glass or ply wood?

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Jack Dempsey
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what would be better lookings to build big tank 500 gallons around that
how much would it cost to build with glass versus building a plywood tank, ive heard that ply wood tanks wear out, is this true? so what should i do?
any personal experiences would help ive read a bunch of artivles already
 
thinking of building straight on the ground actaully more around like 1000 gallons straight on the floor , so will there be alot of maitenence on leakage or anything like that
 
i say if its on the ground and your on a tight buget i go with ply wood cost mabyle $1000-$1500 less then glass i could be wrong thought. you can make a ply wood tank look real nice. you can check out the 1700gallon shark tank it is built right on the ground. hope this helps.
 
yea looking at either 10 or 12 by 4 by 4 like 900 or 1100 gallons
stocking 2 ven pikes a number of pbass maybe 2 aro's shovelnose
open to suggestions and help with filtration because it will be sitting on theground so no sump
 
Put the W/D filter above it and gravity return.

You should be looking at a 300g W/D for 1100g tank.

Have you checked out the other plywood tanks on here, there's some real beauties.

Dr Joe

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yea ive been checkin outs stylin t's tank he as well has a 1000 galloner on the floor
 
i say about 300 too like dr joe said and grcity feed it back go with a ply wood sump thought say you some green.
 
Anything over 250 is much cheaper to go plywood DIY. You can make it look nice if you're willing to spend the time, or you can go grass roots and do quick, cheap, and ugly... but still waterproof.

I've not heard of anyone's plywood tank "wearing out". I've heard the concern expressed, but honestly I don't see how or why, so long as you do your planning, prep and construction properly. The cost of glass and acrylic is enormously more than plywood sealed with epoxy or whatever you choose. Boats are made from wood and polyester or epoxy, and they last 40+ years with good care... so why shouldn't a plywood tank?
 
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