Building a 1500 Gallon plywood & glass tank

[VLDesign]

Yeah it's didn't look all that bad here until later in the night. Glad you made it back without issue.

Morning update:
Moisture & Mold resistant dry wall is up and first coat of mud is done.

 

[laxplaya8613]

damn man, that looks amazing. i wish i had the knowledge/resources/room to build something like this.

 

[basslover34]

Might I suggest a removable panel for the top... I like the built in look with the drywall... but not feeling the lights showing like that....

Looks AWSOME THOUGH!!!

 

[nolapete]

Leak stopped!

After using an entire (Tiny cup) of grease and a few extra turns on the nut I woke up this morning to a dry floor.

Back on track.

Will complete the fill after work, dive in the tank to clean the walls and inside glass (Dirty from all the draining and filling), rearrange the sand and rocks and get this thing running full bore. Will update pictures this weekend. If all goes good I will hang the front drywall as well.

Glad that worked for you Rich.

 

[nolapete]

Sounds good. I have a question though will you eventually have to grease it again? Not sure how fast silicone grease breaks down, just curious. Looking really good. All these monster tanks getting finished gives me a new boost of git-r-done!

You don't. It lasts a long time and since it won't come in contact with water or oxygen there's little to actually break it down other than time.

 

[necrocanis]

Starting to look sweet! I'll have to keep that silicone grease in mind for my build! I have one question. When you ran the pipes did you just run them straight through the side? I'm almost thinking I will have to do an overflow pipe on mine to set the water level so that if I have a power outage it won't overflow the sump I'll have on it. I've toyed with the idea of running pipes straight through the side, and that means I would have to make a bend in the pipe so that I can set the water level. I don't really have that much height to work with compared the the size pipes I'll be using though. I have an idea though! Are you gonna trim the window?

 

[cvermeulen]

Man that's going to look really nice when you finish the drywall. I second the motion for a curtain or a vertical flap hanging from the ceiling to hide the lights, but that can be moved out of the way for feeding/maintenance.

 

[aldawg]

awesome tank!!!!!!!

 

[Zeppelin3k]

very well done!

Just shoot me a pm when you put your house on the market. I know someone thats intrested

 

[Kcameron]

more sand! you should get some mangroves and grasses in there, man. That would look amazing. I'm excited that its finally getting stocked