Getting settled

[greenterra]

Everyone seems to be settling in quite nicely and all is going great with the new tank. I think I am enjoying it more than the fish
The only draw back is how much harder it is to snap good pics from this tank but here's a few anyway.

 

[fishbee]

man that is a sic looking tank, mind telling me the total cost of build?

 

[greenterra]

man that is a sic looking tank, mind telling me the total cost of build?

Ply sheets @ $69 ea (Got these for a steal) = $276
Screws were free
Builders bog = $39
30m x 1m of woven roving mat = $260
18L Boat Cote Epoxy = $340
Black epoxy pigment = $12.73
Epoxy solvent for clean up = $20
Silicone = $67
Polycarbonate lids = $60
Plumbing and lid hold down pipes = $90
36 x Besser blocks = $115
19mm Glass = $1400 delivered
Total = $2679.73 and a lot of work

Hope that helps

 

[Red Devil]

just incredible beauty

 

[fishbee]

ok thanks man, i can afford all that except when it come to the glass. 1400 BUKS for a piece of glass????!!! i nearly fell off my chair when i read that lol. maybe i'll go and hijack one of those O'Brien glass truck to get mine, dont tell anyone ok?

 

[greenterra]

just incredible beauty

Thanks Liz

ok thanks man, i can afford all that except when it come to the glass. 1400 BUKS for a piece of glass????!!! i nearly fell off my chair when i read that lol. maybe i'll go and hijack one of those O'Brien glass truck to get mine, dont tell anyone ok?

haha...Don't go as large with the glass panel and you will bring that cost way down. I just had to have as much viewing area as possible. I also wanted it to be very safe so I went with the 19mm even though it was a lot dearer.There is 100kg in that 1 piece alone.

 

[syndicate]

jag looks alot smaller now a! pics are awsome for not being a dslr

 

[demonknight]

niiiiiiice

 

[greenterra]

jag looks alot smaller now a! pics are awsome for not being a dslr

Thanks.The tank has made him smaller for sure. You wouldn't know he is nearly 15" from the full tank shots. Pics are from a DSLR. Cannon 450D but shooting without flash.

niiiiiiice

Thanks

 

[Miguel]

as allways, your tanks, fish and pix rock!!!