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Is there anything else i can do?

Ok so here is my situation. The do it myslef kind of person i was decided to go ahead and build his own tank...I have a tank 24x24x18 and on the back wall it has four retun bulkheads at 5 inches from bottom and about 12 inches from bottom. I linked the bulkheads to a cheap rio powerhead pump...

Well its been a long time since i have last posted but im getting more courageous on tank building and working with acrylic. Im pretty confident my acrlic skills can lead me into building a fairly large tank. 52L X 52W X 37H. Roughly 433 gallons (if calculated right). Thats not the point...

Im just beggining with bonding acrylic and i was wonderin if im doing the pin method, letting it dry, and then able to snap the two pieces off with much much force if thats good? I mean it takes a table and alot of weight to break the two pieces apart. will that be strong enough to hold water...

suprisingly i keep him well fed and everything lives. Not a single hermit crab has been eatin. Its almost like a mutualistic realitionship. Minus when the blue devil gets too close and the octo warns it.

Well over the last week and a half my 3 spot domino damsel is getting hosted by my 6 inch purple tip anemone. Its acting like a clownfish in an anemone. It runs through the tentacles like nothing but when i first got it, the purple tip would sting the damsel. I know the purple tip is still...

So i was reading a ton on Acrylicmans posts and Lucite is a little weaker but should be fine. Its not as great as cast but it isnt as bad as extruded. Now i gotta finish geting the finiched pieces. Also i was wondering how come everyone has there overflows on the inside? I sorta brainstormed...

high 500's meaning money wise sorry. I dont want to have to buy a tank if its gonna cost 500$.

Well on the paper it says CP. Will it work or should i start to worrie about how i wont be able to build a tank if its high 500's?

well i was going to build a 120 gallon acrylic tank and didnt know about my local plastics suppliers goods. He is selling me Lucite CP acrylic. Is that the same as cellcast acrylic? Its really cheap and im worried about strength. Any help would be much ablidged. Thanx.

Well i was planning on going to glass as a DIY project but at the last minute vered toward an acrylic dealer in my city that will sell me cut acrylic for cheap. i mean real cheap. I can get a 1/2'' X 24'' X 48'' for only 60 dollars. the only thing im worried about is if its that cheap should...

Acrylic is better but what about the distortion? What about the Glare? You pretty much have to have the lights off to see ur fishes. No one seemed to mention that. The distortion is horrible too. Ive seen peoples tank turn from RECTANGLE to a custom BOWFRONT just by adding water. IMO glass...

Im kinda leaning on getting two viewable panels starphire glass but i dont know if i want to spend the extra buck? In your opinion is Starphire glass worth it? I mean how much clearer can you get? I know the edges of normal glass are green but not when your viewing the tank from the front...

Danget luckily i wasnt emotionally attached to my clownfish carnavore snowflake eel. He seriously ate two of my clownfish that where twice his size. He died the next morning i foung him outta the tank> But i noticed he ate one of my clownfish whole and you could actually see the orange body...

CRAP* Shark guy and cant live without shark week*

sorrry it took so long to post back (girlfriend troubles) Um lets see. Im going to have the sharks because im a shark week and cant live without SHARKWEEK. On right now by the way. I will have a closed loop sytem actually probly 4 combined. Smaller pumps though. Maybe maxijet 240 or...

Ha mine escaped today. I tore my tank apart but it was easy. I only have a 29 gallon eclipse. Im kinda worried cause those tanks are totally sealed and there is one small hole in the back that i covered in tape so im just simply puzzled on how he got out. I found him almost 4 hours later when...

*How thick should the glass be*

First i got a question? What is Eurobracing? I know it beefs up the tank but i thought it was just the extra pieces they put inside to hold the panels together. Can someone explain? And im going to take one for the team. im going to build a 257 gallon tank and see if its cheaper than buying...

im thinking my tank top could be desighned maybe to 6 inches is that good?