plywood+acrylic tank

[panda_zero]

have looked around here and can't seem to find anything about DIY plywood with acrylic(as viewing window) or it just that i didn't look hard enough.

if anyone have any advice...DO tell.
Like: what kind of silicone will work with acrylic and so on...the more the better!


or if you know the link please, put it on here.

Thankz

 

[panda_zero]

there a lot of views but no help.....

 

[Zari]

there's actually plenty on here. Just look through a couple of threads and you'll find a couple that use acrylic. Glass is what the majority use tho due to it being cheaper.

 

[sross]

take a look at the plywood tank build compilation sticky in this section. Your should also take a look the 2600 gallon build too he's using acrylic. You'll usually find his thread up at the top of the list in this section too.

 

[panda_zero]

thankz guys!

i read about what type of silicone to use in the sticky but what kind of silicone work with epoxy(sweetwater) and acrylic??

 

[sross]

as long it says the the silicone is 100% silicone it will work with sweetwater. I used GE Silicone 1 on my tank. But I didn't used acrylic for my window. Using acrylic is where you could run into some issues. Silicone doesn't stick to acrylic to well. I heard of others using a type of primer on the acrylic to make the silicone stick better. I believe its called DOW Primer C used along with Dow 795 silicone.