or the boston aquarium ther amazon tank is nice with huge an a 4 foot rtc and a 3 foot armored cat they are big fish
DIY TANK PROJECT
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The vancouver aquarium would be the closest Aquarium you could visit with a monster tank, and monster fish.
Agreed that the pH is not a big deal, and I wouldn't try to mess with altering it. Set yourself up an automatic waterchange system on float switches, you'll thank yourself later.
Are you looking for that peice of acrylic to be the entire front viewing window? Have you ever considered re-thinking your idea, and making the 'viewing' window possibly smaller then the dimensions of your tank. This way you would not have to have a single sheet of acrylic, seemed togethor at the corner, supporting 1/4 the tank. Especially with a tank so tall. I would go with a 10' viewing window, and build a frame around it out of other materials.. or you could do two 6 foot viewing windows, with a center brace..
I know a person here who works in the acrylic business.. He was looking into building tanks, and was rambling off some sizes he can get. The largest he said he could get was a 14'x8'x2" sheet, I think. I will ask him next time I see him..
Agreed that the pH is not a big deal, and I wouldn't try to mess with altering it. Set yourself up an automatic waterchange system on float switches, you'll thank yourself later.
Are you looking for that peice of acrylic to be the entire front viewing window? Have you ever considered re-thinking your idea, and making the 'viewing' window possibly smaller then the dimensions of your tank. This way you would not have to have a single sheet of acrylic, seemed togethor at the corner, supporting 1/4 the tank. Especially with a tank so tall. I would go with a 10' viewing window, and build a frame around it out of other materials.. or you could do two 6 foot viewing windows, with a center brace..
I know a person here who works in the acrylic business.. He was looking into building tanks, and was rambling off some sizes he can get. The largest he said he could get was a 14'x8'x2" sheet, I think. I will ask him next time I see him..
"Fish are not nearly as sensitive to pH as some guides might lead you to think."
I couldn't agree more; the pH isn't nearly as important as overall water quality and stablility. I live in Revere, MA and our tap water is steady at 7.8. The only things I add to the water are dechlorinactor and a little bit of salt.
I look at it as one less catstrophic thing that can go wrong.
I couldn't agree more; the pH isn't nearly as important as overall water quality and stablility. I live in Revere, MA and our tap water is steady at 7.8. The only things I add to the water are dechlorinactor and a little bit of salt.
I look at it as one less catstrophic thing that can go wrong.
If you can't find a supplier try emailing some of the large public aquariums such as Monteray Bay, just ask for the name/address of their builders.
GessWho2k5,
I am constructing a 2' x 3' x 8' Arowana home for my Silver, Gu-Kan lll.
I'll put a 2' x 8' x .500" plexi front pannel I got here at this place...
I found that this place can supply your thick Plexi needs...
you might have to get that 144" pannel in 2 pieces like, 48' x 72" x 2.000"
a 48' x 96" x 2" pannel is like $1740.00+ US dollars...maybe they'll put it on the Ferry going north...they are located in Kent, near Seattle Wa. too...
good luck with the $100,000.00 project...
KENT
6412 S. 196th St.
Kent, WA 98032-1169
800-223-8360
253-872-7430
253-872-7704 FAX
Tony Lyman
I am constructing a 2' x 3' x 8' Arowana home for my Silver, Gu-Kan lll.
I'll put a 2' x 8' x .500" plexi front pannel I got here at this place...
I found that this place can supply your thick Plexi needs...
you might have to get that 144" pannel in 2 pieces like, 48' x 72" x 2.000"
a 48' x 96" x 2" pannel is like $1740.00+ US dollars...maybe they'll put it on the Ferry going north...they are located in Kent, near Seattle Wa. too...
good luck with the $100,000.00 project...KENT
6412 S. 196th St.
Kent, WA 98032-1169
800-223-8360
253-872-7430
253-872-7704 FAX
Tony Lyman
