diy plywood tank

The tank looks very nice!

If your building a new rack for this one (to hold other tanks too?), will you build more tanks like this to match?

Andreas

cheers Andreas, yep i think i will be building another tank, i have a sheet and a half of 18mm ply left and another pane of glass, maybe not as big as this one but thinking about a 52x24x15

ok i just checked 11 hours still no leaks so good to go for rack build i think, popped a light over it and stuck in some wood just to see what it will look like when finished and installed, must say i'm happy, what do you think...

Jasus man that is just savage now you have me thinking, thank God she is asleep, she would know I have my thinking hat On, absolutely brilliant can't wait to see more

ok well it has held water successfully for 36 hours so i think i'm safe, have it drained now, slimline background to go in next, then bogwood and substrate, build a rack and i'm done.... phew i'm tired thinking about it

looks awsome mate

well done

Darkslice wrote:

looks awsome mate

well done

cheers Darkslice, didnt think i could do it but i did so if i can anyone can.....seriously

wow... that's widescreen fishkeeping

LemonJelly wrote:

wow... that's widescreen fishkeeping

only 51" wide internally 52" outside dimensions

sheag35 wrote:

LemonJelly wrote:

wow... that's widescreen fishkeeping

only 51" wide internally 52" outside dimensions

like an inch matters!

Fair play to ya, great job and great lookin tank, something I always wanted to try and now you`ve re-kindled the desire

Nice looking tank Shea, was thinking about trying this myself at some stage.

@ theangryman & k.galvin, believe me if i can do it anyone can.... by no stretch of the imagination would i call myself good at carpentry.... so really get stuck into it... its not that hard

Fair play to ye shea ye done a lovely job on it and them roots look the biz pal, can't wait to see it fully stocked now

The more I look at the pictures the more I think that it actually looks better than most pre-made tanks, sort of reminds me of public aquarium tanks.

It would look great to have theme like this for all tanks in a fish room instead of the usual mish mash of makes and models.

As many of us paint the sides of our tanks anyway you don't really miss much anyway.

Andreas

Melander wrote:

The more I look at the pictures the more I think that it actually looks better than most pre-made tanks, sort of reminds me of public aquarium tanks.

It would look great to have theme like this for all tanks in a fish room instead of the usual mish mash of makes and models.

As many of us paint the sides of our tanks anyway you don't really miss much anyway.

Andreas

ah come on Andreas, its not that good, but thanks for the vote of confidence

davey_c wrote:

Fair play to ye shea ye done a lovely job on it and them roots look the biz pal, can't wait to see it fully stocked now

nearly there Daveyc background will be in by the weekend and hopefully the stand built, i have filters matured with about 400l of water matured as well so hopefully will be a fast transition for my fish

sheag35 wrote:

Melander wrote:

The more I look at the pictures the more I think that it actually looks better than most pre-made tanks, sort of reminds me of public aquarium tanks.

It would look great to have theme like this for all tanks in a fish room instead of the usual mish mash of makes and models.

As many of us paint the sides of our tanks anyway you don't really miss much anyway.

Andreas

ah come on Andreas, its not that good, but thanks for the vote of confidence

It is very good but maybe I got a bit carried away, I suddenly pictured a massive hangar filled with these tanks, amazing fish and free cookies for everyone.

Wonder what was in that coffee…

Andreas

Looks great shea, good job

Melander wrote:

sheag35 wrote:

Melander wrote:

The more I look at the pictures the more I think that it actually looks better than most pre-made tanks, sort of reminds me of public aquarium tanks.

It would look great to have theme like this for all tanks in a fish room instead of the usual mish mash of makes and models.

As many of us paint the sides of our tanks anyway you don't really miss much anyway.

Andreas

ah come on Andreas, its not that good, but thanks for the vote of confidence

It is very good but maybe I got a bit carried away, I suddenly pictured a massive hangar filled with these tanks, amazing fish and free cookies for everyone.

Wonder what was in that coffee…

Andreas

Irish Coffee??? Baileys Coffee??? Russian Coffee??? Calypso Coffee or all of the above

Hey Shea, that's a fabulous piece of work, fair play to you!!

cheers christy i'm quite happy about it since its my first attempt.... might just try some more plywood tanks

That's one super build. I know what it's like to sweat that first fill and to make it to day three with no leaks. Great project, hope you'll post photos of her up and running. Well done.