90 gallon plywood TILE

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Thought I would give it a shot since i have alot of tile at the parents doing nothing, with wood, and glass! Total cost to me so far? 4 tubes of silicone!

I laugh at danger. Its for my snapping turtle, if this works and survives him, I have zero doubts about fish tank usage.



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This is how I put the silly on the tile. In these pictures today I used up 2 tubes.


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Thats all I did for now, maybe later on tonight I will finish the tile. Just gotta figure out where to put the tank for the night, I want my car in the garage! But all in all I will let the silicone cure under the tile, then silicone the grout and glass in with 1 application. Might pick up 2 more tubes just in case. 4 may be enough for all the grout and glass I think.......
 
Tile is done. Used up 3 tubes for the tile job. Maybe buy 2 more tubes for window and grout lines (3 tubes total). I "could" put the window and grout lines in tmw, but not sure if I should wait for the last 8 tile to fully cure. No idea if it would matter, it just means just another week delay in test filling in the garage. Either wait 2 weeks before the fill, or next weekend for the fill. So 2-3weeks for the end "leak or not leak" challenge. All in all though I am feeling really good about this and do think it will work!






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why do you say that?

Im also thinking about putting a sheet of plexi on the bottom tile incase the turtle decides to dig? Im more of 50/50 on that idea since the bottom WILL be covered in sand.
 
he's going to apply silicone in the space between the tiles, I hope..
give it a try, but I'd definitely brace the outside of the tank before I tested it
 
your gonna need to put down drylock and silicone then cement board then tile cement and set your tile then tile grout if not that tile will sweat and rot that plywood and fast
 
KLee79;4591512; said:
he's going to apply silicone in the space between the tiles, I hope..
give it a try, but I'd definitely brace the outside of the tank before I tested it
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The wood is glued and screwed, puppy isnt going anywhere. AND its not going to be filled all the way up. 50/60% max (snapping turtle tank)

I will be putting a center brace in just for my ease of mind.

your gonna need to put down drylock and silicone then cement board then tile cement and set your tile then tile grout if not that tile will sweat and rot that plywood and fast
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Im not worried about that. I dont see it happening if water cannot pass go.
 
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