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JeremyHorton 
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Posted: March 15 2010 at 4:59pm |
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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: March 15 2010 at 5:01pm |
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
Edited by Ahanix - March 15 2010 at 5:02pm
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Posted: March 15 2010 at 5:02pm |
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
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Posted: March 15 2010 at 7:52pm |
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Delvies and Regional supply both cary everything you will need.
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Posted: March 15 2010 at 8:12pm |
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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.
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Posted: March 16 2010 at 9:40am |
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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?
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Posted: March 16 2010 at 10:01am |
You can use the calculator here to find the thickness you need
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.
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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.
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