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Posted 01 November 2011 - 10:54 PM

Erica,

Is this product available in the states? When I saw where to buy it mostly listed Russia.

That's a good question, so I did some research. Here is a thread where Joey, who posted the youtube video, discusses Zavlar suppliers. Link: http://www.monsterfi...proofing-rubber! There are 19 pages of people talking suppliers and where to buy from. Joey's supplier was www.liquidrubber.ca, the link to whose retailers is here: http://www.liquidrub.../highbuild_s200 He paid $31 US dollars a gallon, and used 2 gallons to coat the wooden surface area of his 237 gallon tank.

Here is a link to Joey's tank build on monster fish keepers: http://www.monsterfi...p/t-236174.html

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 11:06 PM

Why not save a lot of time and money and just slip a large sheet of visquene plastic inside it? Water pressure will plaster it to the walls and you won't know it is there.

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Posted 02 November 2011 - 04:45 AM

That's a good question, so I did some research. Here is a thread where Joey, who posted the youtube video, discusses Zavlar suppliers. Link: http://www.monsterfi...proofing-rubber! There are 19 pages of people talking suppliers and where to buy from. Joey's supplier was www.liquidrubber.ca, the link to whose retailers is here: http://www.liquidrub.../highbuild_s200 He paid $31 US dollars a gallon, and used 2 gallons to coat the wooden surface area of his 237 gallon tank.

Here is a link to Joey's tank build on monster fish keepers: http://www.monsterfi...p/t-236174.html


A little closer I guess: Canada.

There is a similar product here in the U.S. However you have to buy a minimum of quite a bit as it's for commercial applications. I forget the name and the info is on my other computer which is down right now.

I don't plan on epoxying anything for some time. As I said I don't find it cost effective and as permanent as a high density poly tank. I've got a 4 foot by 2 foot circular tank on order from Rural King for just over $100.00. You can't beat that.

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Posted 03 November 2011 - 07:22 AM

That's a good question, so I did some research. Here is a thread where Joey, who posted the youtube video, discusses Zavlar suppliers. Link: http://www.monsterfi...proofing-rubber! There are 19 pages of people talking suppliers and where to buy from. Joey's supplier was www.liquidrubber.ca, the link to whose retailers is here: http://www.liquidrub.../highbuild_s200 He paid $31 US dollars a gallon, and used 2 gallons to coat the wooden surface area of his 237 gallon tank.

Here is a link to Joey's tank build on monster fish keepers: http://www.monsterfi...p/t-236174.html

wow big difference from list price of $125/gal, interesting but i think it would be foolish to build a concrete block wall without mortar, eventually it's bound to shift and tear the sealant, concrete block or pour is expensive and hard work, rot proof wood sounds better theres a cypress supplier down the road from me, maybe covered with this product, though since would results in open seams, a sheet product seems more secure to me,actually this product seems like a great product for making plywood aquariums.

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Posted 03 November 2011 - 07:53 AM

Why not save a lot of time and money and just slip a large sheet of visquene plastic inside it? Water pressure will plaster it to the walls and you won't know it is there.

I've never seen anyone build a tank that way, but I imagine it would work. Do you know of any precedents?

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Posted 03 November 2011 - 09:07 AM

Yes, I have done it before. It is the same as using a pool line plastic for a liner but cheaper.

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Posted 03 November 2011 - 11:23 AM

Yes, I have done it before. It is the same as using a pool line plastic for a liner but cheaper.

Did you do it for a stock tank build, or for an aquarium? And do you have any pictures?

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Posted 03 November 2011 - 12:05 PM

Actually, I did it the first year I dug my pond in my back yard when I was living in Utah. This was back in the 80's so don't think I have any pictures ( I will check my old picture books and if I have one will scan it and post). I covered the bottom and sides with one single hugh piece of visqune plastic. I did this because I was poor and all I could afford.

It lasted the entire year but not the winter as the plastic got brittle so I did the same thing the next year and it worked out fine. Very cheap way to get the job done but obviously not the best or ideal. A similar size piece of pond liner was way too much money for me and concrete which I really wanted was out of the question. I wanted the pond and accepted the limitation of the plastic for the two years pleasure and it worked out fine for my low budget.

I raised local sunfish in it and they all spawned on the bottom near some rocks I had placed in it.


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Edited by Usil, 03 November 2011 - 12:06 PM.





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