Your LFS sells it, and you can probably find it in the glues & tape section of Home Depot, Lowes & Walmart. Don't look near the caulk.
Thats just it, I thought I was using the correct type as instructed by somewhere else online :/ ... What kind is the best one to use???
Why aren't you buying Aquarium-Safe silicone? DIY is fine, and you do save money, but silicone is key. Spend the dollars to get something that is designed for this job.
So I think I am not using the correct silicone after a second leak. I used (brand name escapes me) Clear window and door. I am going to look into this and get back to work. I really want to get this test system up and going.
Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.
Tonight I did a leak test ... and found a leak. I drained the tank to let it dry and wont have time to try again till Thursday. If it holds then I will get video up
Yes there are two pieces that I had to cut to make fit. Since this tank is only going to be used for testing, it is only a temporary situation. No way would I have that for a long term tank. I just want to play with the Vortech on a long shallow tank and see what kind of waves I can come up with. Then (which will be the interesting part) I will add an angled piece of glass to create a shallow end and see what the waves look like. The only money I have in this is the silicone so its cheap practice. This is all information that I will use to put together a long rimless drilled tank.
are the end of each side 2 separate pieces sealed together? If so I would have some concerns on the integrity of those two pieces holding under the pressure of water.
Oh thank you, which bike the old Honda or the Triumph
Looks good so far. BTW, love the bike
So it's what, 150x turnover? You are insane and I like it. People on reefcentral would hunt you down and do unforgivable things but at the same time you obviously have good husbandry skills. We need more people in this hobby that buck the system.
I am looking forward to going rimless... I would want a small system.. something like a 40" long 8" wide 3-9" deep with a deep end with an over flow and a shallow end where waves might crash. This is a different shape, but what a rimless would look like. .. http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/e...242_thumb2.jpg
Right on! Your torch and frogspawn look great. I'll look forward to your new build. I think its funny how hyped up vortechs are (I've got one myself) but I've never seen a set up where the pump is as big as the tank! lol j/k
Thanks for sharing this. I've got a bunch of old small tanks at home right now, so I may have to try something like this with my old 10 gal. Please keep us updated.
Thank you, I was going for a minimalist look and tried to use some negative space. Yea I almost thought about taking off the black rim on this one but I just left it alone because of the added stress of the waves that the MP10 sometimes gives off. I would love a rimless, I will prob do a custom one sometime this year.
wow, that is a minimalist approach if I ever saw one. I think it rocks. It's too bad the tank isn't a rimless. then I would say screw the new big tank
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