Look-down tank

[Scott523]

Ok, I have the cravings for a large tank.
But.... I dont want to go with the regular tank and stand and sump style

I want something original!

So I was thinking that I would buy a normal rubber maid tub and cut it in half- horizontaly.

It would be FOWLR

And I was also think maybe I could cut out a square- 12''x12" in one of ther sides and then put and acrylic sheet on the inside to have a looking hole.

Still a little lost on what lighting to use or what kind of filteration.

I need help please

Thank you!!

 

[Scott523]

Now that I'm thinking I would just cut off the very top section where the lip is.

Then maybe for filtration I could have like 3 powerheads and 2 HOBs- 1 for carbon the other for refugium

The Light I will get is probably a coralife with mountings so I can adjust it to fit the lip

This is what Im planning on getting

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=212261-315-216200BBFR&lpage=none

 

[snulma1]

The only problem with those rubbermaid totes are that they will bow with a full volume of water, and cutting of the top lip will weaken it even more. You'd need to buy one of the rubbemaids that they use for live stock feeding, or for koi ponds

 

[Scott523]

Where can I find those?

 

[staticx]

2nd post of this thread and same reply as the other one. and you really posted it in the wrong forum this time. why dont you buy a tank

 

[marinelife]

You can just use a stock tank, here is my 300 that I have in my garage

 

[tom obrecht]

Here's what a friend of mine did with a wood frame and pond liner. PM him and say Tom sent you and he'll give you some good pointers. Nice thing is when you build it yourself you can do any dimension you like.


http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=695748

 

[NickP123]

http://www.asplashoflife.com/ZeroGallery.html

check these tanks out

 

[thor32766]

thats awesome.

 

[orb]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8770786#post8770786 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by staticx
2nd post of this thread and same reply as the other one. and you really posted it in the wrong forum this time. why dont you buy a tank

quit being a hater-you do nothing but cause problems on this forum, and you didn't even help with any of his questions.

the rubbermaid sumps can be found here http://www.tractorsupply.com/detail.asp?pcID=8&paID=1039&sonID=214&page=1&productID=15525 and a pond liner, if you went that route, could be from aquaticeco.com which would cost you a lot of $$$$$$ from them.

if you wanted something unusual as you said, this liner could go inside a barrel. never saw that before. http://www.aquaticeco.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.detail/iid/6644

good luck-let us know what you decide.