Tell me about it but i still think i will probably go with glass for my realistic dream tank.
Wow Mustang! Last night I stayed up late watching the videos of that guy building the tank. Makes ya wanna try it; he made it look simple.
thats alittle over 33 gal . 2 of those and a sump would get ya about a 80g system which would remain pretty stable. One thing about acrylic is you can buff out scratch pretty easy
If you clean the acrylic with a MR. Clean sponge (without any soap additives) you won't scratch the acrylic.
I have thought about this too and found these videos and you want to talk about making it look easy this guy is worse the Marc. Food for thought any way but like midnight said the scratch's are the main issue and my dream tank is a Marineland DD 250gal so i don't think i would be comfortable doing one that big. Welcome and keep us posted http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYhfV7SvoRs
Originally Posted by DJ in WV what size tank are you looking to build LxWxH nano is a little different story but on the other hand a far as careing for them is much hard to care for due to the fact the water chemistry can change so quickly. but plumbing 2 nanos into the same sump would help with that issue i am looking at something in the neighborhood of 24w x 20w x 16h was thinking the same thing... plumb the 2 into the same sump as for scratches???? i have never owned anything but glass but the acrylic sure offers the weight advantage
On another note, I have an acrylic aquarium and I do not like it. It is very difficult to clean and easy to scratch. My next tank will be glass for this reason alone.
what size tank are you looking to build LxWxH nano is a little different story but on the other hand a far as careing for them is much hard to care for due to the fact the water chemistry can change so quickly. but plumbing 2 nanos into the same sump would help with that issue
Ty DJ in WV I look forward to meeting people on here and learning. I tried sw many years ago with no success due to not taking the time to learn what I was doing. Not taking that approach this time. I am a woodworker by hobby and am building a bookcase that I want to place 2 "nano" tanks and a sump in
Oh btw Chuck welcome to the site glad to have ya lots of good people here to help you out with any unknowns
If you have never worked with acrylic before I would advise against build a tank for your first project. 1st Marc makes it look easy , 2nd it only take you to drip alittle bit of solvent to trash a piece of acrylic. The "glue" is water thin and take some time to get use to working with it. If working with acrylic interest you start with smaller projects first like overflow boxes, frag racks, small sump ect. I remember seeing him say some where that even with all the work he has done with acrylic that he wasnt even comfortable build a tank of any size. If your dead set on building your own use glass I build several back in the early 90's it not that difficult but I found that the price of the glass almost equals what you pay for a pre build unit unless your doing some of a odd or custom size.