Mike’s 750 gallon build

[MikeInToronto]

The glass is regular 3/4”. I didn’t go with starphire glass because I’m prone to scratching and also, I’ve heard that our modern day lighting make it negligible. I don’t know either way.

Here is the glass:


The process was pretty quick and the tank was built within a week of having the glass dropped off.


After this I had to wait 5 weeks for the silicone to cure. I had so many other things to do the 5 weeks were nothing. I’ll talk about that white box on the ceiling later.

The overflow is acrylic or something.


Here’s a side view while I was trying to figure out if that brace was going to get in the way of the plumbing. It doesn’t.