my DIY 500 gallon plywood/fiberglass aquarium

Lance · #1 01-10-2014, 02:30 AM

Great start! Keep us posted.

mark · #2 01-10-2014, 03:04 AM

nice. what did you do with the back glass from original tank??

Delphinus · #3 01-10-2014, 04:23 AM

Cooooool.... !!

I'd love to try building a fibreglass tank someday... one day!!

Slyguy00 · #4 01-10-2014, 04:35 AM

Damn looking good Gary! Cant wait to see it up and running

Cujo#31 · #5 01-10-2014, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Slyguy00

Damn looking good Gary! Cant wait to see it up and running

Thanks. Now I have to be a good boy and be patient though. Set it up, cycle it, then take a week off work to do everything I need to do for livestock swap and re-configure "work tanks". Hopefully this spring.

Cujo#31 · #6 01-10-2014, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

Cooooool.... !!

I'd love to try building a fibreglass tank someday... one day!!

Ya, it was a lot of fun building. A couple things I learned early.....having never ever done fibreglass before resin sets FAST. And fer sher I'm glad I used a respirator cuz the fumes are unbelievable. And you need a very tolerant wife!!!! My wife has been awesome through the process the whole way. She doesn't necessarily embrace my hobby, but she tolerates it which is all I can ask...... Even though I do catch her talking to the fish from time to time. LMAO

Cujo#31 · #7 01-10-2014, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by mark

nice. what did you do with the back glass from original tank??

Ya, was going to keep back glass, but because the original tank was so narrow it was really scratched all to hell. Too bad too. Cuz I was originally thinking...."hey, if this works I'm building me a shark tank. LMAO