Dbo's plywood frag tank (now filled!)

Since I had a extra counter space available I figured I would make a frag tank. I was going to just buy a tank but figured I would give a plywood tank a shot just for fun.
Will be built out of 1/2" ply with a pond liner inside (didnt wanna try the epoxy)
Lit by a 6 bulb t5 nova extreme.
Canister filter in closet next door (dont wanna mess with a sump) keeping it simple.
Dimensions will be 36x19x11
Heres some pics from tonight. Picking up the ply tomorrow.

Counter space


Light hung


Outside of tank will be covered in same tile as the floor

Wish me luck!

 

Very cool! I've wanted to try that for a while.

 

Very cool, nice idea.

I once saw a build thread of somone who had a bulit a huge, in wall tank out of plywood.
Of course the front was glass. He of course epoxied it all.

I like the idea of your smaller scale with a liner. That tile outside is going to look good!

 

kool.....

 

Thanks everyone. Hopefully everything will go smoothly.
Ill keep updating with progress.
Small change- tank length will be 44" now.

 

I saw a video where someone used liquid rubber that just rolled on like paint to water proof the plywood tank.

 

Yeah you can use that stuff.
If this tank was larger and had a viewing window I would go that route so you wouldnt see any creases in the liner, But this will be a top down view only so I decided on the liner.
Liner cost is only 30 bucks too.

 

Very cool idea!! I'm looking forward to updates and pics!! I'm curious to see how it turns out!!

 

Quick sketchup of the design.

 

kool.....