My 16th upgrade/downgrade, here's my 40g!

[Pedro]

Nice!!!!

 

[DevIouS]

Looking real good!!!!!!!





Now step it up with the water & live-stock!:irked:

 

[inkblue]

it SuckS :lol2:

 

[prattreef]

Very nice. BC I'm next

 

[Tonyscoots84]

hey kris its looking noiceeeeeeeeeeee.... great job kris...

Brett showing the MR spirit...

kris where did u get the locline from...

brett :scratch: u think u can make another one of those for my 75 gallon :scratch: pleaseeeeeee.... :lol2:

 

[nanoreefer22]

Lmaooo I could help ya make it if you got the tools lol..its not hard at all

www.modularhose.com <-------------- for the loclines

Thanks Randy, Pedro, and Phil!!! Can't forget Mr. T

Phil, Saturday it'll have water...tmrw I gotta silicone the box in place.

PS. Don you suck!!!!

 

[Tonyscoots84]

let me no when ur ready to setup the live rock kris ill be there...

 

[nanoreefer22]

let me no when ur ready to setup the live rock kris ill be there...

Cool Beans..now I gotta ask Kasei when the rocks gonna be in

 

[masterswimmer]

tmrw I gotta silicone the box in place.

Kris, impressive work so far. I'm excited to see water in there. I KNOW you are too!

Question for you.....
Glass to glass gets silicone.
Acrylic to acrylic gets Weldon.

Does acrylic to glass get silicone too? I know that's a difficult adhesion to make. I just want you to get it right the first time. Sorry if this question is common knowledge, I am just not familiar with this process of acrylic to glass.

swimmer

 

[nanoreefer22]

Yup since the box really isn't going to be holding any water and its only about 1/2lb heavy, the silicone will be just enough to hold it in place on the glass.

If this box were external it would have to be glass to glass cause then the box would be holding water weight.

Thanks Russ!!! I am excited to get water in it!!!

 

[Tonyscoots84]

hey russ im pretty sure if u sand the sides of the acrylic and put enough silicone and hold it in place and allow time for it to dry it will be fine... and its also inside of the tank... so i will doing the same in my tank..

 

[scarf_ace1981]

man...kris that is some exceptional work. that is pimp. you put my 40br to shame, stocked and all.

only if someone could build that for my 40. :wink: wink:

 

[bad coffee]

Looks good kris!.

the hardest part is measuring and marking for the overflow teeth. Once I get a template made I'll be able to zip teeth out ten times as fast.

B

 

[nanoreefer22]

man...kris that is some exceptional work. that is pimp. you put my 40br to shame, stocked and all.

only if someone could build that for my 40. :wink: wink:

LoL I'm taking a lot of extra time pre-setup that I didn't take with prior setups. Hopefully this one turns out a lot better than my previous tanks.

Thanks Jon!!!!

 

[nanoreefer22]

Looks good kris!.

the hardest part is measuring and marking for the overflow teeth. Once I get a template made I'll be able to zip teeth out ten times as fast.

B

Thank you my good man for your time!!! Couldn't have done it without ya, now you know anything you need just say the word!!!

 

[druluv]

Good idea on the overflow mod, Try and get some plastic screening to protect the bulk head screen. Sweet set-up
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[nanoreefer22]

Good idea on the overflow mod, Try and get some plastic screening to protect the bulk head screen. Sweet set-up
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Thanks It was actually Bad Coffee's idea. Hmmm just curious what the screen on top of the bulkhead screen would do?

 

[cali_reef]

Kris, impressive work so far. I'm excited to see water in there. I KNOW you are too!

Question for you.....
Glass to glass gets silicone.
Acrylic to acrylic gets Weldon.

Does acrylic to glass get silicone too? I know that's a difficult adhesion to make. I just want you to get it right the first time. Sorry if this question is common knowledge, I am just not familiar with this process of acrylic to glass.

swimmer

Russ, the silicone just helps the box stay in place and keep a seal, the water pressure from the tank will "push" that box in place once the tank is filled. I would be afraid to use just acrylic in a larger setup, 200 gallons of water can be a lot of pressure on a 1/4" thick acrylic wall.

Chris, looks good but looks like you missed the end of the panels on your canopy when staining. Why did you use 1.5 inch BH for a small tank like this?

 

[nanoreefer22]

Russ, the silicone just helps the box stay in place and keep a seal, the water pressure from the tank will "push" that box in place once the tank is filled. I would be afraid to use just acrylic in a larger setup, 200 gallons of water can be a lot of pressure on a 1/4" thick acrylic wall.

Chris, looks good but looks like you missed the end of the panels on your canopy when staining. Why did you use 1.5 inch BH for a small tank like this?

Thanks Pierce.

On the end of the panel I accidentally got paint on it and forgot to remove it so it got varnished over. No biggie just a little eye sore.

As for the bulkhead's I had to because the holes were too big for 1 inch BH's. We literally took off a 1/8th of an inch and the 1.5inch bulkheads fit snug. I didn't want to risk leaks, so i took my time and got it resized .

 

[Tonyscoots84]

kris why dont u sand that spot down and jus revarnish that spot... jus a thought kris