a tank like the spaceball ship

[basslover34]

LOL Ok... well the Joists run in one direction for the most part which means that you wouldn't have any problem running with them... however with your design you are going to have to cut across them which means you either are dropping the "canal" below them or going through them which is not exactly a good idea since these are what holds the floor of your house together.

 

[Gobrian44]

you need to build a concrete compound like me lol....just build concrete canals....and put plexiglass over it lol

 

[Retuks]

concrete glued to a raised building with xxxx gallons of water flowing through it. that sounds rough on the arowana too

 

[Columbian Shark Catfish]

im talking about the floor beams not the support beams. hence your house doesn't fall apart if u dropped a bowling ball through it. if you bolt the fiberglass canals TO THE FLOOR first. (imagine bolting very strong and large rain gutters under the house), then saw off/cut out the wooden planks between the opening of the gutter AFTER it is already bolted to the rest of the floor (keeping them together). we will not remove any of the support beams or joists under the house. just cutting around the open floor itself.

thnks columbian

anytime

 

[I<3fish]

Dude, this tank will not fit a full grown arowana... Just be responsible, not stupid and make a large tank that is long, wide and a decent height to it. It will cost less, not make your arowana feel trapped and wont have as much complications as your current idea. Trash it it won't work.

 

[JakeH]

Could it be done? Sure...anything is possible these days. Would you kick your own ass every day for the rest of your life for spending the time/money/effort it took to do it? Absolutely. Forget trying to retrofit this to an existing structure. You would have to design a new house around the tank.

 

[basslover34]

I'll give you credit for the thought and the imagination... but as I said before this would be a HUGE undertaking... one which most people here would not bother with due to the cost and the headaches of dealing with the structure in such a way. this is not simply a lego set that you can pull pieces out and replace with another, there are some serious structure changing things that would need to happen to make it work... which basically most contractors would simply tell you it's easier and cheaper to just knock down the old one and put up a new one that is designed for this type of installation.

 

[nubz]

long and thin isnt in, short and fat is where its at.

 

[Miomo]

nice house XD and itd be hard to put a tank in an existing floor with/out tearing the house down anyway and what if the auarium breaks? then wtf u gunna do with all that water? ur house would be sinking into the ground! and there would be major filtration involved with a tank so big and it would be a hard setup in space and things!with the wall u'd need to tear the whole thing down and if your lucky the ceiling wont cave i on you.
my advisory, do that BEFORE u build the house

MY LAST WORDS, GOOD LUCK MAN!

 

[MaddMaxx]

Its defly a RAD idea man... BassLover said it all, but it is sweet.