its all in the title. i bought a 260g acrylic tank with a very unique shape from some trashy people who kept snapping turtles in it apparently. it had a couple cracks but they looked fixable.
idk how many hours i put into cleaning this thing up and put a couple hundred into patching the cracks, the 3d background, etc. i didnt want to spend anymore on lumber so i used spare lumber to add an additional foot onto a six foot stand i had made for another tank which i never actually bought. that didnt turn out to be pretty but it was in fact solid and perfectly level so i went with it.
anyways a month of work later and i fill it halfway up. it leaks from several places, not any of the places i fixed but several new places. so i drain it and do what i can with my remaining acrylic for the leaks.
i fill it up again about 8 inches to the top this time because it had stopped leaking. but now the damn thing is literally tipping forward! it seems the unique shape of the tank makes it exceedingly front heavy when filled with water. it was obvious this tank needed a professional setup tailor made for it, as just putting it on a stand would not work.
as im examining the tilt and deciding just how steady this thing is (levelboard was showing the front end had sank nearly an inch into my floor), the bottom rear seam starts hemmorhaging water.
i drained it and was extremely frustrated so i grabbed the 300 lb pos and literally threw it out of the backdoor. what a dumpster fire of a diy project for me.
anywho my lesson learned is that you really cant half ass any single aspect when it comes to tanks this size. everything has to meticulous, careful, perfect almost. im still pretty new at this diy tank stuff so hopefully i keep learning and can put some cool stuff together soon. ive cut the tank up and plan to do something with the unique curved panels of acrylic. hopefully i get that right lol. last known sighting of the tank:
idk how many hours i put into cleaning this thing up and put a couple hundred into patching the cracks, the 3d background, etc. i didnt want to spend anymore on lumber so i used spare lumber to add an additional foot onto a six foot stand i had made for another tank which i never actually bought. that didnt turn out to be pretty but it was in fact solid and perfectly level so i went with it.
anyways a month of work later and i fill it halfway up. it leaks from several places, not any of the places i fixed but several new places. so i drain it and do what i can with my remaining acrylic for the leaks.
i fill it up again about 8 inches to the top this time because it had stopped leaking. but now the damn thing is literally tipping forward! it seems the unique shape of the tank makes it exceedingly front heavy when filled with water. it was obvious this tank needed a professional setup tailor made for it, as just putting it on a stand would not work.
as im examining the tilt and deciding just how steady this thing is (levelboard was showing the front end had sank nearly an inch into my floor), the bottom rear seam starts hemmorhaging water.
i drained it and was extremely frustrated so i grabbed the 300 lb pos and literally threw it out of the backdoor. what a dumpster fire of a diy project for me.
anywho my lesson learned is that you really cant half ass any single aspect when it comes to tanks this size. everything has to meticulous, careful, perfect almost. im still pretty new at this diy tank stuff so hopefully i keep learning and can put some cool stuff together soon. ive cut the tank up and plan to do something with the unique curved panels of acrylic. hopefully i get that right lol. last known sighting of the tank:
