500 gal (1 Viewer)

[DonaldL]

I finally filled my new 500 gallon tank after installing the acrylic. The acrylic is 1" thick x 4'6" wide x 5' tall. I will be looking for an external pump for it if someone has one they do not need.

I had to reduce the picture quality to upload.

 

[Cakepro]

Does the little guy get bothered by that much current pointing directly at him?

~ Sherri

 

[DonaldL]

He want's to put a shark in it. Thats is all he talks about.

 

[Guest]

I am guessing it is going to be a FOWLR?

 

[DonaldL]

Yes it is just going to be a fish only and some base rock. Did you see the rock yet at the place you called.

 

[Guest]

Actually looks better than the stuff in WildFire's pics because it has more holes but smaller.

 

[DonaldL]

Great I will have to give them a call.

 

[incysor]

Any new pics of this tank?

B

 

[DonaldL]

Not yet i had to drain it the 100% G.E sealant did not bond to the acrylic. I had to remove the glass and start over. Trying to find a better silicone for it.

 

[incysor]

Ouch! That sucks. You might try asking Keith from aquatic designs what product he'd suggest.

 

[DonaldL]

I decided to tape a border around the edge where the silicone is going to be. Then i used the same blue epoxy and painted it. The epoxy bonded to the glass and the silicone bonded to the epoxy. I hope that fixed my problem.

 

[DonaldL]

More pic's

 

[DonaldL]

New rock in tank.

Now i need to finish the trim work.

 

[incysor]

Cool....I was just wondering the last couple days about how this was going...I just hadn't gotten time to go back throught the posts to find the thread.

Brian

 

[DonaldL]

It is doing great so far. I can't wait to put some trigger's in it.

 

[Guest]

Next birthday party for you son you can have all the kids swim in it.

 

[DonaldL]

He already wants to get in it.......... I had to get in it to put the big rock. It is about 175 lbs. I kept floating to the top of the tank so I finally started holding on the rock so I could stay at the bottom and arrange it.

 

[Guest]

this is a great project I would love to watch as it goes please post more pics to entertain somone who dreams of a inwall thank such as this what are your plans of fish in it

 

[incysor]

This is a little off-topic, but the picture of the rock reminded me to ask the question. I've had 2 different reef aquariums now that had a piece of the texas holey rock in them. After a little while on both of them the water turned a light shade of brown, kinda like a very weak tea. Nothing seemed to be unhappy with this development except for me. Corals and fish didn't care. After trying everything, carbon, extra filters, another skimmer, I noticed a brown spot on one of the pieces of holey rock. I took the rock out, and the water cleared up. When it happened in the other aquarium I didn't notice a brown spot on the rock but when I removed it from the aquarium the water cleared up. My guess is something is leaching from the rock and coloring the water. Can anyone verify that? If so, what is it that's coloring the water?

Thanks,

Brian

 

[Guest]

:book1: After reading this post and consulting my book.. the ancients say HOLY CRAP.. what in the world are you gonna do with that huge thing! I wanna see your filter setup also, what kind of space do you have behind it for a workroom and is this in your house?