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The quick answer to your question about using a 1” thick 4’ by 8’ sheet of Plexiglas (plastic) to hold back a 4 foot wall of aquarium water is NO! Although I did not engineer the Acrylic windows for Todd's 2500 gallon aquarium, he used 3/4" thick Acrylic sheets for an unsupported window...

Filtration issues will in part include all of the following: the quantity, quantity and frequency of food fed, water turnover through the sump, the type of filters in the system and to some degree the amount of new (replacement) water added. More expensive food such as smelt and Hakari Cichlid...

Just got the photos back up in this thread, sorry for the long delay.

Yup... Still alive, the 8000 is full of fish but I had to net out everything less than 24" and trade them for tank maintenance when I am traveling. The big fish are too aggressive and the smaller fish were under constant attack.

I hope to get the photos back up in my various other postings. These fish arrived FedEx in March of 2007. Today they are about 4 feet long and reside in my 8000 gallon outdoor aquarium.

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The flanges are from Home Depot, standard 4" ABS fittings. I used lots of GE Silicone II, (White Paintable) to fill any gaps and unused holes. This worked great and a year later when I took the tank down the plywood delaminated before releasing the flange sealed with Silicone II.

In the past I have used common PVC or ABS plastic flanges, on each side lined up on the hole through the wall. They can be secured to the walls with GE Silicone II, the "White Paintable" type. This material is very strong and non-toxic. For added strength drill holes through the wall where...

INSULATION is the key to saving energy. I used R-19 Fiberglass between the 2" by 8" wall studs, covered it with plastic sheeting and 1/2" plywood. My wall studs are on 12" centers so if you insulate with fiberglass get 24" material and cut it in half. Seattle had 3 days of sunshine, at last...

Very nice art work, what program did you use for the drawings?

That is exactly correct.

Yes, so let us just say with all pumps and filters operating it has swimming pool clarity.

The 8,000-gallon outdoor aquarium looks better at night. The daylight makes it difficult to get an accurate picture through the window. With the new filter setup, it is possible to read a newspaper through the water 12 feet away. An aquarium this size requires lots of filtration and a big...

If you use 3/4" plate glass, in all likelihood you will be spending more that the price of a new 180 gallon aquarium from the pet store. The glass in most 24" high aquariums is 1/2" thick. If you have people hitting it with a hammer them 3/4" is better. Constructed the steel frame, and...

I used the following Tap Plastics resin, www.tapplastics.com to seal my 8,000-gallon outdoor aquarium. TAP Isophthalic High-Strength Resin High-Strength Isophthalic is a thixotropic, low-viscosity polyester resin with excellent heat and chemical resistance. It is corrosion, temperature...

The 8000-gallon outdoor aquarium is heated with standard 500 and 1000-watt titanium heaters. The thermostatically controlled heaters reside in the 1000-gallon sump, which circulates continuously through the filters, and back into the aquarium. The total of 2,000 watts is sufficient to maintain...

The interior coating of the plywood in the 8000 gallon aquarium is polyester resin purchased from TAP Plastics. http://www.tapplastics.com/ The 600 square feet of interior surface area required about 15 gallons of resin in a single coating. A second coating would have been advisable however...

I did not build the aquarium on a concrete pad. The ground is hardpan with concrete rubble and pea gravel above. A pad would have been better and easier during construction however, I was trying to hold constructions costs under $1.00 a gallon and succeeded. The 8,000-gallon aquarium was...

Generally any farm store, grange or farmers Co-Op will cary the RubberMaid tubs. Some may also have or can order larger plastic tubs called "stock tanks" by farmers. The 300 gallon RubberMaid tub measures about 60" by 66" by 24" deep and were priced in the $250 range in the past.

I used 2 by 8 studs on one-foot centers for the 6-foot tall aquarium. I plan to write something for the article section soon.