Itche scratche 180 gallons diy build

[itche_scratche]

I got a permission to upgrade my 120 to 180 gallon for this holiday. It's will be an acrylic tank.
Here is my current 120 gallons.

 

[itche_scratche]

Time to go order some acrylic.
This is where i ordered my acrylic.

 

[makeme1098]

That's great. Are you building a tank yourself?

 

[itche_scratche]

Yes, i'm going to build it my self. I built my last 120 gal.

 

[itche_scratche]

Here is the acrylic after cut to size and transported hime.

 

[mfinn]

opcorn:

Can't wait to see this build.

 

[makeme1098]

nice. what's the tank dimension?

 

[itche_scratche]

I was about to do 72x24x24, but since the acrylic sheet come with 99x50 instead of 96x48. So i decided to make a tiny taller
So the tank dimension will be 72x24x26.5

 

[makeme1098]

Nice. It's going to give your big corals room to grow!

 

[N1Husker]

Very nice, it will be exciting to watch your build.

 

[itche_scratche]

I spent today to work on the top brace.




My son want me to play with him. So that should be enough for today.

 

[N1Husker]

Looking good.

 

[itche_scratche]

I decided to build the frag tank first to refresh my skill
I started early on sunday morning so i can watch morning football and Seahawk.
Preparing the bonding edge


Pin



Holding fixture



Shim



Setting up abd bonding the acrylic.

 

[itche_scratche]

6hrs later during sunday night halftime.

 

[NanaReefer]

This build has been amazing for me to watch. Thank You for sharing


Reefing...it's a state of mind.

 

[itche_scratche]

Got the frag tank all done.

 

[tike]

Looks good!!

 

[itche_scratche]

Time to weld the display tank.
I'm a little nervous. I didnt care that much on the frag tank, but this is my display tank. A little nervous.
Take a deep breath, here we go.



Turn out not bad so far. Will find out more tomorrow after turn it over to weld the back side.

 

[spieszak]

Are the boxes inside the corners there just to balance the weight of the side and keep it straight?

 

[itche_scratche]

Are you talking about these?



These are the diy fixture that help to hold the acrylic at 90°. It also holding them in place.