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Oldfish · Post by **Oldfish** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:05 am

mistergreen wrote:nice.. Are you using plexiglass for that?

How's the moisture in the basement?

Its made with 1/2" tempered glass(reused sliding glass door). The moisture is not a problem. But you must keep heated tanks tightly covered or basements get humid,moldy,etc..

chefkeith · Post by **chefkeith** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:07 am

That's what I call a DIY expose'.

That's the biggest loach tank I know of. Beavercreek sounds like my kind of town.

Oldfish · Post by **Oldfish** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:34 am

Rubix wrote:yes give us details, im interested in building my own tank in the not-so-near future, but i can plan now

It is just a 3/4" Plywood box with a hole in the front for viewing.The box is put together with 3 1/2" screws, painted with four coats of swimming pool paint(2 part epoxy),and glass mounted with a 2" wide silicone overlap.The most expensive part can be the glass.I"ve been using free glass with mine.If you price new glass you will see why used/free glass comes highly recomended.

Oldfish · Post by **Oldfish** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:47 am

loachmom wrote:

I hope you'll tell us more details, like how often you maintenance it and what that involves.

Also, I'd like to see your other tanks, too.

Maintenance is easy! weekly I turn a few valves and backwash the bead filter until 1/3 of the water is gone, then I refill it and I'm done. I'll be taking photos of some of my other tanks too.

shari2 · Post by **shari2** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 2:09 pm

Crud, I missed it. The links to the tank pics are gone?

Oldfish · Post by **Oldfish** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 2:55 pm

shari2 wrote:Crud, I missed it. The links to the tank pics are gone?

I think they are still on page 1 but I'll put them here.

loachmom · Post by **loachmom** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:38 pm

A re-used sliding glass door!!! I love it!!!

I wonder if saphphx has seen this, yet. She's the DIY-Queen, you know.

loachmom · Post by **loachmom** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:15 pm

Oldfish wrote: I'll be taking photos of some of my other tanks too.

I keep checking!

Oldfish · Post by **Oldfish** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:14 am

loachmom wrote:
Oldfish wrote: I'll be taking photos of some of my other tanks too.
I keep checking!

Here you go loachmom.350 gallon,sorry no loaches in this one .....yet

loachmom · Post by **loachmom** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:48 am

That is so interesting, Oldfish.

If I hadn't seen your pictures, I would never have believed one could make a fishtank out of reused glass, plywood, and pool paint.

How long has the one in the picture been set up?

Have you ever had any leaks or blow outs?

shari2 · Post by **shari2** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 9:01 am

Well, I discovered why I couldn't see the pics. Seems they load fine in Explorer but not in Firefox.

Anyone else in this thread using Firefox? If so, I'd better check it out and see what's wrong with my version...

Keith Wolcott · Post by **Keith Wolcott** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 9:30 am

I'm using Firefox and it is working fine. Maybe you just have an older version and need to upgrade. There is a "Check for updates" on the help menu.

Oldfish · Post by **Oldfish** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:15 am

loachmom wrote:That is so interesting, Oldfish.

If I hadn't seen your pictures, I would never have believed one could make a fishtank out of reused glass, plywood, and pool paint.

How long has the one in the picture been set up?

Have you ever had any leaks or blow outs?

loachmom the 700 gallon tank was setup last December and the 350 gallon tank in early 2004.Also still in use are a 90 and 150 gallon I built about 20 years ago. I had 7 other tanks from 250-500 gallons that I sold when I moved house.Of all these only my first tank developed a leak(due to not enough coats of epoxy paint).

loachmom · Post by **loachmom** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:58 am

20 years...

Well, I'd say you have a great record. I've really enjoyed viewing your tanks.
Thanks so much for sharing your photos.

Keith Wolcott · Post by **Keith Wolcott** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:36 am

Yes, thank you for sharing your photos. It gives us all kinds of ideas about what we would like to do.

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