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    Posted: July 25 2004 at 4:11pm

Well I want a 48x24x24 tank for a FW setup. I don't have 5-700$ to spend on glass or acrylic.... Keodog how much did you pay for your 2 part epoxy paint? And from where? The "3/4" finish plywood at HDepot would run me aroud 45$ I dunno on the glass, but with it being a 48x24x? Peice I don't think it would kill me. Plus I have a peice under my old house at roughly those dimentions..... I can reseal a glass tank with GEsylicone with confidence.... I see that AFTER I epoxy paint the crap outa the plywood that I should sylicone also.....

Anyone else have a good link to people doing this?
I will just give my warning that your system will flood, bulbs will burn out, and things will take continuous maintenance... get over it.

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garf's site talks about plywood tanks. go to diy and then misc.
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www.readingtrees.com

Not sure how much info is there, but Calfo is the king of plywood tanks and ponds.  You can also find him at www.wetwebmedia.com where I know he recently wrote an article on this stuff.... http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/cav1i1/pondDIYCalfo/diy-pond.h tm

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cool. been to garf..... 500 gallons...... Thats a perm. tank...

Thats second more exact link... isn't what I really want. I want at least one glass side.....



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I will just give my warning that your system will flood, bulbs will burn out, and things will take continuous maintenance... get over it.

Magna
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I think it was about $32 a gallon at Alta paints on 3300 S and about 200 west.  The name is Aquapon by Pittsburg Paint.
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