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I've been thinking about building my own tank. I'm considering a tank 8 foot long x 4 foot wide x 30 inches deep.
I'm going to divide the tank into three sections; two 2 foot x 4 foot sections - one on each end, and a 4 foot by 4 foot section in the middle. Each section would be sectioned off so water could flow between the sections but everything else is kept seperate. In one small section, I would like to keep my octopus. The middle section would be my reef tank, and the other small section is kept for other fish that aren't reef safe.
I'm going to build the tank out of plywood. I have been researching on line to get all the details on fiberglassing and sealing the tank. The only glass will be the front panel.
With a tank this big, the capicity will be somewhere around 600 gallons.
While I have read a lot about building tanks this big, I have not read anything on dividing the tank in the manner I have described. Does anyone see a problem with this idea? I thought I would run it by everyone and see if anyone has any thoughts I haven't come up with yet.
Thanks
I'm going to divide the tank into three sections; two 2 foot x 4 foot sections - one on each end, and a 4 foot by 4 foot section in the middle. Each section would be sectioned off so water could flow between the sections but everything else is kept seperate. In one small section, I would like to keep my octopus. The middle section would be my reef tank, and the other small section is kept for other fish that aren't reef safe.
I'm going to build the tank out of plywood. I have been researching on line to get all the details on fiberglassing and sealing the tank. The only glass will be the front panel.
With a tank this big, the capicity will be somewhere around 600 gallons.
While I have read a lot about building tanks this big, I have not read anything on dividing the tank in the manner I have described. Does anyone see a problem with this idea? I thought I would run it by everyone and see if anyone has any thoughts I haven't come up with yet.
Thanks