Building tanks, direct injection vs traditional.

I'm going to be building a 5x2x1 rimless tank soon and I'm looking for opinions on the construction method.

Direct injection where you leave a gap between all panes and then inject silicone between the panes while pulling out the zip ties or whatever you have that is making the gap. I believe and 1/16" gap is what is usually used.

Or the traditional method of laying a bead down and placing the glass on it.

I have read pros and cons of each method but looