Re: Need glass
Kalian... exactly....<br /><br />Build a frame, plywood on the inside, glass only used for the front viewing. You just seal in plywood VERY well. Usually using fiberglass or just epoxy paint, get longer results out of fiberglass than the epoxy alone. I've seen a lot of people put a thin layer of lexan on the bottom to protect the sealent layer from damage from rocks.<br /><br />I saw a thread on the chiclid forum DIY area of this guy that built a over 1,000 gallon tank, he spent a lot of time on it.<br /><br />If I had a larger basement I'd LOVE to do a concrete aquarium around 500 gallon, using just glass on the front.<br /><br />Doing the plywood tank a lot of times is just as expensive as glass until you get to the larger sizes where you need such thick glass. Nice thing about DIY is you can have the exact size and plumbing that you want.<br /><br /><br />Saw another cool project from somoene with a sump that has a freshwater drip from his water supply (well water) that does a constant water change with an overflow into a drain, has it set to equal like a 20% change over the course of a week.
