Decided to give plywood a shot

[islander671]

Was in the DIY mood last weekend. cut and assembled saturday afternoon, coated and sealed sunday, second coat on monday. had glass cut tuesday, installed glass and intake out output valves tuesday night. wednesday and today will let dry. friday fill it with water..and hope hope hope that it will hold and not leak. heheh..im not gonna start the stand canopy and filtration until i know it will hold water.









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[guppy]

Good luck.

 

[thamunsta]

looks nice so far

 

[FUB]

WOw, your really got a big work shop to play with

 

[repair]

Lookin good.

 

[bosshawg]

hope everything turns out alright lookingood so far

 

[islander671]

Thanks all. filled her up late thursday night, succesfully held water until saturday afternoon. At which point i recieved some very helpful advice from a fellow member (thanks lem). Drained the tank at added another layer of epoxy with fiberglass fabric to reinforce the lining and prevent it from cracking while transporting the tank. am now waiting for it to cure in a few days and add one final layer.

 

[rayman45]

looks good

looks like u have a workshop

 

[islander671]

looks good

looks like u have a workshop

thanks. i used to build custom boxes and do automtoive audio work before i joined the military and i still have all my woodworking tools. ive foundthat building an aquarium is alot like building a sub box.

i saw on another post you were gonna try a plywood box too. any luck with it?

 

[rayman45]

i was going to
but not worth it for such a small tank.
i wanted to try a small tank like 2 foot cube.