My new tank (first real MONSTER)

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
Good idea to insulate the walls but I really recommend covering the foam with drywall. It is a combustible material & not really a good idea to leave it exposed. I know no one plans on having a fire or electrical short, but the drywall would at least give you some initial protection.

The tank is looking great & I really envy you. Are you going to have enough head room over the tank to work on the tank? I have a 220G in my basement with 23" head room and setting the tank up & working on it is a real pain sometimes, I mean that literally.
 
first time seein this thread, awesome score on a monster tank, good luck on the rest of the set up process and keep us posted, cant wait to see it set up and running
 
deeda;2080149; said:
Good idea to insulate the walls but I really recommend covering the foam with drywall. It is a combustible material & not really a good idea to leave it exposed. I know no one plans on having a fire or electrical short, but the drywall would at least give you some initial protection.

The tank is looking great & I really envy you. Are you going to have enough head room over the tank to work on the tank? I have a 220G in my basement with 23" head room and setting the tank up & working on it is a real pain sometimes, I mean that literally.
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Umm. yeah there isn't alot of room you're right. lol But i'll deal with it. I know i'll hit my head on the lights or somthing soon enough. lol but that's what you get when you think a 585gal tank donesn't look that big and you get it home and find out how big it really is. LOL


I also understand your concern about the walls. I wanted to keep it cheep as possible for now. But I am also looking into gettting an electrition to come in and wire me some new outlets and a new subbox for this tank and the basement. If I do go ahead and do that then I might add the drywall later.
 
zennzzo;2080613; said:
Have the glass man cut you 3 pieces like this...
drill 3 holes in them and put knobs on them...
lift to feed remove, to clean
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with my braces running with the red lines. It would be better to have the hole with the blue dots so that way all pieces would have a brace or tank edge on either side. There is a lip on the top of the frame and about 3" before where tohe water line is. I am assuming it's so you can run your pluming without it being seen. I was going to take the extra acrylic and make small supports and attach them to the braces to try and remove any sagging.

I only really want to get into this tank from the middle unless doing a good cleaning. I plan on if possible only feeding from the middle for most fish and a end for any rays that would end up in this tank.

But I do like the way you're thinking very helpful.

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Bump Sorry I didn't get anything done this weekend I found out I Am going to be a new daddy. so my mind was rightfully other places. Ill try to have something this week. I am going to get at least 2 55s and try to order my glass drill bits. so I can make my sump.
 
why section it off when that tank is a good size for a couple of pimas?
 
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