220 gallon Florida native tank

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notho2000 said:
Very impressive. That's the way it should be done!!
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Thank you sir! My old job had me snorkeling in the Everglades, so I was able to get some good ideas about how things should look. I may be pushing the plant diversity a bit though.

BTW, where did you collect fliers? Farther north than me, I assume.
 
One of the nicest setups I've seen. I have been pondering a similar build but never truly found a way to to it that is reliable. Can you give a little more detail on the build and glass to plywood connection?
 
I caught them in a pond near Freeport, in the Destin area up in the Panhandle.
 
Rairdog said:
One of the nicest setups I've seen. I have been pondering a similar build but never truly found a way to to it that is reliable. Can you give a little more detail on the build and glass to plywood connection?
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I got the inspiration for this build from uarujoey on youtube. He has a series of videos where he demonstrates building a 6 x 6 ft tank with a plywood bottom.

This tank is a combination of recycled glass from my old tank with a new front and sides. I used a tile saw to cut up the glass from my old tank to make the corner overflow and the euro braces. The bottom of this one is 3/4 in ply with 1.5 x 0.75 inch strips around the perimeter. The perimeter strips are on top of the plywood and are glued and screwed from below. I attached the front and two sides but left the rear strip unattached to be screwed on after the glass panels were in place. I then drilled the bottom for 4 bulkheads (3 drains and the return). I sealed the plywood with black Pond Armor epoxy. This stuff is very thick and difficult to mix and doesn't go on with a brush, you have to use a Bondo spreader. Joey gives a pretty good description of working with Pond Armor in his videos. After the epoxy cured I sanded the seam areas where the silicone would adhere as per the instructions. The rest of it went together the same way as any other glass tank. I used Momentive RTV103 black silicone from Grainger for all seams.
 
coonass said:
I got the inspiration for this build from uarujoey on youtube. He has a series of videos where he demonstrates building a 6 x 6 ft tank with a plywood bottom.

This tank is a combination of recycled glass from my old tank with a new front and sides. I used a tile saw to cut up the glass from my old tank to make the corner overflow and the euro braces. The bottom of this one is 3/4 in ply with 1.5 x 0.75 inch strips around the perimeter. The perimeter strips are on top of the plywood and are glued and screwed from below. I attached the front and two sides but left the rear strip unattached to be screwed on after the glass panels were in place. I then drilled the bottom for 4 bulkheads (3 drains and the return). I sealed the plywood with black Pond Armor epoxy. This stuff is very thick and difficult to mix and doesn't go on with a brush, you have to use a Bondo spreader. Joey gives a pretty good description of working with Pond Armor in his videos. After the epoxy cured I sanded the seam areas where the silicone would adhere as per the instructions. The rest of it went together the same way as any other glass tank. I used Momentive RTV103 black silicone from Grainger for all seams.
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Thanks! That makes sense. I figured you used plywood strips around the bottom.
 
Cool tank and cool shrimp. If its not too much trouble, I would like to see a pic of your shrimp traps.

Also did you catch the gar? if yes, line or net? Don't they get aggressive with your sunfish?

How often do you have to do water changes on a thank that size?
 
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