Arachnidzone
Fish Fanatic
Had an email from an Australian company re produts for sealing this type of aquarium, will look into the price first as although i want a huge aquarium we are on a budget. I do have a knack for making things happen on a budget though by adding more invention and time to the build!
I know i keep changing the plan but im not one to stick with the first good idea, evolve and improve, that the joy in planning early. SO...
20ft long x 3ft deep x 2ft wide. 6x 30"x30" windows along its legnth would make one heck of an aquarium. 747.46 (UK) gallon, 897.66 (US) gallon, 3398.02 litres, 7469.36 lbs (3.4 tonne Big enough to be classed as huge in my books! But small enough to require thinner, cheaper glass. Does everyone agree on 16mm?
also possibly trying a membrane build on this one which allows for flexing etc. Resin/wood aquariums get very hard and quite brittle which is fine if you live where theres no ground movement in a ready-settled building etc etc. I will be in a brand new building in a rainforest so there will definitely be flexing and warping going on. SO, plywood box, loads of 4"x4" or thicker framing, put membrane in, coat with flexible sealent stuff a few times, glue glass in, coat more etc etc, then its basically a well-reinforced pond liner in a box with a window glued in. I will probably raise the whole tank off the floor by digging to the bedrock and building an earthbag wall style floor from there upwards which is basically rice sacks filled with soil, this will give a very solid base which i will render with a clay or cncrete mix.
I know i keep changing the plan but im not one to stick with the first good idea, evolve and improve, that the joy in planning early. SO...
20ft long x 3ft deep x 2ft wide. 6x 30"x30" windows along its legnth would make one heck of an aquarium. 747.46 (UK) gallon, 897.66 (US) gallon, 3398.02 litres, 7469.36 lbs (3.4 tonne Big enough to be classed as huge in my books! But small enough to require thinner, cheaper glass. Does everyone agree on 16mm?
also possibly trying a membrane build on this one which allows for flexing etc. Resin/wood aquariums get very hard and quite brittle which is fine if you live where theres no ground movement in a ready-settled building etc etc. I will be in a brand new building in a rainforest so there will definitely be flexing and warping going on. SO, plywood box, loads of 4"x4" or thicker framing, put membrane in, coat with flexible sealent stuff a few times, glue glass in, coat more etc etc, then its basically a well-reinforced pond liner in a box with a window glued in. I will probably raise the whole tank off the floor by digging to the bedrock and building an earthbag wall style floor from there upwards which is basically rice sacks filled with soil, this will give a very solid base which i will render with a clay or cncrete mix.