Any "modular" aquarium builds out there?

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wannadivesteve

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I've got a long wall in the basement but I like the idea of being able to downsize if I want to change things.

I saw a mention by "coolkeith" (I think) in an old thread. I wonder if it all came together. I'd prefer to do plywood.

Any idea on how to successfully do it?
 
Nope. The modular tank I built is about 90% complete though. The problem I ran into is that it's too heavy for my current home, which has a crawlspace (no basement).

The modular tank design I came up with was not your typical plywood build. It had much more redundancy built into it, since I wanted it to be both portable and durable.
Each section of the tank can easily be moved by one person with a hand truck. Up/down stairs and through 30" doorways without much worry of cracking the epoxy.

Each section of the tank was 5' long and consisted of:
2 layers of 3/4" Birch Plywood
1 layer of FRP (fiberglass reinforced plastic panels glued to the plywood inside the tank) (FRP is waterproof, but not fish safe)
3 layers of poured Epoxy Resin to seal it up completely and make it fish safe.
The corners were then reinforced with precasted slabs of concrete and more epoxy resin to glue and seal the concrete. (The concrete also gives the inside of the aquarium a racetrack shape).

I had a lot fun building it. Hopefully it gets to hold water someday.
 
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