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Originally Posted by Jamie Cross
Rasta, Sounds good thanks for joining in. Do you have a rough cost on your project? Also was it a big PITA or not bad? The 3"x 1/2" center brace are you meaning 1/2" thick ply? How many coats of resin? Whats your thoughts on plywood vs glass tanks? Any pro or cons you would like to mention?
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I think it was about 40 a sheet for the 1" MDF ( 3/4" marine plywood would work just fine ) ... the 3" x 1/2" brace is made of glass ( oops ... hehehe ... I did glass here because I did not want a " shadow " in the middle of the tank ) ... the whole project was not too bad as long as DIY is your bag
... depending on what product you use for the coats I would recommend using West Systems epoxy ... it costs a bit more than the rest but you will be very happy with the results ... I actually built a arogrocrete wall around the exterior ( approx 3/4" thick with eggcrate as the base ) of the tank for extra filtration and also to protect the tank from the live rock accidentally scratching the surface
As to pros and cons ... the wood tanks are great insulators and cost way less than the glass counterparts ... you could get a starphire viewing glass which I would have done had I known about it at the time ... drilling can be done with simple hole saws for alot less than glass ... I guess I cant really think of a con and if I were to do it again I would just go bigger and plan ahead for circulation a bit more ( I had to drain part way to install closed loops )
Cheers