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Tonight I was bored and taking a closer look at my acrylic cube I bought second hand. It was made by AZDR. It's just a 15" cube. Very simple design. I was thinking, how hard can this be really?
Has anyone ever made their own acrylic tanks? I know acrylic has it's pros and cons, but I think it looks great and gives full view of the vivarium, especially since I use smaller vivariums on my rack.
I was in talks with a plastics fabricator in Boston, but the prices ended up being way more than I first heard.
I found another local company that sells all sorts of acrylic and other sheets of plastic. They also sell a kit that comes with several sheets, the glue, cutting tool, and everything else needed to making acrylic tanks.
I want to replace a 15 gallon tank I have with 2 acrylic tanks that are 15x18deepx15 high.
Just wanted to get some input on this. If anyone has any tips? Best cutting tools for cutting the acrylic cleanly. The door assembly can be very simple as it is with my AZDR tank. Actually, I would probably just replicate this tank except for some size differences.
Anyway I'm going to do a little more research than give it a whirl. I do like my bottom shelf of my 20 high vert conversions, but the rest of my rack is fair game to re-do in acrylics.
Anyway I'll post pictures here if I end up finishing a tank soon.
D
Has anyone ever made their own acrylic tanks? I know acrylic has it's pros and cons, but I think it looks great and gives full view of the vivarium, especially since I use smaller vivariums on my rack.
I was in talks with a plastics fabricator in Boston, but the prices ended up being way more than I first heard.
I found another local company that sells all sorts of acrylic and other sheets of plastic. They also sell a kit that comes with several sheets, the glue, cutting tool, and everything else needed to making acrylic tanks.
I want to replace a 15 gallon tank I have with 2 acrylic tanks that are 15x18deepx15 high.
Just wanted to get some input on this. If anyone has any tips? Best cutting tools for cutting the acrylic cleanly. The door assembly can be very simple as it is with my AZDR tank. Actually, I would probably just replicate this tank except for some size differences.
Anyway I'm going to do a little more research than give it a whirl. I do like my bottom shelf of my 20 high vert conversions, but the rest of my rack is fair game to re-do in acrylics.
Anyway I'll post pictures here if I end up finishing a tank soon.
D