PERFECT Video. I have an extra room that I will try this in. Reading the comments made me cringe because it seems others can't read or just don't. Thanks again man and great video had to sub for your knowledge so ty again.
Re-watching this again in Nov.2022. Just priced a new piece of 3/4 4 foot by 6 foot at my local shop.----- $3,400 US dollars......I miss the old days. Back to Craigslist and Marketplace for used glass.
Very well explained its gonna help me with mine alot👍. Which I'll video and show ya the finished product. Looking forward to watching ya filtration setup.😊
Like 64! How are you Mike? Definitely very informative! I need to build one of those tanks! Awesome! Have a great day and happy fish keeping! Take care till next time!🐟😎❤️👍🐠
Amazing man. Your channel is awesome. Such an inspiration. Is your profession related to knowing how to do all this? You seem super comfortable with all the wood work and plumbing. I want to learn how to do these things.
Did you get the 3/4 inch glass at Lowe’s or Home Depot? Or do you have to get special aquarium glass? Great video and super helpful to, really awesome.
Idk where he ordered his from but I've ordered glass cut to size from a local glass place that does windshields, etc. So maybe try to find a place like that? It wasn't very expensive at all and was much trustworthy that things were actually cut to the proper size since in our area at least, Lowe's and home depot never do proper measurements for things
I've done multiple videos on cost I'm sure you could look them up. I didn't build u a nice little materials list though. Too much work to keep track that closely sorry
Planning on building something similar but... outside. I will use all treated materials and paint everything too. I might make it double skinned with insulation as well. Where I live in South East Queensland, Australia, it gets down to single digits on the Celsius scale but that's about it. Undecided on which method I'll use to seal it at this point. It will be 8' x 4' x 4'. The glass size will depend on what I can pick up second hand. Also undecided.... what fish I will put in it. Probably just Australian natives.
Great video thanks for sharing. How long will that paint liner hold up do you think. Beautiful job on that build, I’m nowhere near that level, maybe one day.
I know of one person who has had no issues in 12 yrs with a rubberized epoxy similar to what I used. But I don't really know what to expect. Almost 1 yr in now
I laid the fiberglass into the same epoxy. You can do this with any epoxy you choose to use for the build. I used plate glass not tempered. You do not want tempered glass. Dimensions 82"x37"x3/4"
Also how many times do you have to flush this out before you do the final fill, just to get rid of residue and chemicals etc otherwise they would kill the fish no?
Nice video nice job. I thought the tank design could have been more functional. I would prefer a taller or more verticle structure allowing an eye level point of view. That's just me... What water drain methods have you deployed?
I have not needed to heat the tank until about a week ago. I have 4 - 300w heaters in the sump and they're keeping it at about 80 degrees but i'm not sure they will be enough when the basement starts getting colder this winter. I will add more heaters as needed
I see a lot of "monster" tanks (if you can call them that lol) be built like this but never any smaller tanks. I want to make a LOT of 6'×3'×2'H and 8'×2'×~14"H nobody makes the smaller ones out of fiberglass and the 6' ones are 1200 without freight shipping. So question is do you think making "smaller" tanks this way is economical compared to buying fiberglass tanks or building glass/acrylic tanks?
OUTSTANDING JOB! I can appreciate the amount of time that it takes to get to this point, we all wish we can have a 1100 gallon tank in 17:52 minutes ....LOL. Definitely a lot of man hours...and beer! I'm Presently doing a built out of a 1000 gallon tank, feel free to check it out on my new UA-cam channel "their world aquatics ". The information you provided was priceless, great job on your aquarium. Joe from Ohio!
Great video im in need of a very large plywood tank myself my special fishy buddy is growing massive and I’ll need a gigantic tank for him not sure how a 5k gallon would go with two viewing panels but that might even be too small for my little friend lol
Dude your aquariums are bad shit crazy. I'm a new home owner and a fish nerd (freshwater). I'm interested in doing a 500gal or better in my basement. I love diy projects but how much do you think it'll cost me to do a native freshwater tank for panfish spices Crappie,perch,bluegill etc. Also what size would you recommend for about 15 fish. Any tips and advice would be greatly appreciated to your new subscriber👋🏾. Thanks and keep doing what you do bro.
hi Mike, you mentioned a fibreglass strip or tape that you used for the seams of the 1100 gallon tank. What was the name of it? Or do you recommend something better?
