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Old 08-08-2012, 01:08 AM
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Default My mangrove refugium



Built from some glass I had laying around

Now the scary part.... Drilling holes
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Old 08-08-2012, 01:34 AM
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Way scarier in thought than practice.... as long as you're sure it's not tempered
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It's not, wouldn't have been able to cut the glass if it was tempered
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I've drilled many tanks, I've even got a tripod drill, but this one scares me for some reason, probably because I put in the time to build this one
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Old 08-08-2012, 02:29 PM
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Cant wait to see this with mangroves in it. What are you planning to light them with? Also was the glass dirty when you siliconed it together?
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The glass was spotless but I didn't have any masking tape, I'm gonna resilicone it and mask it off because I'm really not happy with the silicone job. It doesnt leak tho. I'm still debating wether or not to drill it on the back or bottom. If I bottom drill it for 3x 3/4" bulkheads I'll lose 2 inches of depth for an overflow but it will look real clean from the outside or I can drill the back, not loose any depth but I'll have hoses sticking out the back unless I build the stand to cover the back.


Here's my old refugium, its drilled through th back same dimensions just shorter

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Stand without door, tank is now drilled

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keep the pics comin
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Best match I could find to my other stand in a spray can. To lazy to pull out the paint pot and compressor
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