Honestly, those were the three things that comes to my mind when I saw the title. If you can redo the filtration, why not do an extra hydroponics sump for the vieja tank? Nonetheless your 880 is an awesome tank
Yes that's the problem with monster fish, as they grow they make the tank look smaller. I'd probably be content if I switched to a community of small fish
Beautiful fish and tank. You mentioned that you wish that you'd built it even larger because your fish keep growing. Perhaps you could try fish that don't get quite so large. Discus are amazing fish & they max out at about 7-8" in diameter. They are considered difficult to care for, but you obviously have the skills to give them the correct water conditions. A nice size school of them would love such a roomy tank.
I’ve been watching your videos for a while now and I’m so impressed with content of this channel. Envy the monster fish, maybe one day I’ll own monster fish also. Fired Up!!!
@@dwsdarius thanks bud. Moved to Tenneessee with well water so hard; my plants couldn’t thrive. Now have African cichlids mbunuas in 90 gallon. Fired Up!!!
lol look at the size of that Prochilodus! Absolutely gorgeous fish and tank. My favorite fish is the Pike (striggata?) and that rare oddball south american cichlid?
The easy way to get rid of worries about the seams is to laminate the plywood into two layers, staggering the layers. IOW, it would take 4 pieces of plywood to make a 16 foot long tank (let's call them sheets A, B C and D). Sheets A and B but up against each other. Sheet C goes dead center on the seam of sheets A and B. Sheet D gets cut it in half and fills the spaces to the left and right of sheet C. Since you solidly glue up the laminated sheets with epoxy, and use fiberglass to cover the seams, no water can seep between the sheets and the sheets support each other.
Yeah this aquarium is fantastic! You did a great job on it! And dang if you do move out of your old house I really hope everything works out for you and your fish makes the trip but hopefully that doesn't happen any time soon, But either way you have my support man! ☺️
I remember standing in a dark alley, 10pm, 6 men, at a prearranged drop off place from a custom aquarium builder, and we asked each other, "how big is yours?" Context.
cool video, Darius My tank is 1000 gallons with a 210 sump below it and I started to design a tank that was 18ft w x6ft d x4ft h that would have taken 25% of my living room.. My wife suggested/responded @$@#! NO.. The point is, we like bigger tanks, but at 1000g I went all southies and stayed with smaller fish. Uaru and Chocolate and Severum and True Parrot are my bigboys.. Your build turned out great !
@@dwsdarius Hello sir.. I wanted to revisit you and this vodeo and say that Ive actually decided to downsize my 1000g maintank to a 404g maintank. ( 8ft x 3ft x 26inches water ) I was looking at a few changes I want to make with new build and thought of this video. I have stockman overflows in current tank and decide to do 2 seperate 1800gph slimline overflows. That will have the floor of tank clear of any piping and Im gonna change my drain.. I have a 1 inch pipe inside of tank, going down near bottom. It goes over the back wall and down to a valve at back window for draining out into yard. Im gonna have a bulkhead at 4 inches above tank floor with valve, just below that and then going out same back opening into yard. Wanting to nearly eliminate any piping inside tank. Then, Im gonna run spraybars at each side of tank, right through top back of tank so thats only piping inside tank. Agreed about energy usage and water usage. Downsizing will reduce both by more than half. I will still use the 210g sump Im using now, but maybe a few tweaks for more ease. Finally, Im looking into a small solar system to accommodate all power needs for the fishroom. Take care !
Thanks, yes some species carry toxins. When I was trying to catch my lima shovelnose he stung me and my finger was swollen for to days, kinda felt like a be sting. Some species are far more toxic but I believe non of which are common in the hobby
Awesome build!! Im planning to build something similar, can you share what the glass thickness is and what thickness would you have used if you build it 12ft long? From my researching it seems that when you go over 36in tall the thickness requirements really increase. Thanks
Thank you. Indonimus is taking the crown of my most aggressive fish, I think he's too far gone. Plus his personality when he's alone is actually making him my favorite fish...if I could only keep 1 fish I think he'd be my choice.