Hey Mark I bought sheets of fiberglass at lowes I forget the brand and details but it was the only one they had. I just the sheet into 6 inch strips and it wasn't all that easy but that fiberglass was perfect for what I was doing with the 1100. I could probably do that again here but I'd rather do full boat fiberglass with resin and gel coat
I'm having troubles finding such a product here in Northern Ireland. Was it a fibreglass tape which was stick on? Or did you apply some resin/epoxy? I might end up going the full fibreglass route, like your doing with new build, but it seems a bit daunting. Still undecided.
Well Done ! We build very similar. I built a 1210 gallon plywood system. I used Pond Armor myself ( 7 coats ). My build has some breakdown ( step by step ) videos.. im hitting your sub button and ask you to come my way and see what I did. Thanks This was my 4th plywood build, and couldn't get any help with my glass. 2ft x 8ft x 13ml..
In this application I just layed fiberglass strips into the wet epoxy. You can buy sheets of it at most hardware stores. This is not like actually using fiberglass with a resin. That's a different process. Hope this helps.
Great video and awesome setup. My only piece of advice is that while I share your love for fish/aquariums, I do not share your love for heavy metal and I'm sure i'm not alone. I would highly recommend having something more, traditionally, soothing/relaxing on in the background IF you think you need to have background music.. The music is just such a stark contrast to peaceful aquariums.. I would have muted, but I wanted to hear the commentary. Either way, cool video and great setup. Thanks for sharing!
Notifications don't tell me what video this is you're commenting on but I'm pretty sure it's the only video ever that I used heavy music. All the others have traditional UA-cam style music but I have now stopped using any music at all especially during commentary. Thanks for the advice. You and many others have told me plenty about the dislike for the music and I took the "hints" lol
@@OffTheDeepEndAquatics hahaha oh okay, great, thanks for the reply. This is the first of your video's i have seen, it's the build video for your plywood 1100gal and I really enjoyed it. I hope i didn't offend with the music comment, we all have different tastes in music, i'm sure you would hate mine as well lol
No offense at all man I understand completely. There is actually one more video that I was thinking u were talking about and it's worse than this 😂 if u find it just know that I know lol
@@OffTheDeepEndAquatics haha cool man. I'm watching more of your videos now, it's great content. Keep it up! I've been thinking of starting a channel myself, but the editing is what's been holding me back..
Nice tank. Never understood why people always put those big fish in these tanks instead of making a nice scaped ecosystem with schools of fish. To each their own I guess.
I did a video on how much my Aquariums cost including this tank near the end if u wanna check it out but long story short approx $2k without filtration and exterior aesthetic stuff
@@OffTheDeepEndAquatics I appreciate that. I live on a fresh water canal in south Florida. Thinking of building a very large tank and plumbing it into the canal as the filtration part
Watching some catch em all I see. It works but there are a lot of reasons I wouldn't recommend it. Definitely fine for natives caught in the same body of water.
@@OffTheDeepEndAquatics I had the idea to do that way before I saw Zak's videos but same premise. I don't wanna deal with the filtration side on a very large scale tank
I don't understand. My build is nothing like anything he's ever built and this isn't a how to video like he does. Not sure how my content and is content are alike in anyway other than we are both fish keepers 🤷♂️
Great video. Awesome to see this tank build step by step. A ton went into this!
Love the visible bio ball system!
You did that there sir.
PERFECT Video. I have an extra room that I will try this in. Reading the comments made me cringe because it seems others can't read or just don't. Thanks again man and great video had to sub for your knowledge so ty again.
Awesome tank. I did a 308 gallon and I went with a liquid rubber for the same expansion / movement reason.
Confidence builder for my 2k bld. Thanks Mike!
Awesome man you're welcome! I subbed look forward to seeing it
Really! It is wood!
Amazing 😻🤩😍
nice job mate, nice to see people taking there time with builds (y)
Thank you very much!
Great job looks amazing.
Re-watching this again in Nov.2022. Just priced a new piece of 3/4 4 foot by 6 foot at my local shop.----- $3,400 US dollars......I miss the old days. Back to Craigslist and Marketplace for used glass.
Very well explained its gonna help me with mine alot👍. Which I'll video and show ya the finished product. Looking forward to watching ya filtration setup.😊
Like 64! How are you Mike? Definitely very informative! I need to build one of those tanks! Awesome! Have a great day and happy fish keeping! Take care till next time!🐟😎❤️👍🐠
So inspired. Thank you for sharing 👏
Amazing man. Your channel is awesome. Such an inspiration. Is your profession related to knowing how to do all this? You seem super comfortable with all the wood work and plumbing. I want to learn how to do these things.
