i jus saw this about 10 minutes ago before you posted this...nice room man, where are the tanks from? are they custom? the tanks im talking about are the ones with the sloped front opening
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Wow, never thought there would be this much interest in tanks! LOL
OK, so the bottoms are 15" X 17" I use 3/16" glass and drill a 1 1/8" hole for a 1/2" bulkhead. I use wide masking tape on all corners to attach the next pieces.
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Next I put all of the sides on top of the base piece. I use 1/8" glass for everything else.
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Now you silicone all of the seams and let dry. I usually wait between one and two days...
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And that concludes our picture tour!!! The next step is to put the top piece of glass on (I drill two holes for an imaginary misting system I have been putting off since 2005) and silicone those seams. After that has dried, line up the door (I use masking tape on the ends and one in the center). For hinges I use the acrylic one from Josh's Frogs. I take a dremel tool to them and rough up the surface. I then use 5 minute epoxy and pray that I got them on there straight and didn't get any epoxy on the moving part of the hinge! After waiting another day for the hinges to dry I wrap the door in wax paper, run a bead of silicone on the three top sides and close the door so it molds to the silicone and makes it FF proof. Let that dry for a day and you are golden!
I have an invoice with all of the dimensions I am trying to find, as soon as I do I will give you the dimensions for the 7 pieces of glass!!
These aren't cheap to build and VERY time consuming to make. You can buy approx. six 10 gallons for just the cost of the glass (Usually about $60). It doesn't take that much time to actually put them together, just waiting for the stuff to dry! If I missed anything let me know! Also I was off by an inch or so and the middle tank of every shelf is a 1/2" less than the two surrounding it if you are planning to put these on a 4' rack!
Mike
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OK, so the bottoms are 15" X 17" I use 3/16" glass and drill a 1 1/8" hole for a 1/2" bulkhead. I use wide masking tape on all corners to attach the next pieces.
Next I put all of the sides on top of the base piece. I use 1/8" glass for everything else.
Now you silicone all of the seams and let dry. I usually wait between one and two days...
And that concludes our picture tour!!! The next step is to put the top piece of glass on (I drill two holes for an imaginary misting system I have been putting off since 2005) and silicone those seams. After that has dried, line up the door (I use masking tape on the ends and one in the center). For hinges I use the acrylic one from Josh's Frogs. I take a dremel tool to them and rough up the surface. I then use 5 minute epoxy and pray that I got them on there straight and didn't get any epoxy on the moving part of the hinge! After waiting another day for the hinges to dry I wrap the door in wax paper, run a bead of silicone on the three top sides and close the door so it molds to the silicone and makes it FF proof. Let that dry for a day and you are golden!
I have an invoice with all of the dimensions I am trying to find, as soon as I do I will give you the dimensions for the 7 pieces of glass!!
These aren't cheap to build and VERY time consuming to make. You can buy approx. six 10 gallons for just the cost of the glass (Usually about $60). It doesn't take that much time to actually put them together, just waiting for the stuff to dry! If I missed anything let me know! Also I was off by an inch or so and the middle tank of every shelf is a 1/2" less than the two surrounding it if you are planning to put these on a 4' rack!
Mike
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