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Cameron
12-14-2006, 07:18 AM
When is it ready to go into the tank?

How long should I wait untill its 100% clean of any chemicals
I have washed with tap water and seal tested it....

Now how long to wait to implement?

Cameron

Farrmanchu
12-14-2006, 11:59 AM
You used weld-on? Should be ready within 24hrs, probably alot less.

i2ik
12-14-2006, 05:58 PM
recommendation is 24 hrs, just to be on the safe side, i suggest you to wait the 24 hours and not filling it before

Jaws
12-14-2006, 06:11 PM
Did you build it or have someone else put it together for you? What dimensions and how much did it cost for materials. I need to get a refugium too about 24" by 24" by 20" tall so I'm curious how your experience was.

Cameron
12-15-2006, 08:51 AM
It's been a few days now.


I built it myself....about 14L by 13H and 3.5D.

Pick up the acrylic from IPP from their cut-off scraps. Much cheaper, takes some searching though and I found a couple sheets that were the same size for the front and back.

I made most of my pieces by scoring and breaking them...so my edges werent perfect....hence i suggest using weldon 16...like a gel glue.

Acrylic about $20-30
2 glue( 1 weldon 4 and 1 weldon 16) about $7 each


you could do a large one but with your dimensions you may want to get them to cut you a FULL sheet(4' by 8')

Could get expensive though.

Richard_Dicosimo
12-15-2006, 03:28 PM
i built my sump/ refuge out of 1/4 inch and it ran me 150$ a sheet from industrial paints and plastics in Calgary. i just cut mine with a table saw with a triple chip blade in. deffintaley sand or plane your edges tho before bonding it turns out far nicer!

Richard

GMGQ
01-01-2007, 08:42 PM
Ouch! I got a sheet of 4'x8' from another plastics place for like $60-80 (forgot), and they even cut it to the dimensions I specified for free. Damn I forgot the name... they're in Coquitlam.

i built my sump/ refuge out of 1/4 inch and it ran me 150$ a sheet from industrial paints and plastics in Calgary. i just cut mine with a table saw with a triple chip blade in. deffintaley sand or plane your edges tho before bonding it turns out far nicer!

Richard