Update of 310 gallon tank (pics)

[HunterX]

when are we gonna see that tank with some fish in it...??

 

[schaadrak]

If you look on page 6, you will see the top of my tank. it has 6 holes in it so light can come through and feeding but still maintaining the strength of a cubic structure. but I was thinking that If i ever need to put something large in the tank or maybe when my fish are bigger and i need to pull a fish out for some reason, or the worst nightmare, catching a fish that doesnt want to be caught; it might be nice to have a larger hole at the top so i can have more freedom especially in chasing the lil bastards to a corner. so heres my question:
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If this is the tank ^, what would have the strongest structure if i cut one of the bars away to make a larger hole.

option 1:
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option 2:
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|___|_______|
|_______|___|

I think 1 is the best way to go, what do you all think?

Option 1 definitely looks more sound to me. Option 2 looks like the middle horizontal piece would get warped into a "N" by the two vertical pieces.

 

[hurricane_redbone]

when are we gonna see that tank with some fish in it...??

unfortunatly ull have to wait a little for that
but so do i... which sucks
im goin on vacation soon and i wont be stocking it till i get back
i get back july 30th... so soon after that itll b stocked

 

[hurricane_redbone]

For those of you who are interested... heres a few update pics...

some pics of it filling wit water and a pic of the styrofoam cave thing all glued together... and cemented over...

theres a pic in there of the tank being dry again... which doesnt seem like a big deal but it is to me cuz it took me like 2 hours to get it empty..

this weekend ill put the styrofoam under n fill it all the way...

 

[hurricane_redbone]

ok well i had a bit of a delay on some stuff
my dad threw a fit cuz i made a mess of the garage and smashed my styrofoam creation... so i had to stick it all back together and now im repainting it...

I buildt most of the canopy today... i didnt make pictures because its rather boring... just look at my stand and picture it smaller... ill b finishing it tomorow cuz its raining now and ill paint the inside with latex. I will then finish the last touches on the tank and sand it all down and paint the outside aswell... the tank will have the beautiful white color :S
watever i dont care how it looks aslong as it works and the paint is needed for water protection. once its all painted it will be going into storage for the next month untill I am back at which point I will immediatly fill it and start cycling water ( still need to build filter but ill find time for that somewhere...

the other good news is I scored a stickY! did yall see :>
yea im a gangsta!

 

[Euge]

looking good. When do you think you'll get the tank up and running?

 

[cvermeulen]

Wow man, I cant believe how similar our projects are... I've been building a similar (but smaller) tank... with a styro background as well. The build thread is here: http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110933 if anyone is interested.

Good luck with it. I didn't use polyester because I'd heard some mixed stories about it's use underwater, but it IS used in boats, so I didn't ever get an answer to whether it was OK or not. (plus I got a bunch of epoxy for free). I hope it works out for you, polyester is much cheaper than epoxy... I could start building a MUCH larger tank with polyester soon if I ever find literature to confirm it's fish-safeness.

 

[hurricane_redbone]

Wow man, I cant believe how similar our projects are... I've been building a similar (but smaller) tank... with a styro background as well. The build thread is here: http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110933 if anyone is interested.

Good luck with it. I didn't use polyester because I'd heard some mixed stories about it's use underwater, but it IS used in boats, so I didn't ever get an answer to whether it was OK or not. (plus I got a bunch of epoxy for free). I hope it works out for you, polyester is much cheaper than epoxy... I could start building a MUCH larger tank with polyester soon if I ever find literature to confirm it's fish-safeness.

as far as i know its safe.. i checked with a big custom aquarium/pond company and they said theyve been using polyester for their bonds for over 40 years...
also most of those prebuilt ponds are made of polyester...

 

[Zeppelin3k]

looks great barton, cant wait to see this tank stocked!

 

[hurricane_redbone]

looks great barton, cant wait to see this tank stocked!

you and me both man...