Tank Journal Archive

[Josh M]

So I knocked this up with the help of a glazier mate of mine it's a 70x20x20 diy tank I made it this size so that once I added a 10cm rear "sump" the display would be 2 ft long for ease Of lighting choices :) it's designed to be viewed from the side as a long low slung Zoa dominant reef :) it's already got chips and scratches and the silicon jobs pretty average but as the title states this is just something to do .... Nearly everything so far was either free (glass) or I already had sitting at home (pump,heater and acrylic) .... So far total cost is $20 for the black silicon for the sump section

 

[Josh M]

Buying a shitty 10w led off eBay to start with then later I'll gut it and put 1w chips inside

 

[holly]

this will look awesome, are you just using the return pump for flow or adding something else?

 

[Josh M]

Jus

this will look awesome, are you just using the return pump for flow or adding something else?

the return it it's only about 25L so it hits about 40x turnover already going I see if I can get three bits of airline in the return to direct flow in diff directions tho

 

[BattleSheep]

Nice little tank, look forward to seeing the end result.

 

[daveH]

It's a bit of a late tip now, but if you want to finish the edges on a homemade tank like that you can use a sharpening stone - those block ones usually with a fine side and a courser side.
I've used the fine side of one (keep wet with water) to get a reasonably good smooth polish to the edge and take that sharp edge off also. The long block allows good smooth straight edge.
Worth trying.

 

[Josh M]

Tinkering with some rock rubble

 

[Josh M]

Turns out these shitty weir holes can't handle even CLOSE to the 1000lph pump lol

Any ideas as to how to get them bigger and keep them nice and neat :/

 

[CodyS]

Hit me up via pm and I can probably laser cut you up a new one :)

 

[Josh M]

I'll try and mod this one first man as I wanna get it wet ASAP :) but if I screw it up I'll let you know lol

 

[CodyS]

I'll try and mod this one first man as I wanna get it wet ASAP :) but if I screw it up I'll let you know lol

No dramas, your best bet would be a trim router+jig. Bit of a tight spot though.

 

[Buddy]

Get a pair of side cutters and just cut out a couple of sections? That's what I would do but probably not neat enough for some.

 

[CodyS]

Get a pair of side cutters and just cut out a couple of sections? That's what I would do but probably not neat enough for some.

:eek

:p

 

[Buddy]

OCD much? Fine use a dremel lol.