The Sequel

16-8-2010

The Mega Tank is up and running for a while now, and we decided to expand. The current capacities at the mega tank is 145000 liters of water, this is including the smaller tanks in the back for pups and quarantine. Now we are expanding with 120000 liter to a total of 265000 liter. In the following months we will keep you informed about the progress of these tanks. Enjoy the pics.

	As a base we use 20" containers. They are strong, easy to get. This way the base of your tank is known, and is strong and efficient. We have bought 6 of them who we need for the new tanks.
Because of the bad weather during construction we have covered the tanks with plastic, this way we could work in a dry area.
	In front of the containers some of the steal beams who had to be welded into the containers . We want to make two tanks above each other in one container. This is more efficient twice as much space on the bottom of the tanks.
Some of the wood we need. The idea of the tank is to make a steal frame cover it in wood and on the wood we apply a rubber paint.
	This is half of the wood we used.
Preparation for the base of the tanks. Because of the floor pressure we had to drill some holes in the concrete floor and put some extra piles in. After the piles where in we started with the construction of the concrete base in the tank.
	Some of the construction. In total we added 16 piles to the floor to support the tanks.
The concrete foundation is hardening and the wood is removed. In the middle ( also picture below) you see a concrete tank. This tank we will use for filtration and will be filled with alpha rock a bacterial holder for filtration. Also pumps and heating will be placed in this compartment.
	A view in the new tank room we want to use natural lightning as much as possible. Behind the wall on the right is the mega tank. Eventually you can from the mega tank to this expansion area.