Floatation tank construction is a hybrid discipline, pulling from many other fields. Unless a person has advanced training in electronics, they could KILL themselves or someone else with their naivety. I asked a naive question in the electrical forum on reddit and learned a number of sobering things. Power outlets should not be within 6 […]
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5 options to control water temperature in your DIY Float tank
I was researching a temperature controller for my next DIY tank build and have assembled some options to consider. These options are listed in order of ease of implementation and popularity, not listed in order of what delivers the most quality product. Inkbird Temperature Controllers have a solid history in float tank construction A person […]
The radiant heat tape used in DIYFLOATROOMS
Marcus Metcalfe, of DIYFLOATROOMS.com, has done the open source tank community a huge favor by posting photos of the DIY floatrooms he has masterminded: I phoned marcus to learn about his heating and insulation system but got no answer. With Google Lens, I probably could’ve figured this out in a jiffy. At any rate, at […]
DIY Float Tank Resources
DIY Float Tank facebook group – 1000 members, active – Float tank DIY | Facebook this site – 3rd page of Google hits for “DIY Float tank” reddit float tank – if you dont mind being flamed by “industry professionals” then there are some good people to talk to here.
DFT used a Spa Pak for passively heat the water
DIY Float Tank (wordpress.com) used a Spa Pak ($900) to passively heat the water between floats.
DFT used a tidalwave bluewave pump
DIY Float Tank (wordpress.com) used a Tidalwave Blue wave pump from https://bluewaveproducts.com/
DIY Tank Report Card
Here are all the aspects of a DIY tank that need to be assessed that I’m aware of: Room that the Tank will be in Tank Heating and Temperature Control Pumping Water via the Spa Pack Sanitization via the Spa Pack purification approaches Cost how much to build this bad boy? Summary Assessment
Getting Epsom Salt
When adding salt to the tank to create buoyancy, the super-cheap price of pool salt can be a temptation. It is only 25 cents per pound. And one long-term floater said it worked out fine for him. But this post will focus what happened once I decided on epsom salt. I read through both threads […]
Submersible aquarium heaters
This morning, I finished my float and went over and turned on the heater… without putting the heating element back in the tank… I was at my computer when I heard a weird popping sound — the heating element was melting the plastic basket that holds the heating element while I’m floating. But that was […]
Water Sterilization – let me count the ways
A recent thread spurred me to catalog all the ways that float tank water can be sterilized. So let’s do it: