if you dont mind my asking about what did that cost?mb_barton;702338; said:nice tank man... now ur done practicing go build a monster tank!
my practice tank is a 220gmy next one will b a 500
Practice 80G plywood tank
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AndrewMack;715580; said:
Its not finished yet... still in the process
when i finish it i think i will have run up a bill of about 1000 dollars... probably about 1200 actually
Ive spent about 350-400 just on the stand/cabinet
The tank itself will cost about 250 for the wood and another 250 for the one piece of acrylic
then i still gotta make a lighting setup/hood which will probably be another 100
and then epoxy paint and aquarium silicone is also not a cheap substance... prolly another 100 for all the layers
thats like 1050 already
and then i needa spend that other 150 on things like a pump, heating, filter media, plants, substrate.
itll b atleast 1200-1300 dollars
but hey its a great deal concidering that if you go to a pro custom tank building company you could easily spend about 6-10 thousand on a tank of this size...
I clean forgot about this thread!
Since I found it again might as well post some updates.
Here's a pic of my sump system. It's 2 x 11 gallon tanks joined via some plumbing. I have some scrubbies, ceramic rings, pee sized gravel, a couple of plastic bio balls and various foams in there.
Then notice the cover I made for the tank. It's winter time now here in good old South Africa and my 300W heater just couldn't keep the temp at 25 degrees. So I placed some polystyrene around the sumps and made this cover. It works like a charm and is made of a polyester type canvas.
Since I found it again might as well post some updates.
Here's a pic of my sump system. It's 2 x 11 gallon tanks joined via some plumbing. I have some scrubbies, ceramic rings, pee sized gravel, a couple of plastic bio balls and various foams in there.
Then notice the cover I made for the tank. It's winter time now here in good old South Africa and my 300W heater just couldn't keep the temp at 25 degrees. So I placed some polystyrene around the sumps and made this cover. It works like a charm and is made of a polyester type canvas.
ambushradio;1016752; said:
The temperature drops to about 5 - 8 degrees centigrade in this room on really cold nights, which makes it almost imposable for my 300W heater to keep the temp in the tank stable. The cover keeps the heat in at night, thus I need less electric energy to heat my tank, and thus the 300W heater can now efficiently heat the tank.
I'll take off the cover as soon as I feel winter is over.
