at first..i was gonna wait til im done with it to post it up... oh well...might as well post it up as i work on it


here wat the tank look like


and this is what i plan to do...


drill the holes and setting up the wet/dry filter


now i did some frame work


check out the hood



now the door



now i add water, light and power up....been on 2hrs now and no sign of leak anywhere...


this wat it look like at night...and it been over 12hrs now...everything seen okay....i can only pray that it will never (&*^@#%#&*^&^ on me..lol


anyways...im not done yet

thanks for looking.... thats it for now...

This post has been edited by supamanz23: Jan 28 2008, 12:14 AM

wow leng your moving along on it nicely!!!!!!!

wow thats gonna be awesome

Nice progress bro. 39" tall? how are you going to clean it bro?

with a long pole and tie a rag to the end of it .......idk..let me get it dirty first and i will tell u how i end up cleaning it..lol

nice work leng!! Looks nice, really like how you trimmed it in wood to hide teh filter. Well thought out bro!!

did you made the tank by your self? I want to make a special size for my self cause my space a limited but don't know how. any tip of makeing tank? btw nice tank bro perfect for a kamfa?

are those wheels going to stay when the tank is full Leng?? Might want some stroger wheels IMO. might be nasty if one of those breaks under all that weight. Around 600 pounds just in water alone. 83.5 gallons is going to be pretty heavy. You add the tank, and gravel if your using it and thats a pretty big load to support.

Very nice bro. Always love it with neat diy ideas!

Let us know what you decide to put in it!

Also did you make the tank yourself?

good thinking joe... well to be on the safe side... once i know where i wanna put my tank...i will put something under the stand to support incase the wheels cant handle it...kinda like a jack stand for tank...lol

i got the tank for free...it was made at my cousin's work ....all my tanks are free :) too bad the company downsize and lay off a lot of worker incld my cousin...

nice design man :)

OMG! you are a very brave man bro! and really, i cross my fingers and toes and wish you the best of luck on this tank.. I cant even start to imaging the water pressure from the 39"T and 15" wide tank... I see that you are using the wood to clamp them together, but have you water tested it? over time, the wood will soften due to moisture and make sure the bolts are on tight! what thickness acrylic did you use.. from what i see, it no thicker then 3/4" and serious bro.. that may be disasterous.. just looking out for you and not have a tank bust on you after you have it filled with fish in it.. good luck bro.

What did I tell yah Thats some serious water pressure, for your test fill I would do it outside or move to to the bath tub. Try painting all the wood with drylock its not made to waterproof wood but some people have had good luck with it.

I would also get one of these 24"

http://www.bigalsonline.com/BigAlsUS/ctl36...asherextralarge

This post has been edited by danz: Jan 27 2008, 11:15 PM

you told him about that already dan? wow.. not i am really sweating for the man.. for your sake, seriously think about filling test outside your home... the drylock works pretty well, i use those for the stainless steel racks also eventhough its stainless.. lol

I have been reading everything I can about tank building and know that if you go over 24" the standard tables to not apply for glass/acrylic thickness. Thats a lot of pressure and sounds like he already has a leak and I wouldn't be surprised if he has more in the future. You think framing out the tank would help lock it all in?

Looking good bro, I say go for it, but like danz said, better fill it up outside the house just in case!

It would be nice if you can make the water inlet longer so you circulate the water from top to bottom.

Keep us updated bro!!!

framing would help alittle, but its the overall pressure and the thickness that scares me the most, for any tank over 30"T, I always recommend at least 1" thick acrylic (VERY EXPENSIVE), on all of my 48"T tanks that i built, i have always used 1 1/4" thick acrylic.. at that pressure, its not the seem that you worry about, its the acrylic surface that will bow out (kinda like a ballon) and over time, it will stress out the acrylic so much it will eventuall bust (not crack).. I always love to see new projects and tank dimensions, he has a very good idea and i like the layout a lot, its just the structural integrity that i am worry about..

it worry me too...but what am i gonna do with that tank? had it for almost a year now..might as well do somethign about it... btw..there were no leak....i was adding water and got outside of the tank wet...so it drip down to wood and slowly drip to the flood.... silly me

how is it holding up ?