acrylic diy

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    Diy acrylic aquarium: does the color of the bottom panel really matter?

    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...
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    Colored bottom on acrylic tank?

    Has anyone ever made an acrylic tank with a bottom colored anything aside from the standard black clear white or blue? I have some spare sheets laying around solid orange, fluorescent orange, solid yellow etc. I was wondering if anyone had ever experimented with using other colors of acrylic on...
  3. Fishphi784

    Advice for innovative Marine SR120 acrylic wall separation.

    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...
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    can you get bubbles out of a bonded acrylic seam?

    Made a bad bond today where kinda everything went wrong leaving a quarter-inch clear acrylic seam in a sump build littered with bubbles. looks awful. Is there anything that can be done at this point?
  5. psyduckie

    40 Gallon AIO Acrylic Build

    Hello! I just got into the hobby. Decided to save some money and build an acrylic tank. My tank is 36x24x12 (lwh). I have attached some pics as well. Before I add water and start cycling, I was wondering if anyone has any experience building acrylic tanks. I wanted to know if one brace across...
  6. Mason Michalski

    Questions for any Acrylic Pros (Sump/Aquarium/General Builders)

    Hey guys, so I have some questions only for those with experience bonding these materials, as I am in the final stages of a $600 Acrylic Sump build, and this final bond stage is so important for the quality and life of the sump. I found a little bit of material from Melevsreef on how to bond...
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