Acrylic Tanks and Sump
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Topic: Acrylic Tanks and Sump
Posted By: rdbrown
Subject: Acrylic Tanks and Sump
Date Posted: February 25 2008 at 10:00am
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Here are a couple of tanks I just built and an acrylic sump. The one with the center overflow is a 36"x36"x24" 90 gallon aquarium. The sump is 40"x18"x20" about 62 gallons. The cube is a 24"cube 60 gallons.
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Posted By: Dion Richins
Date Posted: February 25 2008 at 1:16pm
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Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: February 25 2008 at 5:59pm
Exactly!
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Holdencraft 33 wrote:Posted By: bbeck4x4
Date Posted: February 25 2008 at 8:11pm
very nice
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Posted By: john hill
Date Posted: February 25 2008 at 9:46pm
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verry nice endeed what kind off acrylic do you use for tanks i want to build one and have a freind that can get me a deal but i dont know what kind and what size to use ------------- out with the large and in with the nano |
Posted By: rdbrown
Date Posted: February 26 2008 at 8:44am
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It needs to be Cell Cast Acrylic. The thickness is determined by a formula of height and width, but height is most important due to the increase of water pressure. ------------- Kauai, Hawaii |
Posted By: soundsurfer
Date Posted: February 28 2008 at 10:51am
| I just thought of the sweetest idea. Well, im sure its been done before but its still cool. Could you possibly built another hole in the 90 overflow,and run your wires for you lighting through that so it could be in the middle of the room with no wire and nothing? It would look pretty sweet. |
Posted By: bbeck4x4
Date Posted: February 28 2008 at 2:10pm
| it has been done, I have seen setups that do just that. for that you would want 1 1/2 pipe, so that the plugs would fit without cutting them off. |