Re: NANFA-- Building cheap fish containers

Todd Crail (farmertodd_at_buckeye-express.com)
Mon, 11 Aug 2003 07:57:50 -0400

Okay. I'll check it out this morning. Sounds like PVC will do the trick
for you. I think they're 1" Street x Street x Street... But as I'm typing
that... That doesn't make sense. Hmmm... More news tonight :)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark" <nanfa_at_jonahsaquarium.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Building cheap fish containers

> At 5:38 PM -0400 8/9/03, Todd Crail wrote:
> >I'll check Monday at work to see if we can even order anything like that.
> >We do have the 3 way PVC fittings that Rob mentioned.
> >Here's how Tropicorium (a coral farm and LFS) solved the issue:
> >http://www.tropicorium.com/low_tide_2.html
> >These tanks are 3.5' tall, consist of block, angle braces on double 2x6's
> >and a 60 mil tarp drapped over it. The garden hoses I think help keep it
> >from bowing. The tanks are about 8'x16'... A lot of bang for the buck.
> >They're in Romulus Michigan which is only about 40 minutes from here.
Maybe
> >we can day trip up there sometime and look at all the corally goodness :)
>
>
> Corally goodness. He, he. :) Sounds like fun. Hey, what does
> Carter's charge for those PVC furniture fittings? What diameter pipe
> do they take? Thanks.

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