Hi everybody,
I am new to this forum and would like to share my first home built aquarium as my first post.
All the DIY equipment; i.e. the glass, silicone, masking tape and polystyrene; were bought at builderswarehouse. The glass is 6mm thick and the tank 1220x450x450mm in size.
We assemble the tank with two enforcement bars on the top.
And we started to fill it up with water (outside the house).
After two days of not leaking/breaking/exploding - we went to buy the stand and lid. We stick to a standard size tank, so that we could easily find a lid and a stand.
My boyfriend did the electricity for the lights on the lid, while I installed some extra enforcement on the top and bottom.
After some heavy lifting we got a beautiful, but still empty, tank.
Some more lifting and the old tank make way for the new tank.
In the back you can see the snake cages that my boyfriend built for his two burmese pythons and boa constrictors. They're very impressive you can read his story on http://www.sareptiles.co.za/forum/viewtopic.php?f=97&t=24948&p=197832#p197832
We used half the water of the old tank to help fill up the new tank. It was shocking (exciting) to see that all that water barely covered the gravel of the new tank!
All the plants, decor and filtration were in place and it was time to fill up completely.
We left the tank overnight with some cheap tetras...
And the next morning everything was moved across and all that was left to do was to enjoy our lovely tropical aquarium.
I am new to this forum and would like to share my first home built aquarium as my first post.
All the DIY equipment; i.e. the glass, silicone, masking tape and polystyrene; were bought at builderswarehouse. The glass is 6mm thick and the tank 1220x450x450mm in size.
We assemble the tank with two enforcement bars on the top.
And we started to fill it up with water (outside the house).
After two days of not leaking/breaking/exploding - we went to buy the stand and lid. We stick to a standard size tank, so that we could easily find a lid and a stand.
My boyfriend did the electricity for the lights on the lid, while I installed some extra enforcement on the top and bottom.
After some heavy lifting we got a beautiful, but still empty, tank.
Some more lifting and the old tank make way for the new tank.
In the back you can see the snake cages that my boyfriend built for his two burmese pythons and boa constrictors. They're very impressive you can read his story on http://www.sareptiles.co.za/forum/viewtopic.php?f=97&t=24948&p=197832#p197832
We used half the water of the old tank to help fill up the new tank. It was shocking (exciting) to see that all that water barely covered the gravel of the new tank!
All the plants, decor and filtration were in place and it was time to fill up completely.
We left the tank overnight with some cheap tetras...
And the next morning everything was moved across and all that was left to do was to enjoy our lovely tropical aquarium.
