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Posted: November 22 2005 at 10:52am |
Hi i am buidling a sump/wet/dry filter. where can i buy some plexiglass, get it cut? WHat type of glue or silicon should i use to glue it in? any advice would be great
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 10:56am |
Where are you located?
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90g 2x250W 14kK MH
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Pleasant Grove, UT Across State Street from the Purple Turtle
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 1:51pm |
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Regional plastic...
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 2:39pm |
Im with Suzy There are located on 3rd west and about 3600 south East side of the road.
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I have flying monkeys and I'm not afraid to use them.
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 6:38pm |
It's clear that you have no experience with this sort of thing. These days it's called acrylic, not plexiglas, btw.
I would caution you regarding this. There is a high risk that your DIY acrylic tank will fail, spilling water all over. It's much safer to have an experienced person do it or at least have them teach you how to do it. There are several here on this MB that have good experience at it.
Alternatively, the cost of buying and drilling a used glass aquarium makes an acrylic sump a real hassle, not to mention about twice the price.
And I'm curious about why you called it a "sump/wet/dry filter". Are you familiar with the fact that the technology is antiquated?
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 9:42pm |
Swing by my office tomorrow and I will show you my setup. Mark is right, a drilled glass tank with acrylic baffles would be much easier and cheaper. The only time it pays to do an acrylic sump is if there are strict size constraints. Buy a tank and some acrylic up at regional and I will cut it to size for you on my table saw.
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Posted: November 23 2005 at 12:46am |
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THanks MArk, but i have plenty of experience. I am building a wet/dry out of a thirty gallon glass tank. i am using an overflow and I am not drilling anything. Where did I say I was drilling somthing? I dont know. WHere did I say acrylic sump? I dont know. Most the people I know with freshwater and saltwater have built their own wet/dry filters instead of paying ridiculous amounts of money from a pet shop. And we still say plexiglass not acryilic
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Posted: November 23 2005 at 8:41am |
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Okay, have a good day.
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Posted: November 23 2005 at 9:14am |
Regional Supply and use weld-on #4
I have built a sump, refugium and 90 gallon tank using acrylic. Plexi-glass is just a popular brand of acrylic. I used Acrylite GP
If you need any other info on fabrication, just ask :)
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Posted: November 23 2005 at 9:35am |
Today's useless trivia: Acrylic is a generic term for a whole family of polymers (super glue actually fits into this catagory). Plexiglas is the trade name for poly methyl methacrylate by the European company, Rohm & Haas and is still sold in Europe. Cyro is Rohm & Haas's North American Arm and sells this same product in the USA as Acrylite. DuPont also manufactures poly methyl methacrylate under the trade name Lucite.
I too suggest Regional Supply and Weld-On 4. I've build a few sumps and skimmers and none have failed (knock on wood  ). It's very easy to do and you end up with a design and size you want or need.
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Posted: November 23 2005 at 10:24am |
Trojan211, Welcome to WMAS!
Even I've built sumps, and I was born blonde! Regional plastic has a huge scrap pile and sometimes they just give us stuff! Counting the glue, you can built one for under $10 bucks!
Jon, thank you for todays useless trivia! I'm going to see if I can work that into conversation today!
Mark , I think you need to up your prozac dose!
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Posted: November 23 2005 at 11:05am |
I'm going to see if I can work that into conversation today!
Don't forget to add this little bit too...
 DuPont also manufactures poly methyl methacrylate under the trade name Lucite. |
Not to be confused with Lexan, which is a poly carbonate... looks like, but is very different then acrylic 
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Posted: November 23 2005 at 11:10am |
Jon- someone has a little too much time on their hands today.
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Posted: November 23 2005 at 11:17am |
No doubt. It's good to have a day like this every few weeks!
(sitting at my desk, gearing up for the turkey and pie tomorrow!)
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