Plywood Tank Build 300 Gallon

[Aquattro]

Check Marc's old thread on his 1000g plywood tank, he might have a few tidbits to offer

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=31113

[andy8383]

Plywood is 3/4" inch oak. When attaching the pieces of wood together, we glue first and then screw them together. We are going to fiberglass the entire piece as well, but haven't yet.

And thanks for the link to Marc's thread. Already checked it out during the planning stages. Great build and very helpful.

[Edmonton newbie]

west system has a great book that explains the glassing process very well, east system is a cheaper knock off that i have been using and is very easy to use plus no need for the super ventilation that you used to need while using resins, I would not think twice about using it in my kitchen

[KevinK]

last year I considered building a plywood tank, and checked pricing here and there for the resin.

I found US composite was by far the cheapest, se below, there price point, with shipping to Victoria and made in the us, so no duty, only the local tax:

1x EPOX-635416 = 10 Gallon kit $490.00

1x set of EPX-P41 $6.75

16 yards of FG-C0738 fiberglass cloth $76.00 = $572.75 + $169.98 shipping = $742.73 total


here is what I put on reefcentral
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2064052

even der wille zur macht used it for reef application

[HaZRaTTy]

Originally Posted by KevinK

last year I considered building a plywood tank, and checked pricing here and there for the resin.

I found US composite was by far the cheapest, se below, there price point, with shipping to Victoria and made in the us, so no duty, only the local tax:

1x EPOX-635416 = 10 Gallon kit $490.00

1x set of EPX-P41 $6.75

16 yards of FG-C0738 fiberglass cloth $76.00 = $572.75 + $169.98 shipping = $742.73 total


here is what I put on reefcentral
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2064052

even der wille zur macht used it for reef application

I remember seeing on Monster Fish Keepers someone building a Plywood tank for FAR cheaper then this. I haven't done any research into the matter but I remember thinking that, thats fairly inexpensive. You might want to look on that forum and see wha they have to say as there are alot of Plywood builds there. This was more then 2 years ago tho.