Building my new 400 litre + - tank and stand

it is super exciting - can't wait to see more pics as you progress.

 

2 weeks, think it is going to be 2 very loooooooooooonnnnnnngggggg weeks for you @wrenchy. Any progress on the stand thus far?? Had a look on the last photo's posted, looking better each day. Sorry to hear about the trouble you experienced with your machine, hope it is not to seriousush: Agree with @Pauline, doors will look excellent on it to hide your filter as you have said.

 

@wsteene hahahah well a loooooong month and a bit i go back to varsity on sunday :O so yea looong wait!! yep some progress will post pics now! yea an engineer is looking at it at the moment, im sure he will be able to fix it! haha

@Pauline the decision has been made on the doors goin with glass doors like a frameless shower i think! not clear glass though a white glass, kinda like a milky white, think it will look really cool, well i hope so!!

similar to the glass in this pic

 

Update!

ok put the sides on and the top! its really becoming a solid table

 

oh wow, defo a cool idea with that glass.

 

Update!

ok basically the doors just need to do in and a shelf when i have decided on filtration. goin with the natural look, table needs a bit of a clean! though will upload stuff when it is in its place

 

another update! fixed the gap on the bottom shelf

 

Looking Good so far.

 

Ok guys! last update for a while, at varsity , so yea. its in the place where the tank is going to go, all its needs is some doors . decided to leave it natural!! haha

 

Hey guys i was just reading another DIY thread and they were talking about bracers for the tank. will i need any bracers with my tank?? 862mm x 608mm x 580mm (LxWxH)???

 

Can any1 please help me with my above mentioned issue??

 

@wrenchy, I'll recommend braces as you are going to sit with 303 liters of water and the pressure exerted think is going to be high, sitting with a 230 liter tank and it does have cross bracing, rather be safe than sorry at the end of the day.

 

It all depends on how thick the glass is.

 

If you build the tank with 10mm glass you can leave the braces. Anything less you will have to brace it.

 

k the glass (low iron glass also know has ulta white) is 10mm thick!! @ivan what do you say??

its quite a square tank compared to ur ordinary 4ft or 5 ft

Thanks @wsteene im thinking i will just to be safe

 

That gives a safety factor of 3.5.... should be more than fine as an unbraced tank.... + It just looks SO much nicer....

 

with a FOS of 3.5 you can go braceless, and i agree with @azurekoi it looks much cleaner and nicer.

 

@ivan @azurekoi thanks so much for the help guys!! will be building my tank over the long weekend!! i cant wait!!!

 

Also any PE folk know where i can get some polystyrene cut for the base of my new tank??? @Immy @Pauline @TheGrissom

 

Hi @wrenchy - we often have at work - I think equipment comes packaged in it. I threw out a bakkie load about 2 or so months ago, when i dismantled the music studio. I'll ask tomorrow. What's the footprint dimensions again?