Hey humans!
So I recently bought a tank
120x45x45cm 240 liter (65 gallons for the americans )
Acrylic 7.5k ($54)
Two 90x45x45 160 liter (40 gallon)
Glass 2.4k (17$)
Acrylic 6.35k ($46)
It has a wierd UV burn thing on the back glass
60x60x45 160 liter (40 gallon)
Glass 4.8k ($35)
Ok, that was't A tank but multiple, and I may have a problem with buying too many tanks in 1 week
It's not an addiction (yet)
I have a few questions:
1. Should I redo the silicon on these tanks. I would very much NOT have a leak with these used tanks and I'd rather put 100 hours of work and some money in making sure that doesn't happen. The whole apartment is carpet and on the second floor. I will be water testing EVERYTHING for a couple days in the back yard
The 90cm long rim tank is 10 years old
I don't have any experience doing glass work but I'm willing to learn
2. Is that UV burn looking thing ok to use? I'll of course be testing that but I can put another piece of glass or acrylic over it. (That's going to be a frag tank so I don't really care how it looks)
3. Can you redo silicone on acrylic tanks the same as glass?
I will be drilling all of them with overflow on the bottom (two 1 1/2 inch PVC as drains. I don't want to pay 100$ each on overflow boxes and they will be frag tanks anyway) apart from the 65 gallon with overflow box as it will be DT
Thanks everyone!
So I recently bought a tank
120x45x45cm 240 liter (65 gallons for the americans )
Acrylic 7.5k ($54)
Two 90x45x45 160 liter (40 gallon)
Glass 2.4k (17$)
Acrylic 6.35k ($46)
It has a wierd UV burn thing on the back glass
60x60x45 160 liter (40 gallon)
Glass 4.8k ($35)
Ok, that was't A tank but multiple, and I may have a problem with buying too many tanks in 1 week
It's not an addiction (yet)
I have a few questions:
1. Should I redo the silicon on these tanks. I would very much NOT have a leak with these used tanks and I'd rather put 100 hours of work and some money in making sure that doesn't happen. The whole apartment is carpet and on the second floor. I will be water testing EVERYTHING for a couple days in the back yard
The 90cm long rim tank is 10 years old
I don't have any experience doing glass work but I'm willing to learn
2. Is that UV burn looking thing ok to use? I'll of course be testing that but I can put another piece of glass or acrylic over it. (That's going to be a frag tank so I don't really care how it looks)
3. Can you redo silicone on acrylic tanks the same as glass?
I will be drilling all of them with overflow on the bottom (two 1 1/2 inch PVC as drains. I don't want to pay 100$ each on overflow boxes and they will be frag tanks anyway) apart from the 65 gallon with overflow box as it will be DT
Thanks everyone!