Cliff, you outta move down to Texas bud, I need another monster catfish keeper locally 
just sayin
just sayin18' x 9' x 3.5' catfish tank build in progress.....
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lol, I'm thinking north carolina, but nice gesture anyway! This build is on hold officially before it even starts.
Acrylic isn't too bad to cut. 1" will be a ***** depending what you're using to cut it, but it's doable. Just need to make sure you have a spray bottle to cool the blade if you're using a jigsaw or something.
Glad to see you thinking again dude. I liked your first idea, but you're right, you will use the space I wound up covering one pane of my corner design anyway because my TSN is mentally handicapped and gets freaked out by something about being able to see out two sides.
Glad to see you thinking again dude. I liked your first idea, but you're right, you will use the space
I wound up covering one pane of my corner design anyway because my TSN is mentally handicapped and gets freaked out by something about being able to see out two sides.cvermeulen;3961035; said:
I think they're ALL mentally hadicapped. THis is how mine died... something spooked him when he was at one end of the tank and he shot out of the other end and hit the block wall. with 14' of tank to build up his speed to jump he hit pretty hard... R.I.P. Buddy...
At any rate, I did not get the little RTC yesterday like I was supposed to. Apparently the guy lost his heat and most of his tanks came down with ich. They didn't want to take the chance... I'll be getting one on the 21st now, that's the next time we'll be able to meet up... I think they could tell I was a little bumbed...
DIY tip of the day;
Oh, and if you plan to use pond armor for anything be sure to warm it up by soaking the containers in HOT water for an hour before using it.
Oh, and if you plan to use pond armor for anything be sure to warm it up by soaking the containers in HOT water for an hour before using it.
Good Tip TFG, Glad to see your thinking out loud again Necro, I need to do the same, been while since I've been in the game as well.
TheFishGuy;3961322; said:
Yeah they might be. I hear this a lot. The last one I had always had a split nose, the one I have now looks like donald duck after he runs into something, cuz he bent his nose upward when he was little. *much head shaking*
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
You should make a movie!
I have just joined to forum and that is the best read, find, idea and everything. I gotta go back and start over. I flipped every fifth page page. A.D.H.D and at work.
What I got out of it:
EPIC TANK BUILD, GREAT IDEA's, I WANT TO do this, drunken *****, divorce (sorry for you) and school in the future and broke. (sorry been there). So where we at? Can you make a DVD of this?
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You should make a movie!
I have just joined to forum and that is the best read, find, idea and everything. I gotta go back and start over. I flipped every fifth page page. A.D.H.D and at work.
What I got out of it:
EPIC TANK BUILD, GREAT IDEA's, I WANT TO do this, drunken *****, divorce (sorry for you) and school in the future and broke. (sorry been there). So where we at? Can you make a DVD of this?
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
robr0924;3964191; said:
Well right now everything is on hold. I do have a job that I will be starting april 1st(unless they are pulling a cruel april fool's joke on me). That will stabilize my fanancial situation although I won't be making very much money I will have way more time in my life to do things vs. when I was working for 14-16 hr per day schwan's. If everything goes as planned I will be building the smaller tank I laid out and setting it up here in my duplex in montana. If everything falls apart again(most likely scenario) I will have to regroup in north carolina(or wherever) get my feet back on the ground and forget about fishkeeping for the forseeable future. I do think that one day a long time from now I will build another tank to similar dimensions as this one and make sure that I make it a tad taller with larger viewing windows. Maybe I'll daydream a plan and post it on here!
lol, here's a quick sketchup of what I'd like to do as far as dimensions. It would roughly be 24' x 12' x 4' external. Makes it roughly 7000 gals on internal dimensions. If you use the external dimensions you would get roughly 8600 gals. Would be nice to build something like this. Would have to do a smaller tank to keep me happy and get some fish in my life first. This would be the tank I would do after I get to a point in my life where I can own a home again. It would be an outside tank of course. Housing as many catfish as I could stuff in it. Alas it is just a dream...... Hope that you guys don't get disappointed when reading this. Would use construction similar to what I was doing on this tank except improvised a lil. Maybe if I have to move back in with my mom I can talk her into letting me build it on her property lol. Picture is of just 20' wide, but I think I would just round it off to 24' instead. lol. Might want to check with pc to make sure it would be suitable to house just a single rtc for life.
