Rebuilding 265 gallon

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Thanks guys, it appears the bottom of the tank is wear the leak is and that the leak is forming because the joint silicone is no longer holding the glass together and when you fill the tank the glass moves so much it breaks the inside corner seal(that we already redid). Thanks for the heads up on the frame reaquirements! We (me and bowtie) working on the fish room putting up 75 gallon double stacks and 6 ft stacks. Here is my fishroom thread to get an idea of what we are doing:

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...fish-room-renovation-project/page8&highlight=

I don't know when I'll get to work on the 265 because it will require so much man power to take it apart and put together(each piece of glass weighs over 100 lbs!) and put together.
 
Taking the trim off is the hard part. get one of those razor blaze knives that extend. Once that is done, some guitar string should work well for getting the panes of glass separated. Then comes the dirty work. You'll have to scrape every single bit of silicone of of the glass. Once that is done, rinse thoroughly with alcohol or acetone to remove any contaminants. Finally, put it back together. I'd you some braces made from wood if you don't want to buy the clamps. I'd say it's worth a shot to try and fix it before you give up on it.
 
Pharaoh said:
Taking the trim off is the hard part. get one of those razor blaze knives that extend. Once that is done, some guitar string should work well for getting the panes of glass separated. Then comes the dirty work. You'll have to scrape every single bit of silicone of of the glass. Once that is done, rinse thoroughly with alcohol or acetone to remove any contaminants. Finally, put it back together. I'd you some braces made from wood if you don't want to buy the clamps. I'd say it's worth a shot to try and fix it before you give up on it.
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If you have any clamp design recommendations please share. I was looking around briefly. I haven't given up. I'm kinda torn between rebuilding this tank as is or making a 3 ft deep plywood iteration with one of the panes of glass. I think the glass version would be easier and potentially cheaper, stronger, longer lasting etc. Let me know your thoughts. Anyone have issues with their plywood tanks?
 
If you don't want to buy the clamps, I'd go with a 2x4 jig like what is pictured above.
 
So I'm leaning ever more towards Doing a 400-500 gallon plywood tank with the piece of glass. I'm inclined to do this because the added depth will be better for the arrowana I'm droping in there and would allow me to comfortably keep a couple rays. If anyone has a favorite plywood build thread they'd like to forward me to get me started researching would be greatly appreciated.
 
I attempted to re build a 90.

I gave up and sold it with a brand new set of frames on craigslist.



I would get rid of what you have got and jump on the search for something else.
Not sure what else to suggest.

It is alot of work, and if you dont do a good job on it the first time, you can almost count on it leaking again.
 
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Squirtle919 said:
I have never built tanks but could you just make a section where it leaks and install another piece of glass before that area? like a separator so no water runs to that area if its just on the edge? then just support the tank where the divider was installed as the tank wont be rest on the corners of the glass? sorry if this is a really dumb idea but seems easier to me if you are just going to lose a few g of water and not half the tank? or try build a little square over that area if you dont want to lose a section of the tank? but I dont think that would work at all.

Just some ideas but most likely they wont work!!!
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I'm really not sure what I want to do here. Getting a tank will be money, tank leaking will be a PITA! I'm not sure what to do. Have pleanty of other fish projects prior to getting to this one.
 
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