Very good job 👍🏻
Super dope tank. I want to try a plywood tank, but the price of glass scares me giving I'm not the handiest person lol. Thanks for sharing.
The glass is definitely expensive but keep on the look out maybe you can find something second hand to help save some money on the build
I subbed man thanks for the pics for ideas
Did you get the 3/4 inch glass at Lowe’s or Home Depot? Or do you have to get special aquarium glass? Great video and super helpful to, really awesome.
Idk where he ordered his from but I've ordered glass cut to size from a local glass place that does windshields, etc. So maybe try to find a place like that? It wasn't very expensive at all and was much trustworthy that things were actually cut to the proper size since in our area at least, Lowe's and home depot never do proper measurements for things
I ordered it from a local glass place. You'll need to call around. It's not anything that Lowe's or home Depot would ever carry
a full material list/cost breakdown would be nice to see.
I've done multiple videos on cost I'm sure you could look them up. I didn't build u a nice little materials list though. Too much work to keep track that closely sorry
Great video Michael! Looking forward to build mine.
Thank you Tony! I look forward to following you when you start!
Planning on building something similar but... outside. I will use all treated materials and paint everything too. I might make it double skinned with insulation as well. Where I live in South East Queensland, Australia, it gets down to single digits on the Celsius scale but that's about it. Undecided on which method I'll use to seal it at this point. It will be 8' x 4' x 4'. The glass size will depend on what I can pick up second hand. Also undecided.... what fish I will put in it. Probably just Australian natives.
Nice intro and great video
That turned out Awsome Pinky is mean wow🤣
Super job my friend from another plywood tank guy! :)
Thank you! I subbed to your channel. Awesome!
@@OffTheDeepEndAquatics Thanks my friend and you've got a sub back :)
Awesome man... Thanks
Just awesome
Thanks man!
Great video, just subscribed. Sorry if you've already answered this question but where did you get the fiberglass sump tank?
I got it free off Craigslist a few years back.
Show us more with fishes you put in the tank.
Great video thanks for sharing. How long will that paint liner hold up do you think. Beautiful job on that build, I’m nowhere near that level, maybe one day.
I know of one person who has had no issues in 12 yrs with a rubberized epoxy similar to what I used. But I don't really know what to expect. Almost 1 yr in now
Hi Mike, can you comment on the glass you used for the 1100, you said it was 3/4 inch, how did you determine this would be strong enough?
What's the dimensions ?
Awesome vid man. Who cares about the editing! The video is sick enough man
DAAAMN 🔥 🔥 🔥
Did you use a separate epoxy for the fibre glass or just used the pond rubber? And what type of glass did you use? Great video 👍🏻
I laid the fiberglass into the same epoxy. You can do this with any epoxy you choose to use for the build. I used plate glass not tempered. You do not want tempered glass. Dimensions 82"x37"x3/4"
Keep post bro . Nice work
Also how many times do you have to flush this out before you do the final fill, just to get rid of residue and chemicals etc otherwise they would kill the fish no?
Nice video nice job. I thought the tank design could have been more functional. I would prefer a taller or more verticle structure allowing an eye level point of view. That's just me... What water drain methods have you deployed?
Another question are you heating the tank if so what wattage will you be using just trying to get as much information as possible cheers
I have not needed to heat the tank until about a week ago. I have 4 - 300w heaters in the sump and they're keeping it at about 80 degrees but i'm not sure they will be enough when the basement starts getting colder this winter. I will add more heaters as needed
I fibreglassed my whole sump filter inside and out and it's not that expensive. also, I used a woven fibreglass that's soft and stays flat.
Dope tank! I definitely wanna make one in the future! So funny seeing people wearing mask like it does something 😆
I see a lot of "monster" tanks (if you can call them that lol) be built like this but never any smaller tanks. I want to make a LOT of 6'×3'×2'H and 8'×2'×~14"H nobody makes the smaller ones out of fiberglass and the 6' ones are 1200 without freight shipping.
So question is do you think making "smaller" tanks this way is economical compared to buying fiberglass tanks or building glass/acrylic tanks?
Great vid. Just subbed. Love diy fish stuff lol
Thank you very much!
Where did you buy the glass and how much was it ? Trying to price things out so I can build something like this. Beautiful tank !!
I just made another video on this over the weekend so check that out. I got the glass from a local glass shop in Lakeville MA
@@OffTheDeepEndAquatics thank you !! I'll check it out :-)
OUTSTANDING JOB! I can appreciate the amount of time that it takes to get to this point, we all wish we can have a 1100 gallon tank in 17:52 minutes ....LOL. Definitely a lot of man hours...and beer! I'm Presently doing a built out of a 1000 gallon tank, feel free to check it out on my new UA-cam channel "their world aquatics ". The information you provided was priceless, great job on your aquarium.
Joe from Ohio!
Great video im in need of a very large plywood tank myself my special fishy buddy is growing massive and I’ll need a gigantic tank for him not sure how a 5k gallon would go with two viewing panels but that might even be too small for my little friend lol
What kind of glass did you use? And where did you buy it from?
Brilliant
Great tank mates can you please send me the measurements of tank and size of glass thxs looking to make on my self
Thank you. Like the video said the tank is 10'x6' footprint. Its about 44" tall. The glass is 82"x37"x3/4"(19mm)
Off The Deep End Aquatics how much did it weigh and cost ?
Very nice. You can swim in
Dude your aquariums are bad shit crazy. I'm a new home owner and a fish nerd (freshwater). I'm interested in doing a 500gal or better in my basement. I love diy projects but how much do you think it'll cost me to do a native freshwater tank for panfish spices Crappie,perch,bluegill etc. Also what size would you recommend for about 15 fish. Any tips and advice would be greatly appreciated to your new subscriber👋🏾. Thanks and keep doing what you do bro.
The proper Painting term is " Cutting In " ...not cutting out.
How long did it take it to fill up with water
Love the heavy music!!!
Thank you. Some love it some hate it lol.
@@OffTheDeepEndAquatics lamb of god request*
Does only front side needs glass Or in all four side in a plywood aquarium
Whatstue pane size, and hose ot holding up 3 years later?
what is the thicknes of the front panel
3/4" (19mm)
Hi from Trinidad (Caribbean) I am about to do one of these but way smaller about 250 gallons. Quick question: what thickness of glass should I use?
Half inch is fine 🙂
Where did you get the glass??????!!!!!
So awesome dude - can you build one for my home and office?
How large were the plywood sheets that you used also were did you get the plywood.
interesting that this could be done to marine aswell.. just trying to figure out how the glass is installed properly
There is a few guys who have made plywood marine tanks
what is the cost m shipping to sweden with construction for 2000 liters?
Can a 3/4 inch tempered dining room table top glass work? Or should i buy some type of specific glass?
Not looking to build 1100g at this point maybe someday, but looking to build 300g-500g.
I need this how do we make that happen ?
What did you use for the in line flooring and walls?
last9emperor I don’t think he used anything.... I had same question.
The original question doesn't make any sense. Didn't use anything? Anything for what?
I don't understand your question. Inline flooring and walls?
Yea I figured it out already I thought maybe he used tiles or something but it was rubberized pond coating used on top of the woods.
Wish I lived in the US so I had a basement.... Just not something you get in the UK and even if you do you wouldn't get a tank down there.
hi Mike, you mentioned a fibreglass strip or tape that you used for the seams of the 1100 gallon tank. What was the name of it? Or do you recommend something better?
Hey Mark I bought sheets of fiberglass at lowes I forget the brand and details but it was the only one they had. I just the sheet into 6 inch strips and it wasn't all that easy but that fiberglass was perfect for what I was doing with the 1100. I could probably do that again here but I'd rather do full boat fiberglass with resin and gel coat
I cut the sheet*
I'm having troubles finding such a product here in Northern Ireland. Was it a fibreglass tape which was stick on? Or did you apply some resin/epoxy? I might end up going the full fibreglass route, like your doing with new build, but it seems a bit daunting. Still undecided.
Good stuff bud 👍🏼 I’ll be building one here soon in. I’m from CA 🤙🏽
What are the type of food you give to your fish. Pellets or frozen or live?
It depends on the fish. Anything from pellets (bug bites mostly) to raw fish and shrimp.
How man gallons did it take to waterproof that? I thought I heard you say somewhere but can't find it again.
