400gal dream

[J DOG]

after two and a half years of planning me and my dad have finally stared out project. for a long time we were planning on putting together our own glass tank, however we have now decided to make it out of plywood instead. and it look awesome..so without holding back let the madness begin!!

--lying on it back

 

[J DOG]

today we did sum staining and finishing

 

[TripsterAK]

Should be an Interesting build. I look forward to seeing it finished.

 

[jt48]

Very cool. What are the dimensions? My quess is 96x36x27H.

 

[J DOG]

10.5 feet by 26" tall and 28" deep

 

[whyamisofly]

Any pictures of the back of the tank? I'm interested to know how you attached to two pieces of ply, to make over a 8' tank.

 

[J DOG]

got some new suff in from the states the other day


150 pounds of live rock


a bunch of vales (ball, gate, mini ball)


new pump by reeflow


and the front pain of glass (fire star glass)

 

[J DOG]

got lots of stuff done lately but to anser your question whyamisofly the way we achieved over 8 feet was by using doweling and biscuits to join the two pieces.
Because the tank is 127" long, we where able to stagger the joints. The top and front edge are doweled screwed and glued together. The joints on the bottom and back are backed with a piece of 1" ply, staggered the joints and glued and screwed.

--the holes we drilled for the doweling

--a crappy pic of me putting in the biscits

--the top of the tank with the clamps holding the joints together until the glue dried.

 

[whyamisofly]

Thanks for the reply! You have a PM.

 

[J DOG]

what do you mean by pm

 

[whyamisofly]

PM - Private Message.
Any progress on the tank?

 

[ReefDVMs]

Interesting, love following the build

 

[rpjaws74]

looks good man

 

[J DOG]

hi everyone Im not sure if anyone is interested or if anyone will see this but i'v come a long way since the last posts iv done. Im having some problems with my corals not thriving like they should. my mag and cal levels are good ph is on point temp is where it should be and i only ever read a little ammonia before a water change which actually seems to make things worse. Im also just getting over a big hair alge problem which is exiting. im wondering if it has to do with low nutrients in the water for the coals. ill post some pics so you can see what i see. any advice would be shweeeet

 

[J DOG]

http://http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/jadenbach/profile/

 

[J DOG]

oops cant figure this out at allllll

 

[dave.m]

Beside your image in Photobucket there are a series of URLs. Click on the one called Direct. It will say Copied.

Here in RC's Editor there is a yellow icon. Click on that and an input box pops up. Use Ctrl+v to paste the URL into the box This will put the link into your thread.

Dave.M

 

[J DOG]

 

[J DOG]

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[J DOG]