Bro trying to find a way to messgae you. Any way you have a material list to make the ,1500 or where to find the list . You made my dream tank . I wanna make that tank
I always dreamed of having two tanks, even bigger than that, one with 3-4 full size Muskies and the other, a salt tank, with 3-4 full size Great Barracuda.
I watched this build. Couldn't tell from the original video. But that seems it's peeling up from not sanding between coats of epoxy. Hopefully the under layers were still in tact. Love the channel my man .keep up the great work.
The 1100 was a neoprene epoxy that did not require sanding between coats. The 1,500 was interseal 670HS two part epoxy which only required sanding between coats of the last coat had been cured for a certain amount of days. I forget how many days it was. Regardless I sanded between coats for the ones that required it at the time. Especially because I added more coats after installing the glass. Both tanks pealed because they were chewed on by stingrays. The 1500 stopped when I added rocks along the bottom seams which made it so the rays couldn't get at it. Didn't matter both tanks had over 10 coats each and were no where close to leaking
@OffTheDeepEndAquatics oohhh gotcha!wasn't trying to be a know it all. Allways learning new techniques for my builds.That's interesting thpugh for sure . Cool to see you active with the comments on here ! Keep up great content man . Loving all of it !
Hey man in this video I did a cost break down I guess you didn't watch it all and if u search my channel I did another video on how much they cost to build.
Sounds like to me you tapped out from the looks of it looks like you girls beautiful house and a really good job and your married sounds like greed to me good luck to ya broski
That is awesome, but I'm still trying to wrap my mind around the fact that it weights in the neighborhood of 7 TONS!!! That's insane. Beautiful, though.
5:25 shouldn't your tank water pretty much be fresh water the way you keep your tanks? I still use the water from my breeding tanks to ship fish in lol. And I only change water a couple times a year at most. It's a genuine question bc idk bc I don't keep tanks the way most people do, plus idk how long the drive is plus with much larger fish it makes more sense but still.
Bro times like these are absolutely heartbreaking. I've had to go thru this already but at least you didn't get thrown out of your house and have to get rid of everything lol. But for me the Red Tails were the hardest to let go bc I love them so much and I can't wait to get more again. But next time like you I want to go way bigger with their tank, like 12-18'×8-12' but a swimming pool pond would be amazing too but I think I'd have to build a house around it but if I'm ever able to beat believe I'll build a house around the main aquarium lol
I see a lot of "monster" tanks (if you can call them that lol) be built like this but never any smaller tanks. I want to make a LOT of 6'×3'×2'H and 8'×2'×~14"H nobody makes the smaller ones out of fiberglass and the 6' ones are 1200 without freight shipping. So question is do you think making "smaller" tanks this way is economical compared to buying fiberglass tanks or building glass/acrylic tanks?
Good job, one of the best videos about the construction of a plywood aquarium. What interests me is the size of the glass windows: the thickness you said in the video, but I am interested in the dimensions of the sides because I plan to make a similar one (maybe a little smaller by 500 gallons) and the big problem for me is the price of the glass that was recommended to me by specialists (trilaminate from 12 mm sheets with two from tempered sheets) the price is exorbitant and if you can save something of that amount why not
There are a lot of forum discussions on this topic on Facebook. Mostly dependent on how tall the build will be. 1/2" tempered is fine for most builds as long as you're not exposing it to more than 30" height of water. It's hard to type it all and explain but this tank was too tall I had to use 3/4" (19mm)
WEST System Epoxy and fiberglass rowing mat would solve all of these problems. If you have some chewing critter: extra layers and include Kevlar as one layer. Not too expensive and literally bullet proof. You can coat away as much as you want. More than three to four is a waste unless you amour it with fibers and wont do any good. WEST system Epoxy however has the best properties for being "bendy" without cracking, but again a waste without fibers in it. Those chips look like epoxy delaminating more to tune of surface not being clean when applying or in someway not prepared correctly. This is basic boatbuilding, inside-out. You can use the epoxy you used for a final coat. WEST does need to be covered for the UV rays. Without it would be brittle over time. WEST is not the cheapest but it is the best.
It's a tank in two ways. Man, I would love to take a month off and do something like this, then deliberately put nothing but 2 inch or smaller fish in it.
