Acrylic supplies
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Topic: Acrylic supplies
Posted By: JeremyHorton
Subject: Acrylic supplies
Date Posted: March 15 2010 at 4:59pm
| I'm going to be building a small refugium that I will be connecting to my current sump. I want to try my hand at acrylic tank building and was wondering where to get all of the supplies. I know that Home depot has Plexiglas that I could use, but I didn't know where to get the different glues at. Any ideas? |
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Posted By: Ahanix
Date Posted: March 15 2010 at 5:01pm
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One place I would check for good prices on plexiglass and glue is jones paint and glass in provo, they will even custom cut sizes for you. That way you can skip everything but gluing
I'm not sure how much cheaper it is, but it's worth checking
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Posted By: CapnMorgan
Date Posted: March 15 2010 at 5:02pm
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You should use cell cast acrylic not plexi, then use weldon #4, and #16 to seam it together. Here is a thread with step by step info and photos from when I built my frag tank http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=37913 - http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=37913 ------------- Steve http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=40637&PID=356246" rel="nofollow - My Old 180G Mixed Reef Currently: 120G Wavefront Mixed 29G Seahorse & Softies Running ReefAngel Plus x2 435-8 |
Posted By: bfessler
Date Posted: March 15 2010 at 7:52pm
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Delvies and Regional supply both cary everything you will need. ------------- Burt An equal opportunity reefer, I support all hobbyists and organizations involved in Marine Aquarium Keeping. [email protected] |
Posted By: jcoulter17
Date Posted: March 15 2010 at 8:12pm
| keep both lowes and home depot out of this project. They don't even sell what you need or do they know what they are talking about when it comes to doing something like this. |
Posted By: JeremyHorton
Date Posted: March 16 2010 at 9:40am
| Thanks for all of the input, I have one last question, the tank will be about 2 foot square. what thickness of acrylic should i use? |
Posted By: snoyce
Date Posted: March 16 2010 at 10:01am
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You can use the calculator here to find the thickness you need http://regalplasticsupply.com/Library/Aquarium%20Thickness%20for%20Website.xls - http://regalplasticsupply.com/Library/Aquarium%20Thickness%20for%20Website.xls Personally if I am doing 12" tall or less I would use 1/4", I think it is easier for me and people with inexperiance working with acrylics to bond the thicker material.
------------- Scott Noyce 90G reef ready AGA display basment 20G sump, 29G fuge 4x54 watt T5 retro SLR Octopus NW150 |
Posted By: bfessler
Date Posted: March 16 2010 at 10:18am
Not only is it easier to work with the tank looks much nicer with a little more thickness on the acrylic. When you get down to 3/16th or less it just looks like a cheep plastic box to me, especially if you go rimless which most DIY Tanks are. ------------- Burt An equal opportunity reefer, I support all hobbyists and organizations involved in Marine Aquarium Keeping. [email protected] |
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