300 Gallon Plywood tank build
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I love your tank, the stain is awesome and the stand is just as nice! This inspires me to build a plywood tank around the same size, 300G +/- for my Asian red tail.
Great work, its a true masterpiece
Great work, its a true masterpiece
Hey guys, I thought I'd share this shot of my tank's moonlights. I think it looks pretty cool.
The lids are open because I had to patch a couple of spot on the lids with epoxy.
The lids are open because I had to patch a couple of spot on the lids with epoxy.
Just a quick update.
Pics of the lid.
The glass strips protect the lights from water splashing on them
Before tiling the step
After tiling the step
Pics of the lid.
The glass strips protect the lights from water splashing on them
Before tiling the step
After tiling the step
Man, that tank makes those silver dollars look TINY. And is that a bala and some angels too? Great job on the build. What is the total height of the tank? It looks to be around eye level when standing. And lighting... 2 x 4ft light strips?
nice tank so what did you decide with now you have it running. i can see angels silver dollars ballas and an aro.
thats some nice craftsmanship.The stock list of this tank isn't quite what I planned on, but I suppose one never knows when keeping monster fish with monster personalities.
I originally wanted the Aro, CK, Oscar and catfish in the 300Gallon, but the Oscar was just too aggressive. So he got moved to my 80Gal tank and the inhabitants of the 80Gal got moved to the 300Gal.
Stock list at the moment:
1 x Silver Aro (approaching 12")
1 x Clown Knife
2 x Common Plecs
2 x Sun Catfish
4 x Angels
4 x Silver Dollars
4 x Bala Sharks
Everyone gets along 99.9% of the time.
As for the total height of the setup... about 6' 1". That's the reason for the step; to ease feeding and cleaning.
Lighting isn't up to what is should be. I'm only running 1x3' and 1x2' lamps. I'll look into upgrading that bit at a later stage, but I must admit I'm liking the chilled out vibe the "dimly" lit tank gives the room.
I originally wanted the Aro, CK, Oscar and catfish in the 300Gallon, but the Oscar was just too aggressive. So he got moved to my 80Gal tank and the inhabitants of the 80Gal got moved to the 300Gal.
Stock list at the moment:
1 x Silver Aro (approaching 12")
1 x Clown Knife
2 x Common Plecs
2 x Sun Catfish
4 x Angels
4 x Silver Dollars
4 x Bala Sharks
Everyone gets along 99.9% of the time.
As for the total height of the setup... about 6' 1". That's the reason for the step; to ease feeding and cleaning.
Lighting isn't up to what is should be. I'm only running 1x3' and 1x2' lamps. I'll look into upgrading that bit at a later stage, but I must admit I'm liking the chilled out vibe the "dimly" lit tank gives the room.
pretty good thinking on that onemaxumis;1136327; said:Thought I would do a quick update on this thread.
Here is how the tank looks at the moment. The second background is in and repaired. I'm planning on curing the backgrounds for 2 weeks before I'll attempt putting in any fish.
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This is a pic of a 300gph pump behind one of the backgrounds.
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The pump feeds these undergravel jets.
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So I can stuff the back of the backgrounds with filter material and thus have my backgrounds function as filters
A lot of the amazon fish like subdued lighting anyway. Plus plants wont last long with SDs so why not just leave it like it is if you are fine with it. I'm a fan of large tanks with smaller fish so I think your stocking is cool. Maybe you could add a few clown loaches as well?
