Yeah I just started my 600 gallon build and plan to use a pond liner. How did you seal it after sealing the glass to the wood?
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I used 3m 5200 fast cure (only in white IIRC)
I put huge beads on the wood around the window, rolled it out to smash/spread to get an even bigger bead, let that cure. I put another fat bead where the liner and glass met, same thing, smashed/spread to get a larger better seal. I then let that cure. Now went a thin bead on the edges of the liner and spread that with my finger, let that cure. Then calked a lot of 5200 where I put the small thin bead of 5200 (the edge of the liner) took an extra strip of liner, put that on the fat bead, spread/rolled that out, let it cure, then a thin bit of 5200 on that edge and spread with finger.
I went with the extra strip of liner for security. So if you really think about it, if there is a junk seal some where, which I'm sure there is, it'll have a maze to get out.
Essentially, layer after layer of sealing.
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I put huge beads on the wood around the window, rolled it out to smash/spread to get an even bigger bead, let that cure. I put another fat bead where the liner and glass met, same thing, smashed/spread to get a larger better seal. I then let that cure. Now went a thin bead on the edges of the liner and spread that with my finger, let that cure. Then calked a lot of 5200 where I put the small thin bead of 5200 (the edge of the liner) took an extra strip of liner, put that on the fat bead, spread/rolled that out, let it cure, then a thin bit of 5200 on that edge and spread with finger.
I went with the extra strip of liner for security. So if you really think about it, if there is a junk seal some where, which I'm sure there is, it'll have a maze to get out.
Essentially, layer after layer of sealing.
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I forgot to snap pics because I was pretty busy trying to get this right and it's pretty tough to handle this much liner by myself.
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Filtration-
It's clearly not finished but you get the general idea. 3" drilled over flow, 100g FGT, 3600gph pump, 2 large pothoes plants, tons of ceramic rings and lava rock. I will be running more gph in the future, more ceramic rings and more filter socks. But this is the basic idea.
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It's clearly not finished but you get the general idea. 3" drilled over flow, 100g FGT, 3600gph pump, 2 large pothoes plants, tons of ceramic rings and lava rock. I will be running more gph in the future, more ceramic rings and more filter socks. But this is the basic idea.
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