diy aqarium

I would like to share these floating coral viewers. They are great for getting a cool look from the top down on your reef. They are available in 2 sizes. 4” and 6”. 4” is perfect for a nano and 6” is a great size for anything larger. I can make them in any color combo and am willing to ship.

Disclamer: comrades, I live in the world of the metric system. I hope for your understanding Hello. I would like to make this thread for my new tank because I want to get some critics and good ideas from community. I'll probable finish this build 6 month later after moving to Bulgaria, so i...

I always thought it wouldn't make a difference unless you were doing bare bottom, but after seeing eshop's recent release of nano tanks and the effect that the florescent orange bottom has on the tank I'm beginning to wonder if it would have the same effect on a bigger scale. Like if I were to...

I’m looking into building my own aquarium soon like tomorrow and couldn’t find a bottom glass piece 36x24 but was able to find a 36x24 3/16” Acrylic as a replacement. Can I use silicon to bond both acrylic and glass together? I would prefer the bottom be acrylic that way I can drop in holes for...

Ok, so bought an almost new IM120 from local hobbyists. As he was emptying, presumably because he emptied front chamber completely before emptying the back chamber, the acrylic separated from reinforcement glass wall behind it in three places (see pic for one such deformation). So, need to...

I got my first freshwater tank from a friend who was moving and couldn't take it with them, and it wasn't long before I realized freshwater wouldn't be as satisfying as building and maintaining a reef aquarium. Being on a graduate student budget, I knew my best shot at getting into a reef tank...

hi! i got a new 30 gallon tank and one of the corners is not touching by around 2mm. do you think a foam mat would fix it, or is that too much of a risk

Hello, I'm posting here based on the title of the forum and assume I know nothing until I say something true because I am a super-noob. What is the best way to go about creating a 10-15 gallon cube or a 20-gallon shallow reef tank from scratch? I want this to be low-tech because I'm not a...

Namaste y'all, Sammy here from Eastern india. I am having another foray into reefing after a long while. I was 16 when I started my first setup, I am 27 now. I had a 3 feet, 70 gal setup with mostly Lps, a huge sebae anemone, few tridacna clams, tubastrea and nps gorgs, and few acros too, with...

Hey guys! I was pretty stoked to get this build up and running. My name is Rick and have been in the hobby for approx 5 years. This will be the second tank I’ve built from scratch and I’m sure will have it’s own set of challenges. Below is the equipment I purchased for this build. Glass: Custom...

I had been using my 600 gallon aquarium to grow out Shaks / Rays / Groupers for my 1800 gallon Predator Bay tank. Now that all the fish are moved over, that leaves the 600 gallon ready to be made into its own thing, a Reef Slope aquarium. Aquarium Specs: - 600 gallon DIY aquarium 72" x 48" x...

I'm been working on this for while and i feel that it looks good enough to show.... i hope it helps others analysis digital color representation for people who are color blind like me, parts are pretty cheap possibly under $15 and no soldering required. DIY Digital 3D Color Analysis for...

Hi all, I am in the process of crashing my first Aquarium controller. I have ordered a few parts and have a few Arduino laying around too. Reef-Pi is my preferred route although I am more experienced with the Arduinos and the C programming than Python. I have a case for the pi4b which has a...

Hey guys, so I just wanted to start a thread to document my journey throughout the aquarium fabrication process. I have access to CNC Routing tables which will help with the initial Mock-up when I go to cut it. All of my files are original and completely custom to this tank build. So...

I have never posted anything on here before so forgive me if I make some mistakes. Figured I would post my tank build. Trying to DIY most of it. Partly because I enjoy it and partly because I just bought a house and I am broke. So here it goes

I'm looking to build my first reef tank, a shallow lagoon style measuring 32" x 16" x 8" from starphire glass. Its a very shallow tank, but it is fairly long, so I was wondering what the ideal glass thickness would be? I've used multiple of those online "aquarium glass thickness" calculators...

I had my SCA 150 set up for 10 months and had to break it down at the end of August '19 to move from Georgia to Michigan. Here is my original build thread: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/matts-natural-reef.488794/ I decided to move the tank and stand together by lifting the stand with a...

So I’m looking to build custom mixed reef tank roughly 300+g but I need some points in the right direction! First where is a good place to buy glass? Hardware stores or order it cut? Should I double layer the bottom I have seen it holds up to shocks a little better not sure if that’s true...

Good Day, Everyone! New here to R2R but certainly been utilizing the forums for a few years now. I’ve thrown together some plans for a 48wx12dx14h rimless tank and I’d like to know if anyone experienced with DIY rimless builds would check the dimensions for me before I get the panels cut...

So I was a bit bored at work and was like hey let’s build something I figured why not better than dying of boredom.. I found a few pieces of acrylic and decided to make a “prototype” AIO.. about 15 minutes later coming off a laser cutter and some weld-on Go ahead and critique it I know some...

I'm currently shopping for glass suppliers for an aquarium build but struggling to find anyone other than glasscages. I'm looking for someone who can sell me 7'x3'x3/4" glass sheets within a half day's drive of Northern VA. Ideally I'm looking for tempered glass since the aquarium is going to be...

I've been pricing out different ways to build a 480 gallon aquarium. For large projects, plywood is definitely cheapest but it occurred to me that I could buy .75"x36"x86" of plastic, probably pvc, sheeting for a somewhat reasonable price. after you figure in the cost of sealing the plywood, I...

Anything aquarium related works! I will check in R2R for any posts titled "Seahorse Whisperer DIY Contest" also, so uploading here works too. $40 gift card to the video that gets the most likes (cross-media likes not counted). I'll announce the winner live on June 19th, but the real point is...

Hello R2R'ers Here is some pictures og my DIY 280 Liters Freshwater Tank It's rather long tank a long 140 Cm X 40 Cm Deep and 50 Cm High My fish are some very beautiful Rebacked Macropods, a pack of Khuli Loaches and a small bucnh of Amano shrimps. It also have a sump, inspired by various...

Hi everyone I saw the Innovative Marine 20g dropoff peninsular and fell in love but after making a cart with tank and all goodies with the cart at about a grand. I looked at my fiancé and said I need to rethink this .. So after collecting tanks for the past 3 years or so. I decided to take a...