Hmmm... Can't you leave the plant filters as they are, and get a canister filter for the 330 tank. Disconnect the small tank from the plant system? And leave the rest where it is? Cheers! Great tank and fish!! ⚡🎈🍻🍀
Why don’t you put gravel in the bottom until it reaches the glass, so you don’t have any fish hiding from you .. or will that add too much weight in the bottom for the plywood to hold ? I do love your choice of fish in that tank, especially the Speckled Peacock Bass, awesome fish. I used to have a Jaguar Cichlid way back in the 1980’s, I never knew the name of it back then, I won it at a fish auction lol
Thanks, that would be a ton of substrate till fill up 9 inches in this tank so cost with be insane, I don't think weight would be an issue since the tank is pretty much sitting on the floor but I imagine it would collect a tone of waste too
@@dwsdarius If you build a “sub-floor” in the bottom of the tank, then you would only need a little substrate. Build it from something that doesn’t float and glue it on the bottom and sides of the tank. If you don’t know what a “sub-floor” is, look it up, it’s used in house building too.
So I’m preparing to build my 850gal tank this week. Finally sweet talked the wife into it 😂. Tank will be just a tad smaller than yours. I’m adding a second window on the side tho for better visibility. So I’m comparing my build to yours. The glass panel u used is that 3/4” annealed or tempered glass?
@@dwsdarius 👍 🙏 for the response. U did get a steal on that glass! Everyone has to be a rookie when it comes to a monster tank build @ least once. I toyed with making a 900gal with 1/2” tempered glass. Upon further research it seems a guy should still stick to the same thickness rules as annealed glass. Not going with the tempered glass. Think I’d need 3/4”-1” tempered glass to be safe. Picked up a 3/4” 350gal tank of a dude on Facebook a while back. Was going to sell it to me w/acrylic 150gal sump, 2” steel stand, & tank for $2k. The seller dropped it while loading. Chipped the bottom glass bad on 1 corner but the rest was fine. So I got it all for $600😜. Going to double up the glass on the 900gal 4’x8’x56”Deep for the front & (1) side. Think I’ll add (1) vertical brace in the front to help reduce & break up the water weight load on the glass. I’ll take pics & see how it turns out. Will turn out epic or be an epic failure. 😂
@@ryanryans3438 My glass definitely was a steal. Just take your time with your build, that glass is very heavy so slow and steady is the way to go. Sounds like your method will be very sturdy so it should turn out epic
It’s always possible to make a deep gravel bed and make a gravel filter too. The gravel filter could be lengths of grey pvc tubing with drilled holes and a big power head. That way you could add more filtration and at the same time raise the bottom.
Glad I live in Northern Ireland and we don’t have to pay for our water, so it doesn’t matter how many water changes you have to make on a tank everyone is the same no matter how much water you use
Love the aquarium! A question, would it be cheaper to buy 2 or 3 glass panels instead of one? Sure, the window look might not be first choice, but if it's cheaper and reduce blind spots at the edges and bottom it would be worth it.
Thanks, It depends on where you get your glass from. The main driver of the cost is the thickness, so the smaller windows would still be very expensive and I think it would add up to more $
That’s one beautiful flag tail is absolutely massive how old is he or she also how big is your Oscar because he looks big but small in that tank with those fish be nice to know good job by the way must be a massive undertaking to look after all those tanks water changes pretty constantly 😕👍
Thank you, the flagtail is about 16 inches at 3 years old. The oscar is only 8 inches, he was just added to the tank last month. Once you build a routine the maintenance on the tanks isn't bad. About 5 hours of work spread between 2-3 days in the week
Hi bro hope you and your family are fine and doing well 🙏,,now I'm a big fish keeper from 12 years now iv got a 600 letter fish tank but like you said bigger tank s all the time so iv been looking into making a wooden tank like you mate ,,so do you have a full video of you making your one ???? Please text back please
Awesome tank! One thing I would do with that tank... I'd put some trim around where the glass meets the wood. I'm sure if you are OCD that aquarium sealant would drive you nuts LOL. Just one thin strip of wood or metal trim would really make it look finished.
