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- From: patton@phy.uab.edu (David Patton)
- Subject: Re: Building aquariums
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.210625.13007@cis.uab.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 21:06:25 GMT
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- In article 1jna51INNh80@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu, dxf6@po.CWRU.Edu (Dean Fear) writes:
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- >A couple of years ago, I attended a seminar at the local aquarium. They
- >provide us with information about building your own tanks. They suggested
- >using marine plywood for the sides back and bottom, and glass for the
- >front. (This reduces the cost greatly.) The wood is painted with epoxy
- >paint(?) the stuff they use for swimming pools, (making sure it is non
- >toxic.) Joints are sealed with silicone.
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- >The basic assembly order was:
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- >Build the wooden box
- >Paint it
- >Seal it
- >lay box on back side
- >place bead of silicone one front edges of the box
- >place glass on top, clamps are not necessary weight of glass is sufficient
- >let cure 24 hours
- >tank is ready to use!
- >
- >They assured me that they have built many tanks this way.
- >
- >As for the thickness of the glass, I am sure one of the engineers (amateur
- >or professional) out there can give us some info on the strength of glass
- >and water pressure etc. I would check to see what thickness of glass
- >comparable commercially made tanks use.
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- >I have never tried this, but it sounds like it will work. I suspect that
- >this method is more cost effective the larger the tank. It probably
- >wouldn't be worth doing for anything <= 55 gallons.
- >
- >Dean dxf6@po.cwru.edu Feel free to e-mail or post comments!
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- I would like to hear from anybody who has actually built this kind of tank.
- Please post your comments and suggestions.
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