KrazyKuch's & Michika's 180Gal Tank Build

michika · #1 11-10-2008, 06:17 PM

I think 11ft is small, but it will probably be what we go with if we can't fit the 13ft panes in the house. I like the lucky number 13!

fencer · #2 11-10-2008, 08:28 PM

What?????....going bigger....looking forward for that thread.

michika · #3 11-10-2008, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by fencer

What?????....going bigger....looking forward for that thread.

Trying, but there is a lot of work involved.

mark · #4 11-10-2008, 09:11 PM

Is you big tank going to be all glass or plywood/glass?

michika · #5 11-10-2008, 09:21 PM

The prices above are for all glass. We haven't yet priced out plywood. I think it will come down to a cost vs. time deal. Originally we wanted plywood/fiberglass to help save on the cost of the big tank, but with the option of glass being so affordable, we may not even need to look at fiberglass.

fencer · #6 11-10-2008, 10:15 PM

GARF.org will give you the plywood calcs

Delphinus · #7 11-11-2008, 04:48 PM

13' seems extraordinarily long to me - my worry would be that it will make the the 3' depth feel narrow. Although you should be able to get some neat wave effects in a tank that long. I'm curious - what kind of glass thickness are we talking about here for 13' long? I'm guessing they've stepped it up because otherwise $1000 more for 2 more feet seems a bit disproportional.

11' or 13' - let's face it, either way would be spectacular though!

untamed · #8 11-10-2008, 10:16 PM

Ha..ha..what fun! For me, I like the 11' x 4' suggestion instead of the 13' x 3'. But of course, something like 13' x 6' would be even better! I would trade depth for length anytime until you get to a square tank.

Obviously, I went acrylic...have you considered that? Check with James at Envision and see what he could do. Things might jump sharply in price with panels over 10 feet (I can't remember...) James would build you a tank that won't fail, that's for sure.

JDigital · #9 11-10-2008, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by untamed

Ha..ha..what fun! For me, I like the 11' x 4' suggestion instead of the 13' x 3'. But of course, something like 13' x 6' would be even better! I would trade depth for length anytime until you get to a square tank.

13x6... that would be a monster...