DiY Acrylic Tank Building

[aquatic_wonders]

Very good! the part that I wanted to see is when you smooth out the cuts in the acrylic.

 

[andi872]

that is a beautiful tank

 

[509stinger]

i just got a quote from tenecor aquarium builders, 6'x4'x2'= $1634.78 not including overflows or even holes for bulkheads and thats not including shipping so add almost another $800-$1000 for that

 

[Big Daves Rays]

The extra $ you spend with Tenecor is just in case it does blow out, you get a brand new tank for free! I've done alot of small acrylic work and somehow I'm pretty sure I can build a big tank myself, but the thought of walking into my stingray room with a blown out tank I made myself would really bum me out to say the least.

 

[Big Daves Rays]

One thing too, buy your tanks in the off season (winter time coming up) If you spend enough dough on a big tank you can talk them into shipping it to you for free. Thats what I did. Or you can DIY and save more $. Can't wait to see full tank shots of the tanks you made.

 

[jmiller]

is there something i can buy to put ove plywood for the bottom instead of using a fiberglass bottom

 

[erider]

i would also like to know about bonding black and clear,and garf says to use half inch on a tank that size. why use 3/4? im sure it is safer but do you need to?

 

[winstonk]

Would some one be willing to make this up into a fancy PDF file?

 

[SHERVINATOR]

you are a sick dude how did you disside to do this the first time round?WOW

 

[werdna]

wow man.. this is really cool! i cant wait to make myself one once i get outa college!