3 Things I'd Do Differently With My DIY Plywood Fish Tank 

It's not sad, it's an inspiration.

Thats actually a great idea

Thanks, yes that should be an easy correction

Thanks, yes that would be best. My sump just needs better lights for more vigorous growth

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Thanks! Yes I might ended up doing that I like geophagus and mid sized cichlids like Discus too so that might be a future goal

Thanks, I'm lucky because big fish like moving in slow motion

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Instead of the water going in and out of the 330, close the loop, so the water just bypasses it.

That is an option, but my 350g with need 2-3 canister filters and I don't have space underneath because of the tanks

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Thanks, that would be a ton of substrate till fill up 9 inches in this tank so cost with be insane, I don't think weight would be an issue since the tank is pretty much sitting on the floor but I imagine it would collect a tone of waste too

@@dwsdarius If you build a “sub-floor” in the bottom of the tank, then you would only need a little substrate. Build it from something that doesn’t float and glue it on the bottom and sides of the tank. If you don’t know what a “sub-floor” is, look it up, it’s used in house building too.

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Thank you, yes city life sucks but I'll likely stay a few more years

Thank you! How's it going with you? I remember your awesome planted tanks

@@dwsdarius thanks bud. Moved to Tenneessee with well water so hard; my plants couldn’t thrive. Now have African cichlids mbunuas in 90 gallon. Fired Up!!!

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Lol, yes because even that bigger tank will be too small

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Thank you, yes you've done your first coat of pond shield...that stuff is so messy

Its a beast!

Lol, looks like it

Thank you. Indonimus is taking the crown of my most aggressive fish, I think he's too far gone. Plus his personality when he's alone is actually making him my favorite fish...if I could only keep 1 fish I think he'd be my choice.

Yes that would be my only option

Thanks, yes some species carry toxins. When I was trying to catch my lima shovelnose he stung me and my finger was swollen for to days, kinda felt like a be sting. Some species are far more toxic but I believe non of which are common in the hobby

Wow that sounds awesome

Thanks I picked it up off craigslist from PA, definitely I lucky find

Thank you, next time I'll do better

@@dwsdarius fyi I certainly wasn't criticizing your work! You did an excellent job! No denying that.

It’s always possible to make a deep gravel bed and make a gravel filter too. The gravel filter could be lengths of grey pvc tubing with drilled holes and a big power head. That way you could add more filtration and at the same time raise the bottom.

3/4" thick, I've read that if your going 500 gallons or more 3/4" is best

I found it on Craigslist

@@dwsdarius Hey thanks for responding, ill have to look around.

Thank you, yes your tank is epic and your fish can actually spend a lifetime in it comfortably

@@dwsdarius Hello sir.. I wanted to revisit you and this vodeo and say that Ive actually decided to downsize my 1000g maintank to a 404g maintank. ( 8ft x 3ft x 26inches water ) I was looking at a few changes I want to make with new build and thought of this video. I have stockman overflows in current tank and decide to do 2 seperate 1800gph slimline overflows. That will have the floor of tank clear of any piping and Im gonna change my drain.. I have a 1 inch pipe inside of tank, going down near bottom. It goes over the back wall and down to a valve at back window for draining out into yard. Im gonna have a bulkhead at 4 inches above tank floor with valve, just below that and then going out same back opening into yard. Wanting to nearly eliminate any piping inside tank. Then, Im gonna run spraybars at each side of tank, right through top back of tank so thats only piping inside tank. Agreed about energy usage and water usage. Downsizing will reduce both by more than half. I will still use the 210g sump Im using now, but maybe a few tweaks for more ease. Finally, Im looking into a small solar system to accommodate all power needs for the fishroom. Take care !

I never actually did a how to, I just tried to show some of the basic steps: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MTg_6gRd4XM.html

Sounds awesome! Mine has 3/4" tempered glass

@@dwsdarius 👍 🙏 for the response. U did get a steal on that glass! Everyone has to be a rookie when it comes to a monster tank build @ least once. I toyed with making a 900gal with 1/2” tempered glass. Upon further research it seems a guy should still stick to the same thickness rules as annealed glass. Not going with the tempered glass. Think I’d need 3/4”-1” tempered glass to be safe. Picked up a 3/4” 350gal tank of a dude on Facebook a while back. Was going to sell it to me w/acrylic 150gal sump, 2” steel stand, & tank for $2k. The seller dropped it while loading. Chipped the bottom glass bad on 1 corner but the rest was fine. So I got it all for $600😜. Going to double up the glass on the 900gal 4’x8’x56”Deep for the front & (1) side. Think I’ll add (1) vertical brace in the front to help reduce & break up the water weight load on the glass. I’ll take pics & see how it turns out. Will turn out epic or be an epic failure. 😂

@@ryanryans3438 My glass definitely was a steal. Just take your time with your build, that glass is very heavy so slow and steady is the way to go. Sounds like your method will be very sturdy so it should turn out epic

The male jaguar came from imperial tropicals, the female jag came from an aquabid seller and the rest came from sellers on ebay

Thank you, the flagtail is about 16 inches at 3 years old. The oscar is only 8 inches, he was just added to the tank last month. Once you build a routine the maintenance on the tanks isn't bad. About 5 hours of work spread between 2-3 days in the week

She's been growing consistently since being in the tank about 1" per month...I think she may be slowing down now

Lol, yes it does look bad. Thanks for the tip

That blind spot might be annoying with low swimming mbuna but a tank this size would look epic

Thank you, yes that would have been a good way to couple to pieces

Love the tank, it's plenty big, doesn't need to be any bigger, your fish look very happy just where they're at. I have a 200 gallon swimming pool in my basement, and I'm very happy with it. I would like to build something like what you have, because I am afraid eventually the pool is going to break. I have koi fish. I think the fish that you have are super cool. Thanks for the video and sharing what you did. Very grateful, good luck with the rest of your life

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Yes the monster catfish get huge

Yes I've thought of that, the 880 would have to be cut into small enough peices to be carried out

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I rehomed them

Where are they

@@manishmanish.r4238 In another fish room, I sold them to someone else

True but I'll try to find a local aquarium to give them to

@dwsdarius I forget u guys have that option 😅💪🏾