7'x12' Plywood Build For My Rays

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wednesday13 said:
I knew u were alive haha...these things take time and patience not to mention some serious change $$$. Thought of a bottom drain makes me cringe lol but there very effective. Have u thought about a drain halfway up the wall just incase of a leak?

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Money is not an issue. Remember I don't have a 600 gallon acrylic tank anymore.:D Instead I reinvested it into this.

The bottom drain won't be a traditional one. This will be an over the edge version. The only place for a leak will be between the tank and the sump. Almost no gap as they will be next to each other so a full drain from a leak shouldn't happen. I will show you folks this one if all goes well this weekend when I fire up a test version of it.:thumbup:
 
Looking forward to the updates :). Ill be busy with my hobby today to. I get my plastic from smooth on today , Gonna buy a bunch of 4 in PVC pipe and elbows , 45's ect and coat with plastic and re layer the plastic with purple ect. Make it look like live rock

I'm very excited to get off work
 
marinerules said:
Just found johng thread. His tank is really similar to yours.

I've made some PDFs so I can view them later as reference material


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Originally I was going to lift the tank a little higher off the floor to use standard bottom drains found in a few of the larger tanks on here and larger ponds. Not wanting to risk any fish if there was a failure on that type of bottom drain I am going a different route with the bottom drains. This has allowed me to keep the tank build very similar to how JohnG built his. Another reason I have also not gone any further is because I am contemplating going a little higher.:D

cdrake261 said:
That's roughly a 1,850 gallon tank, no? How much does it cost to heat those two 1k watt heaters for a month?
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1400-1500 gallons based off the inside dimensions. I quit paying attention to electrical costs. I will say this my garage is fully insulated, dry walled and heated allowing me to use only 1 watt of heat per gallon to maintain temps in any of the tanks I put out there. I didn't turn tank heaters on till a few weeks ago. Remember I live outside of Chicago Illinois.:eek: Come summer time zero heaters are used. Instead it is a 24/7 cold water drip that helps keep the tank temperatures where they need to be.
 
Silent Bob said:
Originally I was going to lift the tank a little higher off the floor to use standard bottom drains found in a few of the larger tanks on here and larger ponds. Not wanting to risk any fish if there was a failure on that type of bottom drain I am going a different route with the bottom drains. This has allowed me to keep the tank build very similar to how JohnG built his. Another reason I have also not gone any further is because I am contemplating going a little higher.:D



1400-1500 gallons based off the inside dimensions. I quit paying attention to electrical costs. I will say this my garage is fully insulated, dry walled and heated allowing me to use only 1 watt of heat per gallon to maintain temps in any of the tanks I put out there. I didn't turn tank heaters on till a few weeks ago. Remember I live outside of Chicago Illinois.:eek: Come summer time zero heaters are used. Instead it is a 24/7 cold water drip that helps keep the tank temperatures where they need to be.
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Interesting...Looks pretty cool. I do have to ask, what was your wife reaction when you told her you were going to build such a large tank?
 
Silent Bob said:
That was simple. The only question she asked was will she still be able to park her car in the garage.
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Sounds like a lucky man...I told my wife a couple weeks ago I wanted to build a 30"x60" plywood tank, she told me that we needed to buy a house first.

I'll probably end up building one anyways, but that's a next year's project. Where did you buy your glass from?
 
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