HOW I BUILT MY MONSTER PLYWOOD AQUARIUM (Full Walkthrough) 

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I really appreciate it bro. This video was long overdue lol

Thanks Jeff. Pictures don’t do this tank justice. Anyone who sees it in person is blown away lol

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Glad you like it!

Your right a tiger shovelnose would eat all of those fish but I have a Limashovelnose that maxes out at 12-18” and is perfectly fine with these fish

@@Scaping_the_six my bad I thought you said tiger.

Gives the guy shit, cant ID the fish..

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Thanks 🙏 that will definitely be a future video

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@@Scaping_the_six gonna do one soon…have a 75 now

It’s a fun build so enjoy the process

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Thank you 🙏 you should definitely build one

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@@Scaping_the_six Along with the terrestrial aroids, have you considered using any of the large aquatic plants that prefer to grow emersed? Plants like Anubias gigantea, A. hastifolia, Sagittaria latifolia, or S. lancifolia might work. I was able to get A. hastifolia to adapt to our low humidity growing out of a 60p indoors in Arizona. It took a few months for the leaves to last longer than a week but then they started putting on some size. A 60p isn’t even large enough to be the pot for a full size A. hastifolia though!

@@JohnsplantedaquariumsI normally stick to terrestrial plants growing out the top. Mainly because I know it’s gonna work without any maintenance or special care

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Ya I just started making videos again after a 2 year break lol

I built this 600g along with the sump and stand for 1500$ if I were to buy just the glass or acrylic to build this size tank, it would cost 5-10k and that’s just for the tank. So it’s a lot cheaper

I basically did the same thing. I just used a different epoxy for the fibreglass than I applied 8 coats of pond shield

@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

Thanks 🙏 I’m running 3 60w led flood lights from Amazon

Oh man Ill have to look into those, thanks! @@Scaping_the_six

I used ceramic tiles

I’ve had some of these clown loaches since I got my first tank 7 years ago and they are around 7” now

Thanks 🙏 the glass is 1/2” / 12mm

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@@Scaping_the_six I shared your channel also. Hope you don’t mind lol 😬

@tabarakaquatics8067 share away my friend

It’s a 5000gph jebao gyre wave maker

@@Scaping_the_six ok thanks but it’s not filter right it’s just makes more current. Does that count as part of the gph of filtration

I bought it from a local glass shop

The bulkheads have a rubber gasket that once you tighten stops the water

@@Scaping_the_six would uniseal work or should I just use the gasket I can tighten

I tend to leave the lighting low because of all the glare I get from the tanks lol but I’ll work on better lighting

With high flow. There are 2 returns from the sump that push 2650gph and a wave maker that pushes 5000gph

If you see my newer video on this tank, I add sand and completely redesign the scape

Thanks 🙏 she’s 17 years old

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87”x27”x1/2” thick. It costed me 350$ Canadian including delivery right to my fish room

@@Scaping_the_six do you think 1/2in will work long term or should I go 3/4

Thanks 🙏 the viewing area is 84”x24”

@@Scaping_the_six I’m build a plywood tank I using a 6 foot piece of glass out of a old 150 gallon tank. Same dimensions As your tank

@@Scaping_the_six going to try to build a sump like you did

@@Scaping_the_six do you have a video of you building your sump

I didn’t make any videos of the build process, I was too focused on building everything properly and didn’t want to waste time recording lol

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1/2” or 12mm

Tempered or plate? I should have asked earlier. I'm almost ready to commit to doing this

It’s plate glass. If I went any taller with the tank I would have had to go with tempered or thicker glass

Thank you. It’s easier to clean like this

She says hi lol 😂

The glass costed me 350$ Canadian and that’s with delivery

@@Scaping_the_six isn't plywood tanks a hussle to build than glass?

It’s more work building a plywood tank but it’s so much cheaper than building a glass or acrylic tank. It would have costed me 5x as much

@@Scaping_the_six that's what I was asking. Here in India. Tank of that size.. glass will be cheaper overy plywood n other materials..

@@unusualplants2162I got all the wood for free from my job so the most expensive parts of the build was the glass and epoxy

Too late lol 😂

lol ya I’m frank