Picked up a 125, needs work!
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By far the most time consuming tasks were cutting all the damn holes in the RUGF for the refugium, and cutting all the slots for the overflow into the bio chamber.
started gluing the dividers into the sump today. second coat of urethane on the stand has it looking pretty spiff. One more and it ought to be ready to bring in the house.
You'd think that having made as many drip plates as I have... I'd not forget how much of a pain in the ass it is. The last one I did the easy way with a CNC machine
this one was all manual labor though!
You'd think that having made as many drip plates as I have... I'd not forget how much of a pain in the ass it is. The last one I did the easy way with a CNC machine
this one was all manual labor though!
That looks great! I am also trying to decide whether to tear a tank completely apart, or just reseal... The piano wire was a great idea! The black silicone looks great as well. Have you water tested it yet?
SoCalDiscus;2138658; said:
I have not water tested it yet, as I'm waiting on my bulkheads for the bottom. I'm not terribly concerned, I was pretty thorough in cleaning it. The only thing I wonder about is that DOW 832 underwater.
cvermeulen;2138726; said:
I was just talking to a guy who owns a glass shop tonight and he was saying something about using loctite to join the panes together, and then using silicone for the seals. I'm not sure what specific kind of loctite he was referring to (he said it is the same stuff you use to stick a rear view mirror into a car), but I am curious enough to look into it. If it is overlayed with silicone I don't see any toxicity issues unless it can leach through the silicone...
The tank I need to rebuild is for my sump, and it has a broken end pane. I'm not sure how good a bond I can get without totally breaking the tank down. It seems a little sketchy just taking the end pane out. I can see a good seal on the bottom, but the sides will be really close and may not hold as well as completely rebuilding.
SoCalDiscus;2138821; said:
There are lots of ways to stick stuff to stuff... I chose to rely on some empirical data that's all
. Silicone is cheap, why mess with it?If you're going to remove the end pane, depending on how the tank is constructed, you probably will have to remove at least one other pane to get nice seams. (think about how you're going to put it back together). At that point, you might as well tear the whole thing down. I dunno how big your tank is, but I can tell you this would have been a snap for a 50gal... it's jut a major pain when the panes each weigh over 50lbs.
cvermeulen;2138887; said:There are lots of ways to stick stuff to stuff... I chose to rely on some empirical data that's all
If you're going to remove the end pane, depending on how the tank is constructed, you probably will have to remove at least one other pane to get nice seams. (think about how you're going to put it back together). At that point, you might as well tear the whole thing down. I dunno how big your tank is, but I can tell you this would have been a snap for a 50gal... it's jut a major pain when the panes each weigh over 50lbs.
Its only a 48" long 60 gallon tank. So, it sounds like its worth just taking it completely apart. That, and I will be adding a few baffles, so it would probably be easiest to just add it all at once.
Moved stand in house, plugged overflow hole (going in the ghetto DIY picture thread BTW) and started filling. Filling right now so I gotta run back out!
