Hello everyone, i have been working on a tank for the last few months and need to share with you all what i've done so far and learn from all your ideas.
I started a thread in another forum on it a few weeks ago and have gotten some really nice coments but no advice really. I dont think there are many there that have this type of tank and know this forum to be more on the crazy side that ive found myself going too. Let me start from the beginning.
It all started after seeing Nikki's 120 gal. and the bulb over my head lit up. I had a 120 gal. tank that was given to me and i thought I could do the same as her but build it all myself. I had a 90 gal. glass dsb tank for the last 3 years or so and never really liked it. I knew i could do better. So i got busy.
The first thing i did was ask nikki for her spec's and she provided me with her threads. Then i pm'ed MOJO over and over again to wonderful advice till i thought i was pushing it and went to work. I took some 1/4" black acrylic and bent my corner boxes. (got it perfect on the second try) Then over much debate over clear for the trough, i got some more black, 1/2" for the bottom and 1/4" for the front wall of the trough. I cut into the top sides of my corner boxes and glued in the trough with weldon #3. worked great
i took the tank to my local glass dude and had him drill the back of the tank. He didnt want to drill the bottom so useing his tools i did it myself. NBD really. Oh, the trough overflow teeth i cut useing a jig i made with my router and are 3/8" wide x 3/4" deep. The closed loop holes are 1 1/2" for the returns and overflows and 2" holes for the outputs. I was going to use a sheet of starboard for impact reasons but Witfull gave me the great idea to go with black acrylic and it came out very nice. I used silicone to glue it, first i did a zig zag and layed it on top, then after a few days i sealed it around the edges letting the gases excape before i did. tomorrow ill have some pictures up or tonight, and i'll tell about the filtration. Thank you for reading and i look forward to your replys Frankie
I started a thread in another forum on it a few weeks ago and have gotten some really nice coments but no advice really. I dont think there are many there that have this type of tank and know this forum to be more on the crazy side that ive found myself going too. Let me start from the beginning.
It all started after seeing Nikki's 120 gal. and the bulb over my head lit up. I had a 120 gal. tank that was given to me and i thought I could do the same as her but build it all myself. I had a 90 gal. glass dsb tank for the last 3 years or so and never really liked it. I knew i could do better. So i got busy.
The first thing i did was ask nikki for her spec's and she provided me with her threads. Then i pm'ed MOJO over and over again to wonderful advice till i thought i was pushing it and went to work. I took some 1/4" black acrylic and bent my corner boxes. (got it perfect on the second try) Then over much debate over clear for the trough, i got some more black, 1/2" for the bottom and 1/4" for the front wall of the trough. I cut into the top sides of my corner boxes and glued in the trough with weldon #3. worked great
i took the tank to my local glass dude and had him drill the back of the tank. He didnt want to drill the bottom so useing his tools i did it myself. NBD really. Oh, the trough overflow teeth i cut useing a jig i made with my router and are 3/8" wide x 3/4" deep. The closed loop holes are 1 1/2" for the returns and overflows and 2" holes for the outputs. I was going to use a sheet of starboard for impact reasons but Witfull gave me the great idea to go with black acrylic and it came out very nice. I used silicone to glue it, first i did a zig zag and layed it on top, then after a few days i sealed it around the edges letting the gases excape before i did. tomorrow ill have some pictures up or tonight, and i'll tell about the filtration. Thank you for reading and i look forward to your replys Frankie
