950 Plywood/Acrylic Build on Wheels!

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Congrats!!! How did you repair the seam/leak?
 
mfreader said:
Sorry to see there is a leak, you might try to seal all of the epoxy joint seams with RTV silicone or some other silicone, if you've not done so. It may also provide some protection for potential seam stress cracks.

On a separate point, I'm interested in the mechanics of actually moving the tank once it's loaded with sand and rock (assuming you're doing some substrate, etc.). With a mass of this size and length, pushing or pulling may put some torque on the support beams that may transfer up to the tank box. (I'm assuming you would not try to push on the tank itself as this would almost certainly stress the seams.)

You may need some pulley devices to even out the forces on the attachment points. Will you use some kind of motorized winching system to pull the tank out at a very slow speed? There will be a lot of inertia to overcome and if the tank starts moving to quickly, the water will be left behind initially and create a rather large slosh forward, then back---your rock work will need to be very stable so things don't tumble against a sidewall. Once it's moved out, how will you reverse the process to put it back in the original location? Will you be leaving the fish in the tank when you roll it back and forth from the wall?

Sorry about all the questions, but moving this tank looks like a challenging engineering problem to solve.
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I would drain the tank so that there is only 12 inches or so of water in it. Then slowly roll it forward if I ever had to. Lets hope I never have to...
 
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coolkeith said:
I think they used 3M 5200 marine adhesive. So it's no easy fix. That stuff is permanent. I imagine it would need to be sawed off somehow. Also the window was bonded to the old liner, not the tank itself (which may add another issue later on).
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The liner was cut around the window. The wood around the window was epoxied and then we siliconed where the liner and max acr meet. Hopefully no issues later on....
 
I wanted to get peoples opinions/suggestions as if it were a "live" build versus showing everyone what I did.

The tank has been holding water since June and has had fish in it since July.

Looking back, I wish I would have started a thread when I was building the tank. A lot of people had great suggestions. Since the tank was already completed months before I even started the thread, I never could implement any ones suggestions. However, then maybe I would have never put the tank on wheels which I still think wasn't a bad idea....

I never intended to be arrogant as some of you may have thought. I was just being confident in the work we had done.

Thank you to everyone who has provided us with feedback.

Pictures of the completed tank will be up soon!
 
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