My 200 Gallon Stainless Steel tank.

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Plecostomus
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Jul 31, 2010
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Coming out with my non-traditional tank publicly. This is a 200 gallon all stainless steel tank.
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The plexi is 3/4" thick and the top front lip above the plexi is 1/4" thick 3" stainless steel angle. There are 25 3/8-16 1.25" long stainless steel button head screws bolting the plexi to a silicone seal.
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I have a 2" bulkhead over flow into a 32 gallon stainless steel sump.
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There is a 2" drain in the bottom of the tank, so I utilize a former plastic pallet with large rocks on it at the bottom of the tank to create a barrier for fish sediment to accumulate. I open the 2" ball valve and a tank cleaning is taken care of in minutes.
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The wood is a root structure I found at the river and manicured with a chainsaw.
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A 2500 gph @ 5' head pump. 36 watt uv sterilizer rated at 3600 gph to keep my fish healthy even though I feed them live fishes. A 1" pvc spray bar return.
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holy freaking crap..... that's amazing
 
i was told, by someone i considered an excellent source, that metal and fish don't mix. so is it because it's stainless steel that you can get away with it?

Awesome looking tank.. i'm really looking forward to your answer.
 
Morledzep;4520750; said:
i was told, by someone i considered an excellent source, that metal and fish don't mix. so is it because it's stainless steel that you can get away with it?

Awesome looking tank.. i'm really looking forward to your answer.


Stainless steel is the only metal that animals can tolerate. I'm talking sensitive ones: birds, fish, etc. It is extremely strong-real welded seams.
 
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