Diy frag tank?

[Shawn4455]

Looks for ideas on a diy frag tank, large scale, I can't find the large plastic bins online, anyone have any ideas on what to use as a frag tank?

 

[Ron Reefman]

Define 'large'. Just how big are you considering?

 

[R.Weller]

We're using a 50gal Rubbermaid stock tank for our remote refugium. The plan is to do the same for a frag tank.

Rubbermaid Structural Foam Stock Tanks, 50 gal. Capacity, 4243-00-GRAY at Tractor Supply Co.

Find Rubbermaid Structural Foam Stock Tanks, 50 gal. Capacity, 4243-00-GRAY in the Water Storage Tanks category at Tractor Supply Co.Super tough

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[Shawn4455]

We're using a 50gal Rubbermaid stock tank for our remote refugium. The plan is to do the same for a frag tank.

Rubbermaid Structural Foam Stock Tanks, 50 gal. Capacity, 4243-00-GRAY at Tractor Supply Co.

Find Rubbermaid Structural Foam Stock Tanks, 50 gal. Capacity, 4243-00-GRAY in the Water Storage Tanks category at Tractor Supply Co.Super tough

www.tractorsupply.com

Do you have a pictures of it in your room?

 

[JoshH]

Looks for ideas on a diy frag tank, large scale, I can't find the large plastic bins online, anyone have any ideas on what to use as a frag tank?

Plywood.

 

[R.Weller]

Do you have a pictures of it in your room?

You can see it on our Build Thread, or there is a little more detail on our sump here:

DIY evolving sump for large system

Our journey with a sump started years ago with a 20gal tall supporting a non-drilled 60gal display. That provided some interesting learning, so when we upgraded to a large system, we had a jumpstart on a design that would work for our new system. After a few months of reading & discussing with...

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[Shawn4455]

Plywood.

Is plywood good for long term?

 

[R.Weller]

After thinking about it, I don't think the single photo from the other threads provides sufficient context. Here's a few more pictures that might help.

This is the 50gal near our old 220gal DT. The stock tank is 52" x 31" x 12".

We built a platform for the refugium over the current sump & we're pumping dirty water from the input chamber of the sump into the stock tank. It then drains through x2 3/4" & x2 1" pipes back into the return chamber of the sump. I don't like these drain pipes as I should have used x2 1 1/2" stand pipes drilled through the bottom of the tank vs. putting holes in the sides. In this project, I did learn the important difference between 'rain-barrel' bulkheads vs. Uniseals. Moving forward, I will only use Uniseals for plastics.

When we add in another one of these tanks as a frag tank, we will do so by moving to the left into the storage room that is near the stairwell.

 

[JoshH]

Is plywood good for long term?

As long as it's sealed properly it should last quite a long time, there are a few frag tank builds done this way kicking around here.

Although the aquaculture deep trays shouldn't be overly difficult to find, shipping on them right now might be scary though...