Building a 620 gallon acrylic stingray tank
- Thread starter rdbrown
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A M A Z I N G ... Wow, wish I can do something like that... maybe smaller or something, just making me love to try making a small acrylic tank for practice 
WoW... This build makes me re-think building just an indoor pond for my fire eels... Thats really sharp.
Originally Posted by theanimalman @ CaptiveAquatics.net
More pics of the sump. A few of the big female Motoro.
Added the canopy and lights. With the canopy I tried something I've been thinking about for years. I've never put any type of reflective material inside any of my canopies I've built. I've always wondered how effective it would be. I researched lightweight reflective materials and decided that Mylar was the most reflective and the most lightweight. I looked into what Mylar was made of and decide that Aluminized Polyester was about the most common material. I then noticed one day that Emergency Blankets are made from this same material. I bought 4 Emergency Blankets for a few dollars and stappled and taped the entire inside of the canopy with them. The results are mind blowing. I have four four foot T12 double bulb flourescent lights in the canopy. Thats it. There are not dark spots. You can't tell where the lights are from brights spots. All the light in the entire tank is uniform. The other nice thing about the emergency blankets is they pretty much reflect all of the light and keep most of the light in the canopy. The canopy doesn't have a solid top or back. Just the mylar material. This canopy has ended up being lighter that the canopy on the 210 gal tank that was very similar in design.
The first pic is with the flash. The rest are without.
More pics of the sump. A few of the big female Motoro.
Added the canopy and lights. With the canopy I tried something I've been thinking about for years. I've never put any type of reflective material inside any of my canopies I've built. I've always wondered how effective it would be. I researched lightweight reflective materials and decided that Mylar was the most reflective and the most lightweight. I looked into what Mylar was made of and decide that Aluminized Polyester was about the most common material. I then noticed one day that Emergency Blankets are made from this same material. I bought 4 Emergency Blankets for a few dollars and stappled and taped the entire inside of the canopy with them. The results are mind blowing. I have four four foot T12 double bulb flourescent lights in the canopy. Thats it. There are not dark spots. You can't tell where the lights are from brights spots. All the light in the entire tank is uniform. The other nice thing about the emergency blankets is they pretty much reflect all of the light and keep most of the light in the canopy. The canopy doesn't have a solid top or back. Just the mylar material. This canopy has ended up being lighter that the canopy on the 210 gal tank that was very similar in design.
The first pic is with the flash. The rest are without.
