I think that they eventually will, and I agree they are all very scared and I almost have to sneak up to the tank to take pictures otherwise they retreat to the corners. As soon as they are all recovered I will be adding some more fish including a stingray which will almost certainly stress them out even more, but they should grow considerably by that time.
600g DIY plywood build
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Excellent plywood build man! Very similar to what I plan on doing in the future. Definitely the best overall wood build I have seen. A lot of other builds on here use way too much wood for bracing, making the tanks overly bulky. No need to make the entire thing with 4x4's lol
Did you think about matching the sides with the background? I think that would have taken it to a whole new level! I really dig the carved background though. Looks great! What did you use to paint it?
Maybe you mentioned before in a previous post, I may have missed it, where did you get the corrugated greenhouse material?
Did you think about matching the sides with the background? I think that would have taken it to a whole new level! I really dig the carved background though. Looks great! What did you use to paint it?
Maybe you mentioned before in a previous post, I may have missed it, where did you get the corrugated greenhouse material?
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Thanks, that means a lot! I did think about matching the sides but I was hoping that my plants will grow in thick to cover up the blue. I wanted a slightly different look and figured the rock on the sides might have been overkill. I used Drylok to color and paint the styrofoam mixing it with liquid concrete coloring. I got the corrugated greenhouse roofing from Lowes I believe, possibly Home Depot. Most large home improvement stores carry it, they sold it in 2*8 foot sections for about $20 each. I figure if it ever becomes to nasty I will just replace it as I only need about $60 worth. It's amazing what just putting a top on the tank does for humidity.
Thank you for your advanced work. I'm planning to build a 1000 gallons plywood tank and the price will be around $4000, base on your 600 cost $2200.
Glad to help! I know that their are many others on the forums right now building much larger plywood tanks around 1000 gallons, you might check out their builds and see how much they are spending to get an even closer estimate.
Well, all remaining fish are still alive, and I am happy to say that all of the Altifrons are doing well and took to my pellet mix very quickly. While they don't seem to be super excited when I feed yet, I have seen each and every one eat at least a few pellets so they understand that it is food. My Bichir and Datnoid are a different story however, I cannot get them to eat pellets, worms, or shrimp. I am hoping they come around soon, but it has already been a week and they refuse to eat and are both still extremely terrified of the tank while my group of Altifrons seem to love their new place. 
your build is amazing!! just one question how much of a gap did you leave for the silicon.
About a 2 inch gap so it had plenty of strength. You could do more or less depending on the size of your build.
I got the pond armor off of amazon and the glass from glasscages.com. I used 2 different colors of pond armor and the glass is 1/2 inch starphire.
