DIY 700gal aquarium design plans

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when i get my house in order(a lot of unfinished remodeling) i'm planning on building an aquarium something like this...
outside dimentions are 8'x4'x4', inside dim. 7' 3.5" x 3' 3"x4'(709gal)'. i'm planning on only filling it about 3'(532gal adjustable) because i want to have plants that grow out of the water. floating plants or what i have in my tank right now but with better control.
made of plywood sheets, 2x4's and 1/2" acrylic. was going to fiberglass the inside but started to think to just use a pond line trimmed and siliconed into place... shown without a skin to show this can be insulated to stabilize water temp. sides can even be drywalled to the room as for appropriate designed stand and hood.
sorry about the jittery video...
for some reason my video capture slows the animation when in use. i don't know why i have more than enough memory on the pc...

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[bencae]

How did you make a video from Google Sketchup? Please share. Thank you.

[apauln]

@bencae i used a video capturing program. i tried a few free programs not sure of any names. i just searched cnet.com and many choices pop up... hope this helps...

[MrNinjaNuker]

hey nice design plan, although i just want to point one thing out to you, if you want a saltwater reef aquarium then theres two things your either gonna have to do, make it a bit shorter so that the light can get through or buy a really powerful light and keep you same plan, Good luck!

[apauln]

@MrNinjaNuker wasn't thinking salt water, but would one day love to try it. thanks for the info... btw this is only going to be 3' deep not the 4' dimentions of the tank, would the light still need to be much poweful?

[scratchresistant]

do you have that sketchup file online anywhere? i would like to get that

[apauln]

@scratchresistant i just uploaded it to the sketchup warehouse at sketchup.google.com/3dwarehous­e/details?mid=c0746a44c01a091f­174ab9954efc2753

[enzo226]

i could swim in that lol



[71160000]

Not as impressive as your 700 gall. but 30 years ago Aquarium magazine had a how to on a 250 gall. It was cheap to build because it used 2 sheets of plywood that yielded a tank 8' long by 30" wide by 16" deep. The inside was painted with 3 coats of blue marine epoxy. Mine sat on a stand 30" high so you didn't have to get down on the floor to view. Installed 8' flourscent lamps in black rain gutter over a glass top. A lot of marine animals don't require high light and did well.

[Eros15lc6]

How would you filter this setup if it were fresh water?

[MrNinjaNuker]

@apauln sorry if i didnt respond, i might of but i forgot haha. anyway, i think that should be ok for freshwater, but with saltwater some corals like more light than others but all you would have to do is put them near the top, i hope i helped :)

[MrNinjaNuker]

@bes426 i was just giving my opinion of what i would do from my database of knowledge, i'm sorry if i offended anyone

[bes426]

@MrNinjaNuker or maybe you are not sure what you're speaking of, the ocean is pretty deep you know, just admire and stop being so critical, where's your build?

[radicalphantom1]

any videos of this built or in action??

[bencae]

@apauln Thank you very much for your response