At the moment i have 5 10 gallon tanks. But for this project let's say only 4 of them are available.
I am wondering if I could disassemble these tanks (remove frames, strip silicone) and make 1 or 2 larger tanks out of them and silicone that up, and somehow make frames for those.
That means I would have:
(4) 20"x10" panels (bottom)
(8) 20"x12" panels (front/back)
(8) 12"x10" panels (sides)
This is purely for my enjoyment of making things myself. I don't really care if it's cheaper to just buy a new tank.
What i was thinking, for the simplest design and would only need to butcher 2 tanks, is to make a 20"x20"x12" (lxwxh), square tank 12" high. The base would be (2) 20"x10" side by side, and the sides would be (4) 20"x12".
Suggestions on how i could seal the line going through the base would be cool.
Haven't thought of anything else at the moment, other than a totally irrelevant idea about 'floating' an empty tank inside of a larger one, and keeping a land animal like a hermit crab in the empty tank and fish in the larger one. The hermit would be underwater but inside his dry tank, looking out at swimming fish.
I'll stop my not-very-well-thought-out thoughts here.
I am wondering if I could disassemble these tanks (remove frames, strip silicone) and make 1 or 2 larger tanks out of them and silicone that up, and somehow make frames for those.
That means I would have:
(4) 20"x10" panels (bottom)
(8) 20"x12" panels (front/back)
(8) 12"x10" panels (sides)
This is purely for my enjoyment of making things myself. I don't really care if it's cheaper to just buy a new tank.
What i was thinking, for the simplest design and would only need to butcher 2 tanks, is to make a 20"x20"x12" (lxwxh), square tank 12" high. The base would be (2) 20"x10" side by side, and the sides would be (4) 20"x12".
Suggestions on how i could seal the line going through the base would be cool.
Haven't thought of anything else at the moment, other than a totally irrelevant idea about 'floating' an empty tank inside of a larger one, and keeping a land animal like a hermit crab in the empty tank and fish in the larger one. The hermit would be underwater but inside his dry tank, looking out at swimming fish.
I'll stop my not-very-well-thought-out thoughts here.