You could’ve made it larger only thing you would’ve had to do is put down plywood over your seem then cut down a piece of plywood and put it on each side that way you would stop it from being able to leak out of you’re main seam I think that would be better but it still looks good just an idea for next time
Love the tank, it's plenty big, doesn't need to be any bigger, your fish look very happy just where they're at. I have a 200 gallon swimming pool in my basement, and I'm very happy with it. I would like to build something like what you have, because I am afraid eventually the pool is going to break. I have koi fish. I think the fish that you have are super cool. Thanks for the video and sharing what you did. Very grateful, good luck with the rest of your life
In the future you can always put them in a temporary frame pool sell this one and make a bigger one for them that's what I do when my fish need a bigger aquarium, problem is possibly getting that 800 gallon out of there
Bruh u need a pond not a tank. They look amazing but a 2 foot fish in an 8 foot tank doesnt sound like a lot of space. Nextproject swimming pool size pond 😅
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beautiful aquarium, beautiful fish
Thank you
Love the tank as always. You can always do the separate filtration with out to many problems.
Thanks, yes that should be an easy correction
The sad part of having a BIG TANK is someone will always have a bigger one.
It's not sad, it's an inspiration.
That flagtail is enormous ❤️
Beautiful fish! It's funny the tiger oscar is one of the smaller fish in the tank.
This tank looks awesome.
Thank you!
Well done Darius! That's a good build
Thank you!
Hey Darius! that's a beautiful set-up. Must be a really great feeling having such a huge tank!!
Thank you, yes its awesome!
It’s a great DIY! I appreciate the videos and knowledge you share
Thank you!
Excellent knowledge transfer for thos, like me, considering their next tank upgrade.
Most beautiful jaguar cichlid I've ever seen!
the quality of those close ups man!👌🏽
Thanks, I'm lucky because big fish like moving in slow motion
Looks good can’t wait to build mine
Love the tank and love the honest selection Of words 🙂💐... great love from India
Thank you
Awesome job and those fish look amazing
Thank you
I really liked the video, excellent work, greetings, from Spain, your friend 👍3
Thank you!
Honestly, those were the three things that comes to my mind when I saw the title. If you can redo the filtration, why not do an extra hydroponics sump for the vieja tank? Nonetheless your 880 is an awesome tank
Thanks, yes that would be best. My sump just needs better lights for more vigorous growth
Nice job
Thanks
wow nice looking tank
Thanks
Job well done
Thank you!
Great work!!!
That's a dream tank for me
Great job! Thx for sharing!
Everybody, no matter what size they aquarium they built, would wish they had made it bigger 😂
Your cat seems to love it
Yes that's the problem with monster fish, as they grow they make the tank look smaller. I'd probably be content if I switched to a community of small fish
Those jaguars!!
Awesome!
Thanks!
I think you did a great job
Thank you!
That jaguar is beautiful! Can’t wait for mine to get some size on him
Love it 👌
Thank you!
love your content
Thanks!
Nice fish
Thanks
Yes it is definitely epic mate 👌
Thank you!
Awesome video man!
Thank you!
Awesome video bro! Thanks for the information
Beautiful fish and tank. You mentioned that you wish that you'd built it even larger because your fish keep growing. Perhaps you could try fish that don't get quite so large. Discus are amazing fish & they max out at about 7-8" in diameter. They are considered difficult to care for, but you obviously have the skills to give them the correct water conditions. A nice size school of them would love such a roomy tank.
Thanks! Yes I might ended up doing that I like geophagus and mid sized cichlids like Discus too so that might be a future goal
I would love that tank in my home, the fish are massive
Wow beautiful monsters! Nice job. Guess you'll have to build a bigger tank :)
Lol, looks like it
Love it bro!!! A little late but just watched
Thanks
I’ve been watching your videos for a while now and I’m so impressed with content of this channel. Envy the monster fish, maybe one day I’ll own monster fish also. Fired Up!!!
Thank you! How's it going with you? I remember your awesome planted tanks
@@dwsdarius thanks bud. Moved to Tenneessee with well water so hard; my plants couldn’t thrive. Now have African cichlids mbunuas in 90 gallon. Fired Up!!!
lol look at the size of that Prochilodus! Absolutely gorgeous fish and tank. My favorite fish is the Pike (striggata?) and that rare oddball south american cichlid?
The easy way to get rid of worries about the seams is to laminate the plywood into two layers, staggering the layers. IOW, it would take 4 pieces of plywood to make a 16 foot long tank (let's call them sheets A, B C and D). Sheets A and B but up against each other. Sheet C goes dead center on the seam of sheets A and B. Sheet D gets cut it in half and fills the spaces to the left and right of sheet C. Since you solidly glue up the laminated sheets with epoxy, and use fiberglass to cover the seams, no water can seep between the sheets and the sheets support each other.
Thats actually a great idea
Yeah this aquarium is fantastic! You did a great job on it! And dang if you do move out of your old house I really hope everything works out for you and your fish makes the trip but hopefully that doesn't happen any time soon, But either way you have my support man! ☺️
Thank you, yes city life sucks but I'll likely stay a few more years
Love the video man! I really like that Oscar and Jaguar
Thank you
Love your channel bro 😎.
Thank you!
I am about to find out, how many mistakes I made so far..
good video
great advice
Thank you, yes you've done your first coat of pond shield...that stuff is so messy
The C. temensis is still my favorite freshwater fish ever.
Its a beast!
I remember standing in a dark alley, 10pm, 6 men, at a prearranged drop off place from a custom aquarium builder, and we asked each other, "how big is yours?" Context.
10/10 TANK
cool video, Darius My tank is 1000 gallons with a 210 sump below it and I started to design a tank that was 18ft w x6ft d x4ft h that would have taken 25% of my living room.. My wife suggested/responded @$@#! NO.. The point is, we like bigger tanks, but at 1000g I went all southies and stayed with smaller fish. Uaru and Chocolate and Severum and True Parrot are my bigboys.. Your build turned out great !
Thank you, yes your tank is epic and your fish can actually spend a lifetime in it comfortably
@@dwsdarius Hello sir.. I wanted to revisit you and this vodeo and say that Ive actually decided to downsize my 1000g maintank to a 404g maintank. ( 8ft x 3ft x 26inches water ) I was looking at a few changes I want to make with new build and thought of this video. I have stockman overflows in current tank and decide to do 2 seperate 1800gph slimline overflows. That will have the floor of tank clear of any piping and Im gonna change my drain.. I have a 1 inch pipe inside of tank, going down near bottom. It goes over the back wall and down to a valve at back window for draining out into yard. Im gonna have a bulkhead at 4 inches above tank floor with valve, just below that and then going out same back opening into yard. Wanting to nearly eliminate any piping inside tank. Then, Im gonna run spraybars at each side of tank, right through top back of tank so thats only piping inside tank. Agreed about energy usage and water usage. Downsizing will reduce both by more than half. I will still use the 210g sump Im using now, but maybe a few tweaks for more ease. Finally, Im looking into a small solar system to accommodate all power needs for the fishroom. Take care !
I really like this aquarium. I think the fish are beautiful ( I think your kitty thinks so to) Hey,I didn't know catfish can sting!?!
Thanks, yes some species carry toxins. When I was trying to catch my lima shovelnose he stung me and my finger was swollen for to days, kinda felt like a be sting. Some species are far more toxic but I believe non of which are common in the hobby
Awesome build!! Im planning to build something similar, can you share what the glass thickness is and what thickness would you have used if you build it 12ft long? From my researching it seems that when you go over 36in tall the thickness requirements really increase. Thanks
Tank looks awesome, still wish you would have put indominus in the 880 would love to see him interact with other fish
Thank you. Indonimus is taking the crown of my most aggressive fish, I think he's too far gone. Plus his personality when he's alone is actually making him my favorite fish...if I could only keep 1 fish I think he'd be my choice.
Hmmm... Can't you leave the plant filters as they are, and get a canister filter for the 330 tank. Disconnect the small tank from the plant system? And leave the rest where it is?
Cheers! Great tank and fish!! ⚡🎈🍻🍀
Instead of the water going in and out of the 330, close the loop, so the water just bypasses it.
