I had been doing a survey of containment tanks in preparation for creating the next evolution of The Black Beauty DIY tank: Tank Tank Manufacturer Vendor Product Link Tank Cost Tank Weight Shipping Cost Third Party Shipping Cost Total Cost Time to Delivery Hastings Poly Tank Hastings Global Industrial https://www.globalindustrial.com/p/poly-stock-tank-rectangular-750-gallon-96-l-x-84-w-x-28-1-6-h-gray $1,251.00 140 pounds 1,151.99 $2,402.99 […]
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Cheap and easy DIY float tent
inspired and based around using Intex pool liners. Cheap and easy DIY float tent : r/FloatTank (reddit.com)
White Beauty DIY Floatation Tank – Version 2024
Building on the success of the Black Beauty version 2, we introduce the White Beauty version 3. Design Criteria: The Materials Needed Product Picture Amount Cost Description 325 Gallon Poly Open Top Containment Tank (protank.com) 2 $1200 One containment tank makes the bottom. The other tank makes the top. Stainless Steel Full Extension Drawer Slides […]
Iwaki MD15RLT Water Pump
since it is mag-drive, we presume it does not have a rubber seal that can rot due to salt. It is being used in a refurbished Zen Float Tent.
The White Beauty 3 (FAILED DESIGN)
TLDR: this design failed for these reasons: CURIOUS? read -on In 2011, the Black Beauty DIY Isolation Tank was built and used for 6 months of great joy before job requirements forced me to sell my $5,000 mobile home for $500 and relocate from Florida to New York for work. In other words, the Black […]
The Black Beauty
I created the black beauty tank and floated in it while living in Margate, FL. Full instructions are here.
Salt – the types and dissolving
JCL initially started with using table salt in his tank. But he switched to Epsom salt. But table salt is making a comeback and for some good reasons. Let’s hash out the two options. Table salt is 10 times cheaper than epsom. It does sting more with open wounds but you shouldnt be floating with […]
Pump, Filter and Disinfection
The pump is designed to move water through a filter. Filters only take out particulate (skin, hair and other small debris that builds up in the tank). They do not disinfect the water. In some cases (e.g. the Zen Float Tent), a UV lamp or ozone is part of the pump filter system for that […]
Buying Parts
The stores that sell equipment related to DIY tanks are always changing. The places I bought from in 2013 have been bought out or gone out of business. These days, Salt Water Aquarium covers quite a bit of ground and is currently still in operation. Their filtration offerings are mammoth – make sure to get a […]
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Welcome to DIYTanks.com MY STORY Well, after owning several commercial tanks and getting slapped in the face by not being able to get custom parts when the manufacturer went out of business, I ended up making my own tank and likiing it. No, it did not look like something from the latest Sci-fi episode. In fact, […]