Advice on tank build

[windcoast reefs]

Originally Posted by Dive_dry

That would take 1/2h to an hour tops it is all in the prep and layout. I HOPE to build my tanks this winter. I can try and answer any Q you have it is really quit ease

I might take you up on that, I'm just waiting to hear back from a few places on the glass.

[windcoast reefs]

Anyone know where to get aquarium silicone in town?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by windcoast reefs

Anyone know where to get aquarium silicone in town?

Seastar. Or Safari.

[windcoast reefs]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Seastar. Or Safari.

Okay I'll check them out later today!

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by windcoast reefs

I'm just waiting to hear back from a few places on the glass.

When I was planning my own tank, the glass was going to cost me almost as much as having a tank made. And I knew someone working at a large glass shop in town. Hopefully you can find a better deal!

[windcoast reefs]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

When I was planning my own tank, the glass was going to cost me almost as much as having a tank made. And I knew someone working at a large glass shop in town. Hopefully you can find a better deal!

Hmm I wonder if it was the thickness of the glass that bumped up the price? I'll let you know in a few hours when my glass quotes are completed! I'll let you know if it works out to cost more or less.

Do you know if safari can order sea star tanks?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by windcoast reefs

Hmm I wonder if it was the thickness of the glass that bumped up the price? I'll let you know in a few hours when my glass quotes are completed! I'll let you know if it works out to cost more or less.

Do you know if safari can order sea star tanks?

Thickness will determine cost for sure. I was getting something like a cost +10 price and it still wasn't cheap enough for me to do it myself.

Yes, Safari can order from Sea Star.

[windcoast reefs]

So the glass place got back to me, and it looks like it will cost $50 with 5mm glass, or $58 with 6mm.

What do you guys think for thickness of the glass?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by windcoast reefs

So the glass place got back to me, and it looks like it will cost $50 with 5mm glass, or $58 with 6mm.

That's for 5 pieces of glass plus eurobracing?

[windcoast reefs]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

That's for 5 pieces of glass plus eurobracing?

No I forgot the euro bracing, but I figure it would be under $20 for the euro bracing. But I'm gonna spend that extra money on thicker glass and make it rimless.

But the quote was for the 5 main peices of glass, I have to polish the edges myself. But I have a polisher for doing that already.

I was expecting it to be closer to $100 myself. So I was kinda surprised.