Aquari-Sages (and particularly FishDance)
tell me about putting a glass rim around a pond to give a through-water view - plus upping the depth/volume, of course.
Pictures? Links? I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but not much coming up on Google. This is a long-term client's update gig but might need a little "pitching" to get past the bean-counters.
I'm not talking about the inverted aquarium, though we may also do. I'm simply/specifically thinking about a glass(?) edge of maybe 8~14" around an 18" deep concrete tank. To this, if the tank's about 18' x 10', how tall might we go with 1/2" float glass in 8' sections? Top-braced and doubled/buttressed at the seams, of course, and can do shorter sections, but anything thicker/nicer will have to be imported ($$$). It's exterior so I'm not terribly worried about breakage, but not reckless either.
Stock will likely circle aound rift lake cichlids, so no tank-busters. However, as soon as I leave property clients start ignoring the brief...
Attaching snaps. Long-term-MFK'ers may recognize from the initial refit circa '07. It's not been maintained since... but the Sacramento Koi pump & filter are apparently still Ok - impressive.
We'll be stripping it all back to bare tank & re-setting everything, plants to hardwood pots on bare concrete substrate (maybe a few mm veneer of beach sand) as the reeds & filamentous plants take over wherever there's substrate - too much like work.
tell me about putting a glass rim around a pond to give a through-water view - plus upping the depth/volume, of course.
Pictures? Links? I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but not much coming up on Google. This is a long-term client's update gig but might need a little "pitching" to get past the bean-counters.
I'm not talking about the inverted aquarium, though we may also do. I'm simply/specifically thinking about a glass(?) edge of maybe 8~14" around an 18" deep concrete tank. To this, if the tank's about 18' x 10', how tall might we go with 1/2" float glass in 8' sections? Top-braced and doubled/buttressed at the seams, of course, and can do shorter sections, but anything thicker/nicer will have to be imported ($$$). It's exterior so I'm not terribly worried about breakage, but not reckless either.
Stock will likely circle aound rift lake cichlids, so no tank-busters. However, as soon as I leave property clients start ignoring the brief...
Attaching snaps. Long-term-MFK'ers may recognize from the initial refit circa '07. It's not been maintained since... but the Sacramento Koi pump & filter are apparently still Ok - impressive.
We'll be stripping it all back to bare tank & re-setting everything, plants to hardwood pots on bare concrete substrate (maybe a few mm veneer of beach sand) as the reeds & filamentous plants take over wherever there's substrate - too much like work.
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