building a 500 gallon plywood tank

[kherron666]

hi every one , im kevin, im new to the sight and really wanted to share my tank and how i did everthing and where i stand at my little project , i push buttons at work so this is my first real project thats all on me working with power tools , well my woman helps me too such good woman , backing me up for this wooden fish tank ,lol ,, i started building a 500 gallon plywood tank , and im building the stand too , building the stand out of 2x4 , screwing and glue everthing , building everthing in my living room , building the stand befor the tank , hope i dont screw up , lol

 

[kherron666]

hi every one i started building a 500 gallon plywood tank

its 8 feet long 4 feet wide 30in tall

 

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[kherron666]

start of the stand , its a working project , dont mind the dates on the pics , there not right off few months

 

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[trickedout900]

Can't wait to see this finished. I love plywood builds.

 

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[kherron666]

the one with all the braces are the top part of stand , braace every 12 inches

 

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[kherron666]

im building a lager tank cause my sharks in my 125 gallon getting too big , they are about 12 and 13 inch long now , well its not cause all cause of the fish , i really allways wanted a huge tank lol fish will be happy too lol

 

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[kherron666]

thats the stand, made out of bunch 2x4 and 2 full sheet of 3/4 plywood , 4 by 8 feet sheet on top and bottom ,,,, everthing is screw and glued , while building it in house , take 75 percent of the living room , took week vacation to start this project , did alot of research on plywood tank and then just needed some time and money so took full week pay and got my wood then took my vacation , what a vacation to work on a tank and stand ,lol i had fun building and designing everthing , good times alot of time spent planning and drawling it out ,,,,

 

[cdrewferd]

Very nice. Can't wait to see the actual tank being built.

 

[petere1989]

pics of your sharks? cool build. i'll be checking back in!

 

[JBarnes]

I'm planning on a 400 plywood build this Spring and was curious what you decided on using for a finish on the inside? Liquid Rubber or epoxy. Seems some of the more recent builds have been using the liquid rubber. Jerry.

 

[kherron666]

pics of your sharks? cool build. i'll be checking back in!

yeah ill take pic of the sharks soon

 

[kherron666]

I'm planning on a 400 plywood build this Spring and was curious what you decided on using for a finish on the inside? Liquid Rubber or epoxy. Seems some of the more recent builds have been using the liquid rubber. Jerry.

yeah i went with epoxy

 

[Pearson]

I'd be interested in the pics of your sharks as well. Plywood tanks have been an interest of mine so i'll be along to see how this progresses.

 

[kherron666]

since i got the stand built , next the tank , i follow the garf site for plywood tank mosty only different i made really for my tank was the top and bottom , i made my bottom of the tank 1 and 1/2 inch wider so i had to drawl out the sides on the bottom of the plywood , that part took alot longer to drawl out and measure out where the sides were going and where to drill my holes ,,,, anyway the bottom of the tank is 1 and half in wider then the sides and the top is built the same way , ill post the pics tonight , i have dial up ( , i know old school lol ) and very slow to add pics more to come in few