SeaTurtle Custom Build: Dual Tank System (Done Project)

[CarloV]

Ang ganda.

[rolandgelo]

pwedeng akin nalang?? wahhahaha

[Sea Turtle]

@ thurrmac and carlov... salamat po!

@ roland... pag tumama ako sa lotto bigyan kita.

[artnelson_22]

you are such a genius sir! hats off ako sa yo, the designs are just simply magnificent and the way you document how you build the tank piece by piece is amazing and inspiring, its like magic! hopefully someday I can commission you to do a tank for me, yan e kung mayaman na ako! hehehe... goodluck sir and will await more updates from you...

[Sea Turtle]

[Sea Turtle]

Day 64

some updates...

the front glass was installed a day after the side windows along with the top brace...


the center braces have a width of 4 inches each...


hood fabrication

using a 1/2" ply, i cut a panel measuring 84" x 15". then, using wood glue and finishing nails, i fastened an 84" x 2.5" 1/2 ply on both sides...


for the hood legs (or whatever you may call it), using 3/4 ply & 1"x1" wood, i cut this...


glued and screwed...


wood glue was laid on the "legs" before attaching it to the hood...


legs fixed on the hood...


then dry fitted. i will be painting this along with the rest of the tank...


details of the right sump...


the leak test was started last thursday and turned out good...


although it can't be seen much, there's water cascading through the rock wall...


...thanks for viewing and will be posting more updates soon.

[rolandgelo]

sige sir pag tapos na to pakideliver nalang sa bahay..hahahha

[Sea Turtle]

[rolandgelo]

[blackwidow]

tpos nba ang project na to bro??

[Sea Turtle]

[Sea Turtle]

sorry for the long delay... things went out of hand but i'm back. anyway...

before applying wood putty on the entire tank, the bare wood was sanded first using 150 grit sand paper to remove the exposed fiber on the wood...

water turned green after several days of direct morning sunlight

after one of the messiest parts of the build, which is sanding , the entire tank was primed using an epoxy based primer...

light testing...



after a couple of days of fixing the small details, the tank was masked then spray painted with metallic black and red...



the hood was painted with flat black...

friday morning, the tank was emptied and cleaned in preparation for the pick up...

the rock wall was cleaned using a new 1" paint brush (old ones won't do the job right)... it would be a lot easier if i had a blower

lights on...








i placed 50 liters of aquaclay in separate chambers. this one is in the return chamber...


FBF chamber. this one will run on a reverse flow...


tank shot taken this morning...




and the guys from the shipping came. the tank will be crated first before shipping it...






off to dumaguete...


...thanks rp and to all who watched this thread. until the next build.

[AdamWarlock]

pictures can tell a thousand words...

very nice job done, idol sea turtle. will wait for your next project.

[blackwidow]

there you go.as adam said pictures can tell a thousand words..congrats bro..goodjob as always..signing in for the next project bro..

[Sea Turtle]