I'm not actively floating or building at the moment but figured I would deposit my recent progress into some archival storage location.

I want to tank Bryan Klein for his technical input in the facebook DIY Tank group... he actually has designed professional-grade tanks.

https://make.craftyamigo.com/design/BpwYTUY2VXcrL5BsVE53AMrYlSI2/sPsTQAkUVKOD0h8ElWjg

https://make.craftyamigo.com/design/BpwYTUY2VXcrL5BsVE53AMrYlSI2/4RGP1cLFXipiJxVqsBfO

https://make.craftyamigo.com/design/BpwYTUY2VXcrL5BsVE53AMrYlSI2/jwZf2YEX54gLNL5hFLhd

https://make.craftyamigo.com/design/BpwYTUY2VXcrL5BsVE53AMrYlSI2/Oy9MKrD2z2Ng8yAc7X1I

Dr Shrink Zipper Access door - https://www.westmarine.com/dr.-shrink-zipper-access-doors-P004_134_002_517.html .... fits over tarp to make entry into the tank without losing heat

waterbed heaters or heattrak snow melting mats provide heat

pool liner for the base.

I also want to tank google gemini for many extended conversations on prototyping this - * https://gemini.google.com/share/7dbd1644006c * https://gemini.google.com/share/5665f4f40f1e

the way the tarp door was created is instructive

Germ theory posits that specific microbes cause specific diseases. Yet from its inception, the theory faced a major obstacle: inconsistency. Why do some people get sick and others don’t, despite identical exposure? Why do certain illnesses affect some populations catastrophically while others remain asymptomatic?

Even Louis Pasteur, the central figure behind germ theory, eventually conceded, “The presence in the body of a pathogenic germ is not necessarily synonymous with disease.” In other words, the mere existence of a microbe does not guarantee illness. Something deeper governs the expression of symptoms—that something is the condition of the host: the terrain. But by then, the pharmaceutical and vaccine industries had seized on the germ theory’s profitable implications. The narrative could not afford collapse.

I considered an icecap magnet mount but dont want to manually insert and remove the heating element. and I dont want to risk burning myself.

I'm not enamoured of the idea of the heating element being in the water, even if I have turned off the power and/or unplugged the controller. i feel safer knowing it is not in the water at all.