A member of our local aquarium society acquired a cracked 300 gallon Oceanic Aluminum Frame 72x32x30 aquarium from someone for free. He said the guy bought the tank new, set it on his carport, filled it, cracked it, went back and bought another one which he has setup as a reef. My friend busted his knee up and can no longer work on the tank, so I have the good fortune of acquiring it from him this weekend.
The tank has 3/4" glass throughout the sides, but evidently has a laminate bottom which the upper and lower layers are made up of acrylic? Weird, but I haven't seen the tank in person to know for certain.
I have an 80 x-high with 1/2" glass (48x29 I believe the height is) that would be a total tear apart to reseal. I tried just a internal silicone removal and reseal, but the seals between the glass are compromised and it didn't work. I knew I held on to the tank for some reason. I'm going to tear it apart and use the glass to go over the existing bottom. It'll be three pieces and I'll have to have the length of each piece cut to size. I plan to remove the overflow and cover the hole since that's where the crack originates. I'll be using ABS to make some overflow intakes.
The tank will take the place of my 210 positioned with a narrow end against the wall and the 72" front and back viewed from the living room and pseudo home office.
The 210 will be placed on a new double stack stand with a 135 below it on the wall that my 100 gallon is on now.
This is yet another project that I don't need, but I couldn't pass it up for free.
The tank has 3/4" glass throughout the sides, but evidently has a laminate bottom which the upper and lower layers are made up of acrylic? Weird, but I haven't seen the tank in person to know for certain.
I have an 80 x-high with 1/2" glass (48x29 I believe the height is) that would be a total tear apart to reseal. I tried just a internal silicone removal and reseal, but the seals between the glass are compromised and it didn't work. I knew I held on to the tank for some reason. I'm going to tear it apart and use the glass to go over the existing bottom. It'll be three pieces and I'll have to have the length of each piece cut to size. I plan to remove the overflow and cover the hole since that's where the crack originates. I'll be using ABS to make some overflow intakes.
The tank will take the place of my 210 positioned with a narrow end against the wall and the 72" front and back viewed from the living room and pseudo home office.
The 210 will be placed on a new double stack stand with a 135 below it on the wall that my 100 gallon is on now.
This is yet another project that I don't need, but I couldn't pass it up for free.