silicone diy aquarium glass

I’m looking into building my own aquarium soon like tomorrow and couldn’t find a bottom glass piece 36x24 but was able to find a 36x24 3/16” Acrylic as a replacement. Can I use silicon to bond both acrylic and glass together? I would prefer the bottom be acrylic that way I can drop in holes for...

I just purchased my first saltwater aquarium. It is the Red Sea Max 130. I found it on marketplace and seemed like a great deal. After cleaning it up and filling with water I noticed a very small leak that would pool up slightly behind the control panel. I think it is leaking on the side and...

hi! i recently got a 30 gallon tank. While i was leak testing it, i noticed a leak, so i am now going to drain remove the current outer layer of silicone and re seal it from the inside. i did noticed the cause of the leak was a big bubble in the seam. can this cause issues in the fueture or...

I cleaned parts of the tank where the baffles will go with 70% isopropyl alcohol that is used for cuts and what not, is that okay to silicone onto after cleaning with that or should I clean it with something else?

Hi I‘ve resealed an aquarium with reef safe silicone and left it to cure for over a week before filling. It’s been filled for 10 days and when I looked closely at the seal I noticed a couple of yellowish dots so gave them a rub with my finger to see what it was. When I did this a soft layer of...

Hello everyone, I have a few questions! (TL/DR at bottom) I started my first reef aquarium in a 20G and everything is going great. Got upgradeitis and decided to buy a second hand aquarium and I got everything for really cheap, including the sump, stand, skimmer etc, and everything was up and...

Hey all i have a Q. There is a 150 gal. 48x24x30 aquarium offered to me for 100 dollars. It does need a complete reseal. I havent looked at it yet. I was curious how many of you have done a reseal of this size. How bad (in your own opinion) is this task? Thanks

I decided to start this build thread to add something to my hobby and to add to our community. This is my 5th reef tank over the last 15+ years Iv bin in the hobby, I’ve bin back into it now for about the last 4 years, slowly getting bigger and bigger and finally bigger. To where I’m at now...

I am debating if I want to build my own Aquarium this time round. I am confident in my abilities, but I am less familiar with the properties of both the black vs clear silicone. I noticed most box type aquariums are clear, and yet, more custom aquariums are black. Is there a reason other than...