Well I finally decided to join you all instead of just using you for information. I have been surfing the web for months now to find the best way to construct a larger aquarium for my fish. I currently have a 150 gallon system, but my 6 main fish are outgrowing it. I am on a tight budget, but knew that a 500+ gallon system could be built for around $1,000 plus filtration and lighting. From my research it appears that Line X offers an aquarium safe coating called XS 350. I have never worked with fiberglass or epoxy before so I did not want to learn on my new DIY aquarium. Building the aquarium is no problem, but I am dreading the waterproofing step. The internet offers information about Line X coated koi ponds, but I am wanting to know if anyone has build and aquarium and then had it sealed with this product.
The following is just a bit of info on me, since this is my first post. I wanted you all to know a little about me. I have been a fish addict my entire life - 35yrs.. I have always done fresh water planted tanks, but switched to salt water about a year ago (My local government now adds chloromine to our drinking water. Very hard to remove and kills fish in hours). I live near the coast so I can get all of my water and fish food directly from the ocean. I have been doing this natural approach for a year now and have had no deaths in my tank, except for the fish small emough to be eaten in one gulp, so I am confident that the water quality I have access to is good. I was concerned about adding a large amount of wild caught feeders into my tank on a weekly basis, but no problems so far. This winter is especially cold so I had to do something a couple weeks ago that really worried me. The ocean near my home right now is so cold that all of the feeder fish and shrimp have gone into deeper water. I had to go to a local bait shop and buy about 5 dozen live shrimp. I cycled them through clean ocean water for several hours before introducing them into my tank in an effort to partially cleanse them. I hope none of my fish die. BTW the first 10 or so shrimp did not even make it to the sand befoe they were gulped down. Early Christmas lunch for my fish I guess. Anyway, that is my story so far.
The following is just a bit of info on me, since this is my first post. I wanted you all to know a little about me. I have been a fish addict my entire life - 35yrs.. I have always done fresh water planted tanks, but switched to salt water about a year ago (My local government now adds chloromine to our drinking water. Very hard to remove and kills fish in hours). I live near the coast so I can get all of my water and fish food directly from the ocean. I have been doing this natural approach for a year now and have had no deaths in my tank, except for the fish small emough to be eaten in one gulp, so I am confident that the water quality I have access to is good. I was concerned about adding a large amount of wild caught feeders into my tank on a weekly basis, but no problems so far. This winter is especially cold so I had to do something a couple weeks ago that really worried me. The ocean near my home right now is so cold that all of the feeder fish and shrimp have gone into deeper water. I had to go to a local bait shop and buy about 5 dozen live shrimp. I cycled them through clean ocean water for several hours before introducing them into my tank in an effort to partially cleanse them. I hope none of my fish die. BTW the first 10 or so shrimp did not even make it to the sand befoe they were gulped down. Early Christmas lunch for my fish I guess. Anyway, that is my story so far.
