100 Gal Plywood With glass front

Very much looking forward to following this thread.

1) Who Dat??? My wife grew up in Metarie. Yeah Saints. She is still dancing about the Superbowl. http://www.3reef.com/forums/bucket/just-realized-world-ending-82689.html

2) I am starting starting to design a 200+ gallon plywood build. Can someone explain "eurobracing" to me??

Thanks and look forward to following.

Mark

 

I guess I don't understand the wood thing as opposed to glass. Why wood? Any advantage? Seems there would be more issues using wood.......

 

Wood is much lighter than glass. Same size tank in glass versus wood is much heavier.

Wood tanks are SIGNIFICANTLY less expensive than glass tanks.

The real savings multiplier comes with size though. The bigger the tank, the more plywood makes sense.

Also, from what I've read, once you get it all epoxied and sealed, they are actually far more durable.

M

 

Ive got a 1/2 inch starfire glass door that I would love to put in a tank.but that would be about 700 gals.A little too big for our 1bedroom apartment!lolol

 

Nothing is too big!!! That would be insanely awesome!

 

LOL

read my book in my sig line about how to build a woody tank

 

You can make 3 or even 4 sided viewable woody's.

I almost made mine 2 sides viewable. In retrospect, I should have, but it isn't that bad provided you don't drop a frag in back.

 

Check out my tank build thread, that will show detailed pics of the eurobracing.

 

Less weight, less cost, stronger, and you make it yourself to your specs.

Use epoxy and it is like an inside out boat, and strong as all get out.

To be honest, a properly built epoxy/ wood tank will outlast an all glass constructed tank.

 

Im Home

Ok its been a nice hitch at work (offshore), but now im home and time to resume my woody. I need epoxy, guess i need to order sweetwater, how long is it gonna take to get to me. Hey guys is there any places that you could walk in the door and buy epoxy for aquariums. gonna get on the phone now and call sher williams........: