300 gallon plywood cube!!!!

rng_pw · Nov 8, 2014

Hey guys how's it going??? After years of being away from the hobby ive decided that it is time to get back in. My last tank was a 450 gallon in wall but I've always loved cubes. My dream tank had always been a 4ftx4ftx30inch tall cube. So I've decided to build one. It would have been pretty pricey to build one out of glass and I'm staying away from acrylic so my only other option was a ply wood tank. So here we go. Wish me luck!!

My old tank

rng_pw · Nov 8, 2014

The start of my cube

fishroomlady · Nov 8, 2014

what happened to your old tank? what a beauty!

rng_pw · Nov 8, 2014

I've been collecting some equipment along the way.
Atb external skimmer

Next reef dual media reactor, a couple 300 watt heaters, 3 40lb bags of fiji pink sand

200. lbs of tokani live rock

rng_pw · Nov 8, 2014

fishroomlady said:
what happened to your old tank? what a beauty!

We sold the house and decided not to set the tank up in our new house so we sold everything....

rng_pw · Nov 8, 2014

fishroomlady said:
what happened to your old tank? what a beauty!

We sold the house and decided not to set the tank up in our new house so we sold everything....

DFW · Nov 8, 2014

I am following along!

ohio reefer · Nov 8, 2014

Looking forward to this! I've always wanted a huge cube

rng_pw · Nov 8, 2014

Got some paint (Caribbean blue) and one layer of fiber glass cloth and west systems 2 part epoxy down.

EW_Fish · Nov 8, 2014

I love cubes but thats alot of depth for only one viewing side.

rng_pw · Nov 8, 2014

EW_Fish said:
I love cubes but thats alot of depth for only one viewing side.

I agree to an extent. You have to take into account the price of starphire glass though lol. It seems that once you jump over4 ft the prices seem to raise quite a bit. I'm also a huge fan of tangs as well so in order to have them i need the room so the 4ft cube was born...

EW_Fish · Nov 9, 2014

rng_pw said:
I agree to an extent. You have to take into account the price of starphire glass though lol. It seems that once you jump over4 ft the prices seem to raise quite a bit. I'm also a huge fan of tangs as well so in order to have them i need the room so the 4ft cube was born...

I understand the price of the glass. Wasn't trying to be negative at all. I will be following!

Alabamareef · Nov 9, 2014

following along. Looks nice so far...

Greenstreet.1 · Nov 9, 2014

Following

Velodog2 · Nov 9, 2014

Following! Never seen a wooden tank build. Agree to an extent about only being able to view the cube from one side, but conversely constraining the view like that could allow for using some aquascaping tricks to give it the appearance of even more depth than would be possible if designing for viewing from multiple sides.

mainereefer · Nov 9, 2014

I have seen plywood tanks built and the ones I have seen the front glass is held in place by pressure with a silicone seal , how do you plan on attaching the glass to your cube? also dosnt look like you pre-drilled for your screws, and split the ends of the frame you built... you might want to add some brackets to these areas...

rng_pw · Nov 9, 2014

mainereefer said:
I have seen plywood tanks built and the ones I have seen the front glass is held in place by pressure with a silicone seal , how do you plan on attaching the glass to your cube? also dosnt look like you pre-drilled for your screws, and split the ends of the frame you built... you might want to add some brackets to these areas...

I still have a front plate and top plate that had not been built. So the glass will be held in with pressure and silicone. That front plate and top should add some structual support as well. I havnt attached either yet because i have to get in and out during the build process