100 Gal Plywood With glass front

Hello
Gonna try to do a 100 gal woody. Been reading over the 3reefs experience builders, and I wanna try to do this myself.

I screwed and glued the side together 1st, then I will screw and glue the sides to the bottom. I dont have a helper and this was easier. Once two pieces were glued i didnt have to move to to get to the other side

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good luck with your build. I will be following this one. Don't forget the pics

 

Nice start, like that you have everything pre-drilled.

 

Good luck need pics too

 

I will help as much as I can. Making my own 200g woody taught me quite a bit about the process.

I don't think you will have issues with doing it the way you have so far, but I had all the sides rest on the bottom of the tank.

I probably have about 8 million more questions for you on how you will be building this, but what are the dimensions?

 

Thanks and I appreciate all the input. I have both sides and front and back screw and glued. at first I wasnt but im going to screw/glue a top piece (48x20) and then cut it out like i did the front. the bottom or floor of the tank is doubled (48x20) pieces. I just want the tank to be as solid as possible.

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48L*20D*24H
3/4" AC PLYWOOD
TIGHTBOND III GLUE

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Wow, that is going to be one strong bottom.

Looking good.

 

With a plywood tank, the bottom corners receive the most stress, so overbuilt down there is a good thing.

What epoxy or epoxy paint will you use? How much of a eurobrace does that equate to? I have a 3" eurobrace on mine for the top, and even at 62" wide, there have been no issues. Deflection with a FW fill was zero..

What thickness of glass are you going to use. I used 3/8" , I suspect you should too. 1/4" would be too little.