subsea Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I need a contractor to build a concret tank/frame with buttress support on the outside walls. To date, my price quote for 20K gallon growout fiberglass tanks is in excess of $25K. While I had focused on leasing, I like the idea of building in place. Depends on cost. At this time, I would like to see a rectangular container 30' long, 8' wide and 6'-8' deep. Any contractor references are appreciated. Patrick Owner, CCR (Castille Coral Ranch) 512-514-1446 home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michae52 Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Patrick, Having been in the oil fields for so long have you even thought about a pit liner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinB Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I was thinking sunken would be cheaper as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 Because my property is on top of limestone, digging into the ground is expensive. A cheap leased rectangular tank with a sturdy liner would accomplish my goal. It depends on the rental/lease arangement. As another option, I am looking at using a cinder block chainwall for the containment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 You might spend some time on the build section of www.koiphen.com. They go through quite a bit of the build process as well as pros and cons for tanks of that size. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 You might spend some time on the build section of www.koiphen.com. They go through quite a bit of the build process as well as pros and cons for tanks of that size. I'll check it out. I am leaning toward a local good ole boy contractor. He has diamond bits up to 6" in diameter and can get large pneumatic jack hammers into my backyard. He lives close by and has worked the Texas Hill Country all his life. There are some challeging lanscaping issues with these limestone and shale formations. Patrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hydro Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Patrick, I know a contractor for the job. They are very skilled at what you are wanting to do and they make lots of retention ponds for commercial properties. My contact there is a long time friend and his dad owns the company. Their company is premium cuts, I'll pm you his cell number if you still want it. I wanted to suggest an easy way of doing this. You can use cinder blocks and dry stack them in a brick pattern, as the wall gets higher drive down rebar from the top, through the block, in to the ground. After the wall is stacked and rebar installed call in a concrete truck and have them mix it wet, pour in the concrete from the top and it will flow down through the wall all the way to the bottom blocks. When dry it will be very strong. You can coat the concrete with pond guard to seal it. It isn't exactly that simple but I'm sure you get the idea. Also have you considered buying some of those really large plastic reservoirs (2000 gallons or more) and just cut the top off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 I have room for multiple 20K gallon tanks. I lean heavily toward the cindar block chain wall, reinforced with steel and concreat. I prefer this as a custom built for the harvesting of seaweed. I can incorporate a 12" wall drain with a bolt on flange on the outside to install a simple butterfly valve, prabably 6" diameter. Fluid with seaweed will drain into a 1000 G polyethalyne tank buried in the ground. A strainer will retain seaweed allowing for minimum labor to harvest seaweed. Yes, send contractor contact information to me. Patrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 Patrick, I know a contractor for the job. They are very skilled at what you are wanting to do and they make lots of retention ponds for commercial properties. My contact there is a long time friend and his dad owns the company. Their company is premium cuts, I'll pm you his cell number if you still want it. I wanted to suggest an easy way of doing this. You can use cinder blocks and dry stack them in a brick pattern, as the wall gets higher drive down rebar from the top, through the block, in to the ground. After the wall is stacked and rebar installed call in a concrete truck and have them mix it wet, pour in the concrete from the top and it will flow down through the wall all the way to the bottom blocks. When dry it will be very strong. You can coat the concrete with pond guard to seal it. It isn't exactly that simple but I'm sure you get the idea. Also have you considered buying some of those really large plastic reservoirs (2000 gallons or more) and just cut the top off? I would consider the large plastic reservoirs as economical liquid containment. Depends on cost? However, because of the involvement of a scientific research paper with the Corporate Extension Service involvement of Maraculture Specialist from TAMU, I am going out on an economic limb and custome build by first prototype to facilitate harvesting and to include some scientific measuring devices to allow resident grade students to conduct on going research for everyones benefit. Once when I asked Russ of Gulf Coast EcSystems, about his generous distribution of his maraculture knowledge being a disservice to his competative edge for the profit and loss statement. His answer reflected his love of nature and mankind. It benefits everyone to learn more about this renewable resource. I do not want more than one new working system to bring through the heat of summer here in the Texas Hill Country. I will work out the operational bugs with assistance from the academic/scientific community at TAMU. It is my hope to have water circulating in a 20K gallon containment by March 15. Patrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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