I have started the aquarium build for the house. The basic design of the frame is not my design as i found this design on other foreign fishkeeping sites. This is really an over designed frame but i prefer it since it would be carrying a heavy load of water.
All this for the aquarium..i wish i could have something close to Ben's materials but that would make this way more expensive, so construction grade materials it is.
The top frame consists of 2" x 6" lumber. Had to raise it during the cut in the cms for it to fit
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Nice project bro. I was into aquariums a few years ago. Yes, you should pay attention to the structural integrity of the stand. Correct leveling is also important so there are no "hard spots" where the load will concentrate.
My last build was a 100 gal with a 75 gal sub-tank - it was a marine aquarium. This was made from several sheets of 18 mm marine plywood. We did also have a 300 gallon with a 100 gal sub-tank but for that one I used steel for the structure though that was not a good idea because eventually it rusted despite the epoxy coating. Wood is definitely better for marine aquariums.
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Actually leveling will be my biggest challenge here as the flooring where the aquarium will be is tiled and thus not perfectly flat.
Aquariums are really addicting..never tried marine aquariums though, that i think is more difficult to maintain than a planted tank.
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wow. I am planning to build something that big as well.
A divider for the living room. did you get your lumber squared s4s already like that or did you do that yourself?
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It came s4s already but i need to do some planing to get the pieces to the same width. I have to choose the pcs carefully since i dont want to plane each and every board. It will be skinned with plywood so the appearance of the frame can be left a bit rough. Just need to get it level.
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do you have pictures of the design? curious lang naman ako.
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Sige, il post it in a bit..
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Here's the design of the frame and carcass
The design of the carcass is still not finalized..im still thinking of adding some visual interest..
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very nice design. simple and strong with the outer carcass adding to the strength and stability... elegant is what you will do to enhance the outer shell....
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Thanks..I was thinking of adding shallow grooves along the length, going around the carcass. But im not sure if i can do this properly since the grooves would need to line up perfectly on all sides..
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that shouldn't be all that difficult Moji, I am confident you can do that without any problem...
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How do you think i should go about the grooves? Routing the ply after it is stuck to the frame or before? My problem would be the edge of the short side won't have the groove if i rout before assembly..
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better before imo. but if you have a very unstable floor, well you can do either. you will have a leveled top area anyway, so cutting the grooves before will make it easier as long as the reference is the top portion...
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I have to make a guide for the rounter pa pala..
i have to model it in sketchup first..the groove design might not look right..
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well sice you already have the initial drawing, importing it to sketchup should make it easier. though don't ask me about sketchup, I'm still in the learning stage...
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