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    diy foam background questions

    i went to the hardware store and got a sheet of 1" thick foamular. now do i need to seal the foam or is that safe to be in the fish tank without sealing. i would like to know i guess a specific paint brand that i can use or something a little more in detail. the local fish store owner said...
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    diy foam background questions

    ok i am thinking about venturing into building a new diy background for my 125 gallon aquarium i just bought but first i have some questions what is the best foam to use for the price first of all? what is the best thing to use to carve it? and also what should i use to coat it i dont really...
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    pvc concrete question

    so i am making my first venture into doing a sump ive always just ran big canister filters because ive heard so many nightmare stories about bulkheads leaking and so on. but i picked up a pre drilled 150 gallon tank from craigslist with stand and glass lids for 200$ bucks so i figure its time to...
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    fish tank head board project

    I made it 68" inches wide for a queen size bed. You would just adjust it accordingly to your bed I have ten inches on both sides of the tank but I wanted some over hang. The tank is removable which was a good idea for transportation purposes it works great. I started everything brand new when it...
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    fish tank head board project

    Yeah the next will be a footboard with a more shallow tank and a LCD on top of it probably Sent from my iPhone using MonsterAquariaNetwork app
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    fish tank head board project

    There is enough door space above the bed to access I build I pretty big chute on top that's removable with a hose down to the tank it's is entirely finishe and filling as we speak Sent from my iPhone using MonsterAquariaNetwork app
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    fish tank head board project

    Water changes won't be horrible I ran hosing throught the stand with the spout draining directly to the bag edge of the stand it has a connection for a drain hose and for filling I have a hose ran to a bulkhead with a cap in the top that I will drop a funnel in and pour Sent from my iPhone...
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    fish tank head board project

    Haha I was worried about the whole rock the bed to but with as wide as the stand is and the water weight I think it'll b ok Sent from my iPhone using MonsterAquariaNetwork app
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    fish tank head board project

    Well here's the progress I made today need to take it all apart and start painting Sent from my iPhone using MonsterAquariaNetwork app
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    fish tank head board project

    so this idea came to me after i bought a fish tank coffee table and realized how much people go crazy not only over tanks but tanks that are unique. so i decided i would recess a 55 gallon tank into a head board. today was the first day of the project and made some pretty good head way
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    What is the usual thickness of plywood for plywood tanks ?

    this is how i didd my side and corner bracing on my 246 and it worked great. i used 3/4 inch plywood in it. But also if your doing fiberglass and not pond liner the fiberglass will pretty much be a shell inside the tank and absorb mostly all the outward pressure
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    220 gallon acrylic tank

    i am sellin my 220 gallon acrylic fish tank i bought it recently and dont have the time unfortunately. this will include a high gloss black stand with two doors stand is 100 percent sealed incase of a leak stand will hold water until it comes out the doors. the stand has two power strips...
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    electric yellow problem

    found out what was the problem i had a johanni in the tank with the electric yellow and turns out he was just beatin the **** out of him so introduced a larg ass vieja and the johanni killed him the first night so the johanni went and within 5 hours the yellow lab comes down off the top and...
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    problem with my yellow lab

    135 gallon tank one other smaller yellow lab have 2 jewels in a johanni and one white african top is still yellow has turned white up to about halfway
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    problem with my yellow lab

    my yellow lab is having a problem the body has actually almost completely turned whit any ideas
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    120 gallon plywood/acrylic tank

    looks great amazing build and ideas bursting around conrats and good job
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    Too high? Or not too high?

    i built one for my 75 that was 3 feet like what you want got my 75 up there and filled and absolutely hated the height of it so i took the bottom supports out and used a jugsaw to cut down the two by fours to 28" and it liked it a whole whole lot better
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    painting the glass on the back

    ya know actually the spray paint technique isnt too hard to do as long as the glass is clean thats all that much matters runs dont matter the will only show from the outside on the back they wont be visible from the interior just coat the hell out of that thing ive learned putting a light on the...
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    homemade diy HOB filter

    oh i know i am all over that all the time just waiting lol
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    Spray painting PVC in tank...

    definitly krylon fusion
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