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. Google drive archive – https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GtvtWBH0kDbPK22uN_z1t48HaKmq_sWX?usp=sharing
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 […]
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, […]