2500 gallon idea yes or no??
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lol the gars and everything else will be eating chickens.. lol maybe down the road ill make it salt water..hhhmmm sharks anyone lolol
Im all with marine lol lots of work and money gotta tell you....then again I work once a week on low wage...Im 15 lol
For freshwater..I like the piranah idea lol
Just saw this thread for the first time. Have a couple suggestions.
- When setting the glass make sure to account for the concrete shifting with temperature and time.
- When finishing the concrete, make sure to seal it well. It will leach calcium and lime into the water, creating major chemistry issues for you if you don't. Been there, done that... never wanna deal with it again.
- I would avoid the heavy bodied fish when using glass. Acrlyic will take beating from them, but I've seen many large glass tanks shatter when hit right by fish like redtails. Gravel or any hard thing that gets between the fish and the glass creates a nice pressure point that will lead to a major failure.
yeah Ive done a lot of research for this i really appreciate your input Ive ordered 1" thick aquarium glass from a good buddy of mine that owns a glass company he told me that it should 100% take the weight of the water and a good beating from the inside such as a big hit from the gar or rtc im just already dreading water changes lol 15% is like 375 gallons lol do that once a week yee haa bring on the fun i have lots of peaple telling me when its done there going to help me build a bar on the other side of the room so we can drink and watch the big ole fish swim by lol i found im going to be using a un used pool filter there will be a good circulation of water now just wat to do for an over sized bubbler? lol
to seal the cement im going to be useing lots of dry lock im wanting to do like 4 or so coats right up to the glass so it seals the framing as well as the rest of the tank there will be braces on the to to help the from from bowing out ward and to hold the light fixtures
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Something to think about is what to do if you need to drain the tank for maintenance? Some of the large tank guys build in a low wall right down the center of the tank to keep the left and right sides separate. This makes it possible to drain one side completely if you need to re-seal something or do some work in the lower areas of the tank. The other side would be designed to hold enough water to support the fish a few days while the maintenance is going on. So there would be two separate plumbing systems and so on.
Additional benefit for the wall in the middle is to create a visual barrier/block to help keep the bottom dwelling fish from fighting. L shaped tanks are also strongly recommended for this visual barrier.
Looking forward to updates J
Something to think about is what to do if you need to drain the tank for maintenance? Some of the large tank guys build in a low wall right down the center of the tank to keep the left and right sides separate. This makes it possible to drain one side completely if you need to re-seal something or do some work in the lower areas of the tank. The other side would be designed to hold enough water to support the fish a few days while the maintenance is going on. So there would be two separate plumbing systems and so on.
Additional benefit for the wall in the middle is to create a visual barrier/block to help keep the bottom dwelling fish from fighting. L shaped tanks are also strongly recommended for this visual barrier.
Looking forward to updates J
