05-27-2007, 12:57 AM
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| Astrea Snail
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Milwaukee Age: 29
Posts: 74
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So I read every forum I could find and every web site I could find on DIY tank add ons. I am pretty handy with woodworking so I started with a ~185g plywood, glass & acrylic tank. That project went down without a hitch, mostly due to the glass and acrylic being precut to my needs. Now I built a 120 g/hr overflow box for my 29g out of acrylic. This is no easy task if you have never worked with acrylic before. Straight cuts are difficult to acomplish and are 100% nessicary to create a working overflow. Now, it can be done with a little patients and alot of errors but for any new DIY'ers, be ready to fail a few times!!! But it is also very rewarding learning a new skill and seeing it function in one of your great loves (yes I mean your reef tank). I will post some pictures as my projects become fruitful. _________ -R 2 maroon clowns, 3 bubble tip anemones, 3 emerald crabs, 1 coral banded shrimp, 12 astrea snails, 4 mexican turbo snails, 2 ricordia yuma, 2 purple mushroom ricordia, 2 small zoanthid frags, 8 red legged hermits, 1 flame scallop, 1 watchman goby, gonoporia, sun ployps, yellow polyps, star polyps, galaxea 29g bowfront, 10g sump, 20g fuge, 250W MH, 6 blue LED, 6 white LED, 2 65w power compact Actinic, DIY overflow / skimmer The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful  |
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