SpidersWeb Posted November 11, 2007 Report Share Posted November 11, 2007 or a nice school of oscars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted November 11, 2007 Report Share Posted November 11, 2007 i want one:) how much is it gonna cost you? huge huge tank you can put a bunch of mexican midgets in there and they would probalby be happy to live in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firenzenz Posted November 11, 2007 Report Share Posted November 11, 2007 don't think they're on the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted November 11, 2007 Report Share Posted November 11, 2007 i know people:P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 yea how muhc would it be to get a tank set up like this 4 oscras eg price for tank filters etc etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 Dunno, at least 5 grand for the tank, then filtering around 5000 litres, you'd probably want a sump room underneath, or about 20 Fluval FX5s. It's 'extend the mortgage' stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firenzenz Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 The glass itself would run into the thousands, not to mention the right base and adequate floor to put it on. Not the sort of thing you pop across your 600mm joist gaps. Its sounds like an Engineer's delight in terms of stresses and loads. the force 6 tonnes of water would be putting on the top of the tank would be huge. I'm assumminig it would be glass-or is it Acrylic Emily. I think a native rock pool as David B suggested would great- stocked full of live bait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 hahaha thats my dream then get a big tank like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 I'm working on plans for a giant RSM type tank - 9 x 4.5 x 4.5 tank housed in a 9 x 7 x 6 stainless steel cage complete with all filtration equipment, and generator, and lifting eyes so I can move it with a forklift :lol: So far I have discovered that 20mm glass is really expensive - so expensive that it might be better to use 10mm double glazing :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 Another alternative is acrylic. Tankman on these forums has made a few enourmous and curved acrylic tanks, check out some of his posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 Another alternative is acrylic. Tankman on these forums has made a few enourmous and curved acrylic tanks, check out some of his posts. Can you clean marine algae off it without scratching it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 You raise a good point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_elmo Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 what would be a awesome tank but the cost of building and running the thing must be crazy how many litres does the council allow you before they start charging? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 what would be a awesome tank but the cost of building and running the thing must be crazy how many litres does the council allow you before they start charging? :lol: Infinite - water is free in Christchurch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_elmo Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 Infinite - water is free in Christchurch. sweet...wish the power is free too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 sweet...wish the power is free too Yep, that would be nice - I drop $350 month on power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 that tank is expensive tough tanks cant even guess how much and apparently when you get to that size, the construction is a little different to make it safer wish i had one though a tank maker in auckland, they do most of kelly tarltons, do tanks like that. awhile ago, i called them and said if you want a huge cheap tank you can do one outdoors or indoors dependind on space have rear and side walls concrete and the front concrete wiht a window adequte for viewing made out of perpex or really really thick glass thats cheaper than getting a tank tanks gets exccesively expensive when they get over a certain size, glass can only hold so much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 that tank is expensive tough tanks cant even guess how much and apparently when you get to that size, the construction is a little different to make it safer wish i had one though a tank maker in auckland, they do most of kelly tarltons, do tanks like that. awhile ago, i called them and said if you want a huge cheap tank you can do one outdoors or indoors dependind on space have rear and side walls concrete and the front concrete wiht a window adequte for viewing made out of perpex or really really thick glass thats cheaper than getting a tank tanks gets exccesively expensive when they get over a certain size, glass can only hold so much Yep, only the front panel will be transparent (probably glass) - the rest will be solid and heavily insulated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 yeah it doesnt sound that much i believe for 10grand you can build a massive conrete block and fill it up with water, hook up a solar heater on it with a thermostat liek in swimming pools, all in all, i think the container of water should cost bout 12k plus the filter which would be a giant giant overflow and tricle sump system or a pool filter probalby a giant over flow would be ok just plumb that somewhere in doors, when your spending that much on a giant oversized extravagant set up, you might as well 15k i reckon i can make one, probably close to 10k or more litres, you can probably put in quite alot of monster fish in there, 20 arowanas or 10 pacus, 10 arowanas:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 my 10,000 litre outdoor eel \ kokopu pool cost 110 dollars retail cost 3,000 for plastic water tank and 300 dollars for acrylic windows my tank was free from devan plastics as 1 of the plastics used for making it had not been tested for human consumption run para pump and DIY filter on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 10000L thats heaps wats the dimensions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 mark, how bout Heating? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 running as local freshwater at the moment, also have hot water bore to heat later on need more aros first, or red tailed cats tank is 6 metres across and water level is 1.2 metres who knows the volume ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firenzenz Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 The cost of this tank goes up exponentially because of its height. 48inches is high It will probably have to be made out of 15mm or even 19mm glass, maybe 19mm base, back and sides with that 15mm starfire glass on front. All the added bracing, not the sort of tank you can get a quote over the phone for. Noones added in the cost of the Hiab to shift the thing- in fact probably need to be built onsite. Imagine the weight of base panel 10x5ft and 19mm thick Emily- please keep us updated through the process, sounds real interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 it would be cheaper to do it DIY... Warren did a similar thing I think... DIY way cheaper as you only need one pane of glass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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