sweettooth162
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if so, how? what were the specs, how did you seal it. what kind of filtration. lighting, the whole nine yards. if you want email me nf47w@hotmail.com i would love to hear from you.
anyone every built there own tank?
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broncofish
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Built several, what are you looking at glass or acrylic? I have only repaired glass tanks never built one, I have built plenty of acrylic, what you seal them with all depends on tank type(acrylic glass or plywood)
sweettooth162
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i was thinking about going with particle board for the back and 2 sides a piece of glass for the front and the top i have no clue what i plann on doing for a "hood" it is going to be an agressive tank so i don't need lighting.
broncofish
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If you are going to doo the wood/glass tank thing I am pretty sure it has to be plywood...I have never done that, but somebody on this site did, let me see if I can find the thread. I just bumped it up so you could look at the plywood glass tank Java built, I'm sure he has more info on here about it.
javatech
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Just one thing it will cost a lot more than you plan on. here are some photos. don't use particle board use 3/4 " birch plywood the good stuff with out voids in the ply's. i used cheap 3/4 ply and spent a lot of time filling and sanding. i used a two part epoxy paint and then covered it with a pond liner to protect the paint and 1"foam on the bottom under the pond liner i have over 500 lbs of rock in it for my cichlids and it's 140 gal
http://groups.msn.com/JimsCichlids/p...ankphotos.msnw
http://groups.msn.com/JimsCichlids/p...ankphotos.msnw