Diy tank
 

so the past few weeks i have thought about getting a tank for the kitchen, searching canreef, local buy and sell sites, LFS;s etc. looking for the perfect sized tank, and got nilch.
so while cleaning out the closet, i found a boat load of glass, and was like, i can build a tank, easy, get a glass cutter, some silicon, and bam new tank.

LOL, this is the build

the base

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this triangle is very important :razz:

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LOL, BOW TANK :mrgreen:

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CHECK THE BELEVELED EDGES, NOW THATS CRAFTMANSHIP, :lol:

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so far, wait until the silconing starts LOL

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hope you all find this as enternaing as me :lol:

Sweet, can i have one?

Look'n good bye:biggrin:

so i am walking around the apt bare foot telling myself to be careful before i get the vaccum to clean up and wham!!! i stuck something in my foot, and i go to check out the damage, and it was just a grain of dry rice, LOL.

anyways heres the first wall in place.

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I want one too!!!! This is gonna be cool!

I thought you had a kitchen tank?

Nice use of City Palate there John.

Colin

still not sure what i am going to put in it.....

:twised:

LOL, yeah that was a good read. The ol ten gallon is under the stand of the display.

LOL, sure :question:

so here are some updates, got two more sides up and i will try and get another one up after work. then going to work on the over flow.

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maybe i missed it, but why is there 2 pieces of glass siliconed together??? i am really enjoying you laugh about this, i think making tanks is so much fun. i think i will build my next one, but order the glass i tried to cut glass and failed.

haha, yes she goin to be a beauty when shes finsihed.
I siliconed the two pieces of glass as, thats all i had after cracking a piece.
and it was a bit thinner than the rest of the glass so i doubled it up.
not sure if this was the smartest move.

So heres some updates, i havent tired filling it with water, but i might try it in the bath tub, LOL. havin a time.

all done, hehehe.
its not quite how i envisioned it in my head, LOL.

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well its not done, i still have to cut off the excess sillycon. and decide, what kinda pump etc, i want to do.
the tank is something like 6.5-7 gallons.

there is a bare cornor of the tank, thats where i want to put a phos reactor

hahah i love it, im laughing my butt off at home, when in doubt add more silicone, i thought this tank was much bigger in your other pictures, i would let it hold water for a while, oh and does that one section of the tank at the back just not going to be filled with water??

i wonder if doubling up glass increases its strength??

I think when I build a tank, I'll have the glass cut for me :wink:

+1 :mrgreen:

hahaha


so the water flows into the overflow then what??

Onto the floor :shrugs:

filler up already bye... lets see if she's tight as dory!!!:lol::lol:

so the water will go into the overflow and then be pumped out the same way via power head..

and today i filled it with about an inch of water and shes all good soo far.

next week i will try to fill it all the way, i dont have any days off coming up so i dont want her to blow will i am out at work.

and heres my stocking list. :wink:

3 morish idols
4-5 tangs,
and maybe some kind of puffer or moray. :lol:

i am joking BTW.

i dont think you are joking, im pretty sure you could keep all those guys in there at the same time.....




i just dont think any of them could move around at all.

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oh yeah, i forgot about the live rock in there at least 25lb. and 3inch sandbed. so just minus one tang and it should be good.

I think this is turing into the worst thread ever.

i think by worst thread ever you really mean BEST thread ever. in fact i will buy your tank from you, how does 1 dollar sound.

to bad about that one tang he was a beauty, to bad he wont fit anymore.

:lol::lol::lol:

SOLD. :razz:

This thread rocks!!

I like how the glass is uneven, maybe a little duct tape to give it some bracing.

haha duct tape. you should have just used duct tape in the first place, alot stronger than silicone. and while your at it, might as well make the live rock out of duct tape, save cost instead of buying liverock.

ok, we gotta get back on track here. :lol:

well put some pictures up so we can make fun of it some more hahah

the tank has been in the closet for weeks now. I doubt it will ever see water as my schedule is too busy now.

but I did pick up a 29 gallon cube, that as well hasnt seen water yet.

mods should close this thread, as she is now dead.

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