How does one move a several hundred pound acrylic panel into position for a fish tank?

[white specter crayfish]

If one was to make a large acrylic aquarium tank, how would you move such heavy panels through their entire house into the basement, then above their head into the position for the tank? Then silicone in into their tank, I just don't think it is an overly good idea for making a large fish tank, I think a smaller concrete/plywood aquarium would be a better option

 

[Jexnell]

Suction cup handels, carts to roll it on rest of the way, hydraulic hoist, cherry pickers for engine blocks with cloth/nylon straps


Edit: mostly this it body count and suction handels

 

[white specter crayfish]

Suction cup handels, carts to roll it on rest of the way, hydraulic hoist, cherry pickers for engine blocks with cloth/nylon straps

Ok, how would you keep the acrylic/glass panel in place for the concrete tank? I don't think silicone works very well with concrete and acrylic

 

[Jexnell]

I'll let someone with that knowledge answer that. All that I mentioned I saw on that show "Tanked" and how they get big tanks/panels into homes/businesses.

 

[white specter crayfish]

I'll let someone with that knowledge answer that. All that I mentioned I saw on that show "Tanked" and how they get big tanks/panels into homes/businesses.

Ok thanks, yeah I would want to save as much money as possible, a pond would be cheapest but it would be so much harder to enjoy them

 

[esoxlucius]

Ok, how would you keep the acrylic/glass panel in place for the concrete tank? I don't think silicone works very well with concrete and acrylic

Have a look at how joey installed his acrylic panel in his 2000g concrete build. That was a big heavy sheet, he had a buddy give him a lift.

 

[white specter crayfish]

Have a look at how joey installed his acrylic panel in his 2000g concrete build. That was a big heavy sheet, he had a buddy give him a lift.

I'm not sure how you would seal it on though, there really isn't much silicone that will stick to the acrylic panel, so sealing it would be an issue.

 

[esoxlucius]

I'm not sure how you would seal it on though, there really isn't much silicone that will stick to the acrylic panel, so sealing it would be an issue.

Check out his video like I said. His 2000g of water were still in his tank last time I checked, not on the floor with his fish flapping about so he's done something right. I had a look myself earlier, it seemed straight forward really. He used 60 grit paper on the two surfaces (the edges of the acrylic sheet and the pond armor on the concrete) before bonding together. Maybe this is the secret to getting a really good bond, rough surface for max grip.

 

[white specter crayfish]

Check out his video like I said. His 2000g of water were still in his tank last time I checked, not on the floor with his fish flapping about so he's done something right. I had a look myself earlier, it seemed straight forward really. He used 60 grit paper on the two surfaces (the edges of the acrylic sheet and the pond armor on the concrete) before bonding together. Maybe this is the secret to getting a really good bond, rough surface for max grip.

Ok thanks, did he use that special glue that requires no bubbles (because that would be hard to do) and which video was this? the ones I saw he didn't mention that

 

[esoxlucius]

Ok thanks, did he use that special glue that requires no bubbles (because that would be hard to do) and which video was this? the ones I saw he didn't mention that

If I knew what I was doing I could provide you with a direct link to the video, but sadly, i'm thick!! Maybe someone else could do that. All I did was type in "joeys 2000g build" and a load of videos come up covering various stages of his build. Later on in the build you'll come across the one where he installs his viewing windows. Very simple and straight forward and no I don't believe any special glue was use though he did use 8 tubes of silicon on the big viewing panel alone. Like I said, I think the secret is to really rough the surfaces up that meet.