DIY Fish Table

Found this 8'x3'x2' tank used for $700 and couldn't pass it up, so I had to find a way to make it work in my home.

The top is plywood I got for free, stained and finished, liquid nailed to a 2x4 frame, velcro'd to a plastic panel, plastic panel velcro'd to the tank

A little bit of velcro adds just enough friction that the table top doesn't slide everywhere, but I can still open it up pretty easy.

All the equipment (air pump, light, timer) fits in a gap in the top frame, and no water gets up into the wood. Holes drilled in the plastic (for the airlines) are sealed with silicone.

Got a pair of Aquaneat XXL sponges and the Petco brand dual output air pump. Sponge filters, or other internal filters are pretty much the way to go for this build as I have nowhere to put any bulky equipment outside of the tank.

Threw in some Anubias, hornwort, guppy grass, and pothos. We'll see what survives. The lighting is just a cheap Costco shop light with a simple mechanical timer.

(ps, the fully submerged pothos is an experiment, some people say it works 🤷‍♂️ there's also some pothos free floating)

yup those are baby koi... ...uh oh here they come 🐟🚔