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05-01-2007, 03:57 AM
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DIY Acrylic Tank
Hey guys, I stumbled across this site about making your own acrylic aquarium, complete with pictures and appromixate price to build a 190 gallon.
http://duboisi.com/diy/BNdiytank/bndiytank.htm Enjoy. 
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05-01-2007, 04:23 AM
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fyi ppl, the cost will depend almost entirely on how much your acrylic supplier charges per sheet. I made a 60gal acrylic tank and used one sheet and the company charged me 250$ just for the full sheet and cuttings.
advise: don't rush. Practice a lot before going ahead and doing the real thing. Go to your supplier and ask for scrap pieces. here's a good time to learn how to finish the edges of the panes to be glued. I made three little 1gal open top boxes this way just for practice. Make sure you're good enough at this stuff that your tests don't leak a drop. try prying the tests apart to break em to get an idea how much strength is needed to take it apart.
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05-01-2007, 05:40 AM
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Hey, hmmmm. Now this makes me wonder how difficult it would be to build a smallish acrylic cube dedicated to...oh...say, a peacock mantis?!
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05-01-2007, 12:42 PM
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honestly, not that hard lol. they need about 25gal. just stick together five panes of acrylic and boom, you got yourself a peacocks home. That's what my 60gal acrylic was for in the first place but Ive gone down a different path now.
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