The Ragtop DIY Floatation Tank is Design Criteria: Materials List NOTE: In the materials list, the first 5 parts are mandatory: The filtration system is a moving target: The best ideas in this aspect of DIY tank design are rapidly evolving. I am certain my listed choices below are not ideal, as this blog post […]
Location, location, location!
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 […]
The Ragtop DIY Tank: version 2024 – alpha
A major design change occurred leading to archiving this previous design for reference. The way we drill holes in the plastic changed drastically. The ragtop DIY Tank is shown here: First a little history: Design Criteria: Materials List Product Picture Amount Cost Description 325 Gallon Poly Open Top Containment Tank (protank.com) 1 $600 24-inch high […]
Duncan Scott’s Cheap and easy DIY float tent
inspired and based around using Intex pool liners. Cheap and easy DIY float tent : r/FloatTank (reddit.com) Duncan Scott also posted his tank to facebook for sale, but that post is no longer active. Google drive archive – https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GtvtWBH0kDbPK22uN_z1t48HaKmq_sWX?usp=sharing Here’s an imgur gallery – https://imgur.com/a/qUAsPUt
White Beauty DIY Floatation Tank – Version 2024 – a correctable error in DIY tank design
In 2011, the Black Beauty simple DIY floatation tank was built. Scouring the ‘net for containment tanks, I fell in love with the 325 gallon White containment tank made by Den Hartog: It looked more elegant, but it is inferior to the containment tank used in the Black Beauty for 2 reasons: One desirable thing […]
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. It was built in 2011 (?) and is the predecessor to the Ragtop DIY Float Tank, built in 2024.
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 […]