That is an option, but my 350g with need 2-3 canister filters and I don't have space underneath because of the tanks
Why don’t you put gravel in the bottom until it reaches the glass, so you don’t have any fish hiding from you .. or will that add too much weight in the bottom for the plywood to hold ? I do love your choice of fish in that tank, especially the Speckled Peacock Bass, awesome fish. I used to have a Jaguar Cichlid way back in the 1980’s, I never knew the name of it back then, I won it at a fish auction lol
Thanks, that would be a ton of substrate till fill up 9 inches in this tank so cost with be insane, I don't think weight would be an issue since the tank is pretty much sitting on the floor but I imagine it would collect a tone of waste too
@@dwsdarius If you build a “sub-floor” in the bottom of the tank, then you would only need a little substrate. Build it from something that doesn’t float and glue it on the bottom and sides of the tank. If you don’t know what a “sub-floor” is, look it up, it’s used in house building too.
So I’m preparing to build my 850gal tank this week. Finally sweet talked the wife into it 😂. Tank will be just a tad smaller than yours. I’m adding a second window on the side tho for better visibility. So I’m comparing my build to yours. The glass panel u used is that 3/4” annealed or tempered glass?
Sounds awesome! Mine has 3/4" tempered glass
@@dwsdarius 👍 🙏 for the response. U did get a steal on that glass! Everyone has to be a rookie when it comes to a monster tank build @ least once. I toyed with making a 900gal with 1/2” tempered glass. Upon further research it seems a guy should still stick to the same thickness rules as annealed glass. Not going with the tempered glass. Think I’d need 3/4”-1” tempered glass to be safe. Picked up a 3/4” 350gal tank of a dude on Facebook a while back. Was going to sell it to me w/acrylic 150gal sump, 2” steel stand, & tank for $2k. The seller dropped it while loading. Chipped the bottom glass bad on 1 corner but the rest was fine. So I got it all for $600😜. Going to double up the glass on the 900gal 4’x8’x56”Deep for the front & (1) side. Think I’ll add (1) vertical brace in the front to help reduce & break up the water weight load on the glass. I’ll take pics & see how it turns out. Will turn out epic or be an epic failure. 😂
@@ryanryans3438 My glass definitely was a steal. Just take your time with your build, that glass is very heavy so slow and steady is the way to go. Sounds like your method will be very sturdy so it should turn out epic
How thick is the glass?
Plywood is available in both 10' and 12' lengths. You are correct about the 4' dimension though. At least as far as I've seen.
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Love the tank. You did a good job but I understand about you saying you wished you could see the bottom. No hidden spots is always ideal
Thank you, next time I'll do better
@@dwsdarius fyi I certainly wasn't criticizing your work! You did an excellent job! No denying that.
It’s always possible to make a deep gravel bed and make a gravel filter too. The gravel filter could be lengths of grey pvc tubing with drilled holes and a big power head.
That way you could add more filtration and at the same time raise the bottom.
Glad I live in Northern Ireland and we don’t have to pay for our water, so it doesn’t matter how many water changes you have to make on a tank everyone is the same no matter how much water you use
Wow that sounds awesome
Love the aquarium!
A question, would it be cheaper to buy 2 or 3 glass panels instead of one?
Sure, the window look might not be first choice, but if it's cheaper and reduce blind spots at the edges and bottom it would be worth it.
Thanks, It depends on where you get your glass from. The main driver of the cost is the thickness, so the smaller windows would still be very expensive and I think it would add up to more $
Beautiful fish, if you don't mind me asking where did you buy the glass for the front panel?
I found it on Craigslist
@@dwsdarius Hey thanks for responding, ill have to look around.
Hey buddy where did u get that glass for that plywood tank excellent video as always
Thanks I picked it up off craigslist from PA, definitely I lucky find
Wondering how thick your plywood was? Thinking of doing this with fiberglass not sure how thick the wood should be. 1/2 inch or 1/4 inch?
3/4" thick, I've read that if your going 500 gallons or more 3/4" is best
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Can you show the build dis you use 2x4 all around or just the front
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Does this tank still hold up?
You want to go bigger? Maybe you should focus on dealing with your multiple tank syndrome first. Great vid, as always
Lol, yes because even that bigger tank will be too small
You can save the tank glass and demo everything else
Yes that would be my only option
That’s one beautiful flag tail is absolutely massive how old is he or she also how big is your Oscar because he looks big but small in that tank with those fish be nice to know good job by the way must be a massive undertaking to look after all those tanks water changes pretty constantly 😕👍
Thank you, the flagtail is about 16 inches at 3 years old. The oscar is only 8 inches, he was just added to the tank last month. Once you build a routine the maintenance on the tanks isn't bad. About 5 hours of work spread between 2-3 days in the week
Como se llama la pintura de color negro que usaron para impermeabilizar las paredes del acuario.Muchas Gracias
How thick is the glass on this beauty?
3/4 in
Where are your fish from (meaning seller)?
The male jaguar came from imperial tropicals, the female jag came from an aquabid seller and the rest came from sellers on ebay
I love your massive Sth Americans but I can totally understand the frustration of having blind spots.
We all learn as we go huh!?
Hi bro hope you and your family are fine and doing well 🙏,,now I'm a big fish keeper from 12 years now iv got a 600 letter fish tank but like you said bigger tank s all the time so iv been looking into making a wooden tank like you mate ,,so do you have a full video of you making your one ???? Please text back please
I never actually did a how to, I just tried to show some of the basic steps: th-cam.com/video/MTg_6gRd4XM/w-d-xo.html
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gold tips
always want to make a big tank like this but im in a area where water is limited and my water bill would kill me.
That woulda been a killer mbuna habitat, like a small freshwater reef.
That blind spot might be annoying with low swimming mbuna but a tank this size would look epic
temensis hit growth spurt??
She's been growing consistently since being in the tank about 1" per month...I think she may be slowing down now
Awesome tank! One thing I would do with that tank... I'd put some trim around where the glass meets the wood. I'm sure if you are OCD that aquarium sealant would drive you nuts LOL. Just one thin strip of wood or metal trim would really make it look finished.
Lol, yes it does look bad. Thanks for the tip
You could’ve made it larger only thing you would’ve had to do is put down plywood over your seem then cut down a piece of plywood and put it on each side that way you would stop it from being able to leak out of you’re main seam I think that would be better but it still looks good just an idea for next time
Thank you, yes that would have been a good way to couple to pieces
Love the tank, it's plenty big, doesn't need to be any bigger, your fish look very happy just where they're at. I have a 200 gallon swimming pool in my basement, and I'm very happy with it. I would like to build something like what you have, because I am afraid eventually the pool is going to break. I have koi fish. I think the fish that you have are super cool. Thanks for the video and sharing what you did. Very grateful, good luck with the rest of your life
I have questions. Lots of questions. lol
I’m pretty sure U can get plywood that’s 12ft sheets.
Looks like my tripod wasn't level🙃
you can order 10 ft plywood fyi
Whenever you think it's going to be big enough if you can go bigger lol
Too true
I'm so Jelly, I'm changing my name to smuckers
lol
In the future you can always put them in a temporary frame pool sell this one and make a bigger one for them that's what I do when my fish need a bigger aquarium, problem is possibly getting that 800 gallon out of there
Yes I've thought of that, the 880 would have to be cut into small enough peices to be carried out
You do know they sell plywood in 8 10 12 even 16 foot sheets
I hear ya monsters always get bigger especially if your into the real monsters that get as big as a person
Yes the monster catfish get huge
Is your channel monetized? Honestly don't know because I pay 10 bucks a month for TH-cam Red
Yes it is
the thing you could do is smaller fish not these big ones
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Show your tinfoil Barb
I rehomed them
Where are they
@@manishmanish.r4238 In another fish room, I sold them to someone else
Bruh u need a pond not a tank. They look amazing but a 2 foot fish in an 8 foot tank doesnt sound like a lot of space. Nextproject swimming pool size pond 😅
True but I'll try to find a local aquarium to give them to
@dwsdarius I forget u guys have that option 😅💪🏾
How thick is the glass?