I get it. If I had such a big project fail I would not be in a rush to come back and talk about it.Since he hasn't logged in since April, I would say this was a bust. I hate to say it. I was pulling for this to be completed.
I wonder what percentage of builds, especially plywood, don't ever see completion? The bad part is we don't know because they just stop. At least come back and say "I enjoy it so much I am never getting on a computer again! Peace out!" or "It was an epic failure. So much so that even the dog left me. Good bye reefing community!"
The use of silicone seal on acrylic, and other design issues that were mentioned in this thread made me cringe. I came to it late, and wondered how come no one had pressed the builder earlier on some of these finer points of the design instead of focusing upon the image to be used for the background?
IIRC some people use silicone on acrylic viewing windows for sealing purposes if they have some other method of actually holding it in place right?