...Do-It-Yourself Tank |
1900
gallons....built for our move to Newcastle |
So what
do you do when you have to move house and have a pond full of
koi? Well, you can either purchase portable tanks, such as Pearls
of Paradise, or you can build your own. That's precisely what
Ian did. This tank is portable as all that is needed to do is
disassemble, stack, and move.
Tank
specs:
- eight 2"x6" 12' length
- eight 2"x6" 10'length
- five 4'x8'x1/2" plywood sheets
- one 4" bulkhead(depot toilet flange)
- one 2" bulkhead(depot shower drain)
- sixty four 5/16"x3" lag bolts
- liner 15'x20'
- inside dimensions of tank will be 11'x9'x3'
- approx. 1900 gallons (2200 w/filters)
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The
photo layout below shows how the tank was assembled, if
you click on the picture a new window will
open with a larger photo. |
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Plumbing
Connections:
Installed the two bulkheads. The 4" is located at 3-4inches
off the bottom, just enough so a 4" pipe and elbow will suck
off the bottom of the tank. This drain will be plumbed to a Nexus300.
The 2" bulkhead is located opposite side(same panel) to the
4", about 18" from the tank top(mid-level) which will
be for a skimmer.
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The
liner is folded over and remains attached to the end panel with
the drains, ready to go!
The liner folds neatly on the panel, all sides fit together for
transport.
This tank will be placed in a very large garage - it's heated! So
hopefully our koi will be content to spend this coming winter inside
in this temporary home until we can get some ponds built outside.
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Under
Pressure - from water that is...
The wieght will be pretty evenly distributed, having the studs "on-end"
really adds a lot of strenght along with keeping the tank as much
in a "square" shape as possible. Having said that, we
were a little concerned with the bottom and how it will handle it
as that is where most of the waters outward pressure will be. Ian
plans on using sleeve anchers to bolt it to the garage floor and
adding vertical 2"x6" - to help support/distribute the
wieght and brace the corners. The floor of the garage is concrete.
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| We plan on
constructing one more of these tear-down tanks once we move. Then
we will split up the fish for better control of waterQ. The next
tank will be showcased on another page. |
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to DIY
Tank #2 |
