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0.22 inches from Lowes.Very cool! What’s the thickness of the acrylic?
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0.22 inches from Lowes.Very cool! What’s the thickness of the acrylic?
Is the tank acrylic also? If so why didn't you use weldon 4. It would have bonded clear and clean...and you only need a little. If you layed the tank down and used weldon 4.Yes, I agree. My understanding was that the silicone does not bind acrylic because the surface is so smooth so I used sandpaper to add texture and hopefully help it bond better. Fingers crossed. If it starts to detach from back wall, Ill just support it with a rock and learn from my mistakes. If I ever want to take it down off the back wall, I should be able to cut the silicone with a knife or razor pretty cleanly I imagine.
I’m pretty sure the tank is glass.Is the tank acrylic also? If so why didn't you use weldon 4. It would have bonded clear and clean...and you only need a little. If you layed the tank down and used weldon 4.
Definitely worth followingYes, the tank is glass.
We are done with the ugly phase. Dino infestation has died out. Ill prob take out the macroalgae since its not growing. I only have snails and a cleaning shrimp in there with the corals. Just feeding mysis shrimp 2 times per week. Dosing all for reef and iodide. Nitrate 2.5. Alk 9-10. Ca and others are where they are. Didn't test. I just fed the corals and took some pics.
Water has been cloudy could be the fine sand Im using but will run a little (very little) charcoal for a few days and see what that does. Working the PAR up slowly. The bottom sees about 50-60 scolys about 80 and acros about 100.
Is it just me? looks like it's rocking!
well, why not add some scolys! Ha! This will help me get through the looming ugly phase. Using tropic marine salt with treated tap water! Lets see what happens. Ive been testing parameters and so far these are the results:
1.025
Ammonia 0 (salifert)
Nitrate 25 (salifert)
Alk 11
Mg 1380
No need to dose anything yet
of note, evaporation is 500 ml per day.
I usually run my alk at 8-9 but this is what this salt mix gave me.
I need to calibrate my pH meter. It read 7.2 at noon time. Maybe Ill open a window or something.
In retrospect, you could have drilled small holes on the acrylic and let the silicone push through and flatten the tops to anchor the acrylic to the glass.Yes, I agree. My understanding was that the silicone does not bind acrylic because the surface is so smooth so I used sandpaper to add texture and hopefully help it bond better. Fingers crossed. If it starts to detach from back wall, Ill just support it with a rock and learn from my mistakes. If I ever want to take it down off the back wall, I should be able to cut the silicone with a knife or razor pretty cleanly I imagine.
Yes, that's a great idea - I didn't mention it, but I did this exact thing - I drilled 2 small holes and the silicone pushed through and added probably more stability.In retrospect, you could have drilled small holes on the acrylic and let the silicone push through and flatten the tops to anchor the acrylic to the glass.