I think I used 4 gallons total to do 9 coats. The seams are much thicker coated though
What is the size of your pond
why not fiberglass it and finish it with Gelcoat, it should be a good way to waterproof it
Well Done ! We build very similar. I built a 1210 gallon plywood system. I used Pond Armor myself ( 7 coats ). My build has some breakdown ( step by step ) videos.. im hitting your sub button and ask you to come my way and see what I did. Thanks This was my 4th plywood build, and couldn't get any help with my glass. 2ft x 8ft x 13ml..
Thank you my friend. I subbed back!
what do you mean when you say pvc filler? you mean silicone? also how thick is the glass? thx
Nope not silicone. An all purpose joint compound will be fine and the glass is 3/4" thick. 84"x37"x3/4" standard plate glass not tempered.
@@OffTheDeepEndAquatics ok tysm
What epoxy did you use to coat entirely inside plywood ? I liked and subbed.
Herco rubberized pond coating
And thank you!
How does fiberglass work, i never worked with it
In this application I just layed fiberglass strips into the wet epoxy. You can buy sheets of it at most hardware stores. This is not like actually using fiberglass with a resin. That's a different process. Hope this helps.
Great video and awesome setup. My only piece of advice is that while I share your love for fish/aquariums, I do not share your love for heavy metal and I'm sure i'm not alone. I would highly recommend having something more, traditionally, soothing/relaxing on in the background IF you think you need to have background music.. The music is just such a stark contrast to peaceful aquariums.. I would have muted, but I wanted to hear the commentary. Either way, cool video and great setup. Thanks for sharing!
Notifications don't tell me what video this is you're commenting on but I'm pretty sure it's the only video ever that I used heavy music. All the others have traditional UA-cam style music but I have now stopped using any music at all especially during commentary. Thanks for the advice. You and many others have told me plenty about the dislike for the music and I took the "hints" lol
@@OffTheDeepEndAquatics hahaha oh okay, great, thanks for the reply. This is the first of your video's i have seen, it's the build video for your plywood 1100gal and I really enjoyed it. I hope i didn't offend with the music comment, we all have different tastes in music, i'm sure you would hate mine as well lol
No offense at all man I understand completely. There is actually one more video that I was thinking u were talking about and it's worse than this 😂 if u find it just know that I know lol
@@OffTheDeepEndAquatics haha cool man. I'm watching more of your videos now, it's great content. Keep it up! I've been thinking of starting a channel myself, but the editing is what's been holding me back..
Just go for it. I still suck at editing but whatever people still seem to enjoy the content. You will get better as u go. Good luck with it bro!
hows it doing 2 years later??
No issues u can watch any of my videos I post every week
Nice tank. Never understood why people always put those big fish in these tanks instead of making a nice scaped ecosystem with schools of fish. To each their own I guess.
Because big fish hurt themselves on decor.
@@OffTheDeepEndAquatics I agree but I meant schools of small fish.
@@goldmamba2468 sounds boring lol
@@OffTheDeepEndAquatics Like I said to each their own.
Nice man did u put in the corners fiber glass?
Thanks man and yes I didn't go into detail about it in the video but I did talk about it
How much did you have just in the tank itself?
I did a video on how much my Aquariums cost including this tank near the end if u wanna check it out but long story short approx $2k without filtration and exterior aesthetic stuff
@@OffTheDeepEndAquatics I appreciate that. I live on a fresh water canal in south Florida. Thinking of building a very large tank and plumbing it into the canal as the filtration part
Watching some catch em all I see. It works but there are a lot of reasons I wouldn't recommend it. Definitely fine for natives caught in the same body of water.
@@OffTheDeepEndAquatics I had the idea to do that way before I saw Zak's videos but same premise. I don't wanna deal with the filtration side on a very large scale tank
I was just joking about the catchemall thing but keeping a tank raised fish in a system connected to a local body of water is a no no
How much did it cost
I did a video on that as well
how much did the build cost you?
I did a video on this check it out! Skip to the 10 min mark I think to just hear about the build cost of the 1100
@@OffTheDeepEndAquatics 11 aud or usd?
Why are you wearing that face mask in august 2019? :D
What is next? Changing your name to Joey? 🤣
I don't understand. My build is nothing like anything he's ever built and this isn't a how to video like he does. Not sure how my content and is content are alike in anyway other than we are both fish keepers 🤷♂️
I like tha video but it still look like a glorified hot tub with a window on it.
Kill that background music it totally distracts from your excellent content.
So you built a pool lol. Jesus it’s big
I swam in it during the leak testing lol
Why're you wearing mask did you knew Corona is coming...🤣🤔