18' x 9' x 3.5' catfish tank build in progress.....

[necrocanis]

wow 300 reply's to this thread congrats, look's like this could be one of the the biggest thread in this setion by the time its finished.

johnptc's thread was massive though

Yeah, it's too bad I don't have the funds to keep up at a pace comparative to John's though lol. I remember that thread it was massive. I think this is my largest thread so far, definitely has grown the fastest if it's not the largest.

 

[necrocanis]

Hey if the thread goes over 540 posts it will contain 1% of all the posts in the diy section lol. Way more people have viewed it though. There is something intriguing about building a large tank. It's everyone's dream on here, but I had to realize that I wasn't getting rich enough to build something super expensive right away so I had to find another way to do it. Luckily I can look to another hobby for a source of income to fund this tank(hopefully) I'm going to cataloge my skulls and see what I can bare to sell. I'll link it here probably tomorrow, but it will be in the buy and sell section. Thanks to everyone for their support. I wouldn't be this far without the constant push from everyone on here lol. Even the annoying people that can only complain serve to push me harder, mainly because I want to prove them wrong(hopefully).

As for plans on the tank. Tomorrow if there is anywhere descent open I will get the remainder of what I need to finish the skeleton including screws, and the rest of the ply for the outside of the tank. Hopefully I can get enough quality 2x4s to start the top rails. The design in my mind has changed completely since this thread started. That's mainly thanks to you guys, and my lack of cash.

 

[FSM]

Was the little window in the plans all along? I thought you were just going to have the 2 2'x4' windows.

 

[idle0095]

wow now thats a monster

 

[idle0095]

Whos the girl in the pic?

 

[necrocanis]

Was the little window in the plans all along? I thought you were just going to have the 2 2'x4' windows.

It was a last minute addition. I thought It would look better with some additional viewing space right in the center. If you do the math it will have a total of about 10' of viewing windows. So I can see the fish in the majority of the tank.

Whos the girl in the pic?

She's my wife.



I just went out and bought another $25 worth of screws. I'm hoping that this is the last batch. I bought 1 lbs of the 3" screws that I am using on this main portion, and bought 5 lbs of 1.5" screws for the ply wood installation. There's over 1,000 screws in the 1.5" box, so hopefully that's enough. Looks like there will be about 25 lbs total of screws in this project lol. Pics later tonight.

 

[RedDevilDon2005]

keep up the pace brother, its lookin amazing

 

[sterling_mcdaniel]

Hey necro you should get the navy to sponsor you, just let them test submarines in it....LOL

 

[aspear]

any pics

 

[necrocanis]

keep up the pace brother, its lookin amazing

Thanks man. So far it's out to about the 15' mark, and should get it full length today, but the wall to the far right won't be complete for a while. Final measurements will be close to 17' 6" Just the way it worked out to keep it even after I changed the sizes on the windows.

Hey necro you should get the navy to sponsor you, just let them test submarines in it....LOL

I wish man. So long as their subs are live catfish lol. Maybe catfish with lazers on their heads!!!

any pics

Pic ho! JK