Just thought I'd post what I've been up to this week as the DIY seems a little slow at the moment. Pics are always good...

This is a 70mm thick panel formed to R8222mm with an arc length of 4340mm. There is a pair of these panels and we will be installing them into a steel / fiberglass tank on site later this month. They look a bit dull as we are presently resurfacing the outer side.

Now can any one guess what these panels above are going to be made into ?

Cheers,

Tank Man.

70mm?! Must be making a bomb containment unit! 8)

But in reality, I see wonderfully large amounts of water and big fish... :bounce:

I see wonderfully large amounts of water and big fish... :bounce:

Yes you could see it because it's coming to Welly soon :lol:

Ah ha!

NZ Aquarium has my bet then! Woo hoo!

Ah ha!

NZ Aquarium has my bet then! Woo hoo!

haha i was thinking that too

allrite!! coming to wellington...thats exciting and definitely a bonus!! :bounce:

Nope, not the NZ Aquarium

keep guessing..............

mystics house?

love it when u post pics tank man, it keeps me dreaming

around how many litres is this goin to hold? and what sort of $$ are we looking at if u dont mind me asking

love it when u post pics tank man, it keeps me dreaming

around how many litres is this going to hold? and what sort of $$ are we looking at if u dont mind me asking

20000Lt As for price there's over $170K ( ) of acrylic in the job alone, I can whip another one up if you need one for the house ?

mystics house?

She wishes :lol:

20000Lt As for price there's over $170K ( ) of acrylic in the job alone, I can whip another one up if you need one for the house ?

OMG thats was half the size of my swimming pool. hummmm i guess i dont really need to eat right? :lol:

so am i right in saying acrylic tanks are more expensive than glass ones? what is the smallest tank u ever made?

so am i right in saying acrylic tanks are more expensive than glass ones? what is the smallest tank u ever made?

I wouldn't know what the glass equivalent is worth but glass is probably cheaper for joe average.

Smallest tank, well we make the 6" bowls you get at the pet shops if that counts ??? For commercial tanks I've made down to 600Lx450wx450 for aquariums to use as quarantine Tanks.

Tank Man.

Nope, not the NZ Aquarium

keep guessing..............

Wellington airport?

Wellington airport?

You are correct, WIAP are going to have an "small" aquarium which will be viewable from the waiting lounge (non customs side so you can wander and and see it) the once you've gone pass customs you will be looking into the other side of it.

It is going to be salt but with a cook straight theme as far as I under stand.

Tank Man.

That's a good idea.

Then when you're sitting in the plane at the bottom of the Strait, you'll be able to say

"Hey, I saw one of those in the departure lounge!!" :roll:

Alan 104

Oh excellent! Even more excuse to go to the airport.

Hmmm 170K - Holy @%&!!

But if I had the cash (you know, just lying around) then hell yes!

BTW, What are the dimesions of that 70mm (!!!) sheet?

so that means that it will have one hell of a powerhead to create the massive waves and a radio controlled ferry :lol:

some missing divers too!!

guess it wouldn't be complete with a swerage outlet or two as well

lol :lol:

Not to mention the cable to provide the North Islanders with power

hope my quote is a bit cheaper??????

hope my quote is a bit cheaper??????

No, I use the same pencil for all of them ! :lol: I'm quite busy at the moment so you might be waiting until next week for the quote sorry.

Tank Man.

This is last week ends effort to get the tank frame in place, it's made up of three sections that are bolted together then the joins are fiberglass over again. We had to lay the sections on there ends to make it low enough to get under the glass door at the air port than use chain blocks anchored to the floor to stand it back up. Getting it in between the pillars was a mission as it's a fairly tight fit :roll: The two smaller frame each side are bubble display tanks which I'm trying to make in between all the trips to Wellington

Next stage is to take the panels down and silicone them in.

Tank Man.

wow i wouldn't say no to one of those in my house!!!