 7x G.winemilleri, Gymnotus carapo, Osteoglossum ferreirai, Cichlasoma festae
- To be added: Lepisosteus Oculatus, Electric Blue Jack Dempsey, L14, L155, L48, Cichla ocellaris...

Pics:






...to be continued...
 

bymoor

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Filtration..









And here are the comparison pics after sand filters had ran for 1 day:



...to be continued...
 

bymoor

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tank structures are now covered with laminate and terrarium is also done.






And with moonlights on:


And the latest video:
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sN6u3DyJQM[/YT]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sN6u3DyJQM


There are some more videos in my Youtube channel. Now the target is to get more bogwood(bigger ones) in the tank and plants to terrarium side. And also the room where aquarium is needs renovation.. :/
 

Yanbbrox

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Stunning work, congrats and thanks for the share.
 
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