@Scaping_the_six I'm not sure if you were able to examine the bottom where the two pieces of plywood meet I assume it was fiberglassed as well but maybe the resin didn't hold. There are videos from pond armor for pond shield and they use only pond shield but apply a first coat then fg seams
Someday I will upgrade from HOBs to a canister on my biggest tank. Every time I think I'm going to do it, I need to (or want to) buy something else and my aquarium budget is blown. lol
Canisters are definitely worth the investment. It looks better having a couple hoses hanging on your tank than a big box. Plus they hold a lot more media which is important if you want a crystal clear tank
Hey mate thanks for sharing the good and the bad, plywood aquariums is something that reslly interests me alot. Can I ask, did you use fibreglass reinforcing fabric over the joins? Also I saw thay you ran into another issue can I ask what happened?
Hi, I did have fibreglass on the corners. My issue was I didn’t support the stand in the middle properly which caused it to sag and spring a leak. I’m keeping the tank and I’ll be fixing it in the future
@@Scaping_the_six did you see that The King of DIY is doing a massive 16ft plywood build? Here some about the issues that he sees people ha e and how to get around them.
I had a ply tank about the same size as yours. I kept Malawi cichlids. I .ike your aquascape/ biotope but the tiles make it look tacky af. I.m.o why not use substrate or sand.
Glass or acrylic? How thick? Just to mention, members of the spiny eel group like to bury themselves in soft substrate like sand. Just part of their desire to hide.
It’s 1/2” thick glass. I ended up rescaping the tank and putting sand but the tank leaked from the bottom so I’m putting it in storage for the future and I’ll be doing more small tanks
I have the same problem but reducing the filter flow dosent seem to be the nest option. I choose the filter based on the l/h needed, and reducing the flow will reduce that parameter meaning that I will reduce the amount of filtering due to a problem with skimmer. Am I thinking wrong?
I’m back to 2 tanks one 80 gallons and the other 60…I had a 150 gallon one years ago but it popped the silicone too. Lost all my fish that I’ve had for 15 years after the Christmas Day tornado here on the Gold Coast Australia…the power went out for 4 days and my canister filters went toxic…when the power came on all the rubbish in the filters dumped into the tanks and I had a massive ammonia spike. Really hurt to have to euthanise my 2 15 year old clown loaches…they were like dogs always happy to see me…they hung on for 8 days but didn’t improve and the fins started to rot. About 100 brislenose died too…I bred all of them. Almost took everything to the dump but decided to continue…cycled the 2 tanks with new media in the canisters and decided to go to all Australian Rainbow fish as I can catch them myself in my local creeks…I’m over spending a lot of money on fish. Only fish I will buy is a few corydoras and a couple of brislenose to help keep things clean. That Seachem Stability definitely works to speed up the beneficial bacteria…both tanks test perfect with a few fish in them.
You definitely understand what I went through. I was lucky and caught it in time and saved the fish. I brought them all to my lfs and now most of them are sold. It’s hard after something horrible like this happening and being able to continue in the hobby but I don’t know what my life would be like without this hobby
Thank you 🙏 I’ve considered building a few of them to sell but I don’t know how many people who would want a stand that’s heavier than the aquarium lol
@@Scaping_the_six ok I didn’t see that part in your video I saw where it looked like it was leaking from top I just built a 480 8’x4’x24” plywood tank. Sorry that happened man that sucks
Sorry to hear about your big tank. Looked amazing. Good to see you didn’t completely tap out the game. Yah for me big tank can have big problems. Also big fish you can have big problems.
I’m a concrete guy too and no one know the force that concrete has during a pour in between two forms, a lot of pressure and weight. Water does the same thing and I believe that using the fiberglass on the joints and corners could help too, you’ve gone this far don’t give up
Looks like we are all concrete guys lol 😂 unfortunately I got rid of the fish and the tank is gonna go next. I’ve made my decision to switch to small tanks so I could focus on my aquascaping
Where in Canada? I’m north of Toronto, north of Canada’s wonderland. Where did the tank leak from. I used the scs1200 on my 180 cause apparently it can take on more pressure then the regular silicone. I use the regular silicone on smaller tanks but didn’t want to risk it on the 180.
Should have fixed it properly the first time you can't seal half the tank you have to do the whole thing so the water doesn't make its way between coats. Also need more coats
Hi dude, I am going to build something similar or bit bigger next year. Maybe you could give some advice what should I avoid? What whas a reason of your problems?
Glad to see you’re just shifting focus. I understand the need to step back from big fish/tanks after this. The combo is probably the best way to stay in the hobby for decades after the big losses. Look forward to seeing more aquascaping content in the future.
This is unfortunate news that tank was awesome 😎 but I am excited to see you work on scape skills always something in this hobby going to miss the clown army though
