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[jcanute]

with kent's help i started the ten footer. a epoxy coated plywood tank. approx. 460 gallons. here are some teaser pics . more to come.

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f21/acanute/plywood tank/100_2841.jpg

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f21/acanute/plywood tank/100_2843.jpg

 

[jimmer]

wow thats a big jump from a 90 gallon.good luck and please keep alot of pics coming.gonna be reef or fish only.just curious is it because of the money saved building it or to get the exact size you want ?been thinking about it after seeing the shark tank at aqua tech.did you guys get plans off the internet??thanks
jimmer

 

[jcanute]

full blown reef. just winging it on the plans. thanks for the interest jimmer.

 

[nwrogers]

Looks like it will be a sweet tank. Keep us updated

 

[Willistein]

18.7 gallons bigger than Kent's...hmmm...

 

[Kent E]

THis was carefully calculated. :lol:

 

[SkiFletch]

Wait a second, plywood will be the walls for this thing? That must be some great epoxy

 

[Kent E]

It holds 450 gallons of disaster from my living room.

 

[jcanute]

the epoxy is the same stuff used to seal boats.http://jamestowndistributors.com/us...1^page~GRID^categoryName~Epoxy^categoryId~589
here is a pic of my new skimmer. 38" tall to the top of the collection cup. it uses a dolphin dp1200 pump now but i have a velocity t4 i will hook to it soon.

 

[SkiFletch]

I understand epoxying wood, but what about viewing? How do you do that with wooden walls

 

[fat-tony]

Kents has 3 sides of glass.....not sure how many dippy plans on


In kent's thread you can see how the wood frames in the glass

 

[jcanute]

one pane. now fat tony, he's a different kind of pain.....

 

[SkiFletch]

Interesting, how do you join the wood to the glass? Some kind of space age epoxy?

 

[Kent E]

I use silicone.

 

[SkiFletch]

Never knew it adhered well enough to wood. Guess I learn something new every day Thanks Kent

 

[Kent E]

Mike. It attaches to the epoxy, and it sticks to it very very well. I still have the test silicone on places in my tank because it was near impossible to get it off.

 

[Willistein]

Also, the silicone is acting in compression only which means it doesn't really have to stick to either material to work. The wood frame makes a complete "ledge" and a silicone bead is applied all the way around. The glass then gets pushed into this bead and only the front surface of the glass is in contact with the silicone. Any water pressure actually squeezes the glass into the silicone and makes for an even better seal.

 

[thriceanangel]

Dan, you go with your bad silicone compression knowing self! I always wondered about that, but was afraid to ask I guess. So the glass isn't epoxied at all? Is the silicone applied on the inside? Like the inside 90 of the corner? Also so the edges of the glass meet, or what kind of joint is used if they don't?

 

[Kent E]

It's not like that. It's hard to explain. You are welcome to see my tank or you can see this tank being made.

 

[fat-tony]

how close is this??