DAD SAID YES TO HUGE FISH TANK! Need stock?

[muskieboy]

Tank will most likely be down in 4 years. Or my dad or mom will maintain it. By saying my allowance boosted up $20 a week I'm saying I would get $20 more than what I already get. I get $40 a week. So id be getting somewhere around $60-$70 a week. As this would help a lot with saving. My dad will pay most of it either way. I might not even have myself funds until maybe September.I will have to see when I can do this. I will collect as many materials as possible until I have funding. I have readily available a lot of wood. So the wood I might not even need. I'm starting to save every dime I get now. Sometimes if I feel that I'm gonna spend a lot of my money ill ask my parents to hold onto it. Currently my dad has $600 cash that's all mine . Lol this will all go into my tank. So for rough material cost other than wood what would cost be? Including every single thing except wood? Thanks. Haven't really gotten a solid price other than people giving me electric costs.

-Andrew

Wow....$40 a week....talking about spoiled I get about $0 a week

 

[Squirtle919]

My basement has a huge space in it. By this space I'm saying there is like half a rectangle which is in the wall and it is a small section which goes into the wall. A glass tank to fit these dimensions I need would cost well over $5000 just for the tank and stand. I also have a very good source for wood. My moms boyfriend of 5 years (lol don't know why I said that) works in a blasting mine. He has many sources of people to get free wood from so for me I get free 2x4's and free plywood. So I can get materials really cheap. Also id like to build things as I want to go to school in the future for building and designing and my this seems to be the perfect boost for more inspiration on building it.

-Andrew

I am talking about insulation nothing else. I still dont think you under stand running this size tank with no insulation is going to cost more in electric bills then in building the tank/filters etc. this is what I am trying to point out but you keep saying that your dad is pretty much happy to just throw money out when you could fix the problem at the start save the extra money and further down the line buy another tank rather then pay electricity companies.

 

[Andrew1002]

Ya i might have to save a little longer. I'll see when I have funding. Not sure yet. When I will get funds. I'll be back on the diy section after I have all funding. Then ill start looking around. Don't think I'm ready yet. Now that I'm hearing all this. I'll be going to woodworking classes next year along with building classes and drawing classes. So ill then be more suited for the tank. My dad can definetly build it. I know that. He has built tons of different things before. Including an extremely nice deck, tables,shelves, and a ton of other things. He's really good at building things. My uncle also owns a hardware store. So I can get a lot of materials really cheap along with free wood.

-Andrew

 

[Andrew1002]

How many gph is this? Just found it in my basement. Is there a way to find that out? All it says is whatevers on this tag.
-Andrew

 

[Squirtle919]

not strong enough lol the pump you will need wont fit in the palm of your hand

 

[ecoli73]

Andrew, my word of advice: get a used 125 tank($300-$500) or even a 240 gallon tank($1000) off craig list. Practice running a large tank first, then do a DIY when you have experience and fund.

The worst thing would be you build this thing and discover it's not what you envisioned.

 

[Andrew1002]

not strong enough lol the pump you will need wont fit in the palm of your hand

Ya lol I figured. I have a crap load of large pool pumps and pool filters. My dad used to buy a bunch to set up peoples pools. My garage is full! I am pretty sure the smallest one he has is for like a 2000 gallon pool. I'll check tommorow though. We have so many pool things. I've seen on YouTube some of the pumps they use are identical to the pool pumps we have.

-Andrew

 

[Crazyfish88]

Ya i might have to save a little longer. I'll see when I have funding. Not sure yet. When I will get funds. I'll be back on the diy section after I have all funding. Then ill start looking around. Don't think I'm ready yet. Now that I'm hearing all this. I'll be going to woodworking classes next year along with building classes and drawing classes. So ill then be more suited for the tank. My dad can definetly build it. I know that. He has built tons of different things before. Including an extremely nice deck, tables,shelves, and a ton of other things. He's really good at building things. My uncle also owns a hardware store. So I can get a lot of materials really cheap along with free wood.

-Andrew

I don't doubt your dad can build it. Most dad's are handy men. But if u need to go away for school why not wait til after your done or when u move out and on your own? Monster tanks needs a lot of dedication and time to maintain it. I highly doubt your dad or mom will help u with maintenance. I spend about 3-4 hours alone per week on maintenance for my 450 and I tell u it ain't fun doing it. With costs on building it. I would estimate $1000 or more in materials just in building the tank even if made of wood. Also the cost of the big front glass panels for viewing. Those aren't cheap being the most expensive part. Then u have all the costs for equipment and filtration. Your 500 gallon whole set up would probably still run u at least a few thousand after all setup and done. 60 bux a week isn't much to save unless you planning on eating instant noodles everyday for the next couple years lol.


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[Andrew1002]

Andrew, my word of advice: get a used 125 tank($300-$500) or even a 240 gallon tank($1000) off craig list. Practice running a large tank first, then do a DIY when you have experience and fund.

The worst thing would be you build this thing and discover it's not what you envisioned.

I need something way bigger than a 125 for my stock.... That's how this idea came up. I'm going to need around 200 gallons for my stock then about 300 gallons for any added stock.

-Andrew

 

[CarvinSigX]

Andrew, my word of advice: get a used 125 tank($300-$500) or even a 240 gallon tank($1000) off craig list. Practice running a large tank first, then do a DIY when you have experience and fund.

The worst thing would be you build this thing and discover it's not what you envisioned.

Totally agree. He needs the big tank pretty soon as well. I believe he has 3 Oscars in a 55g right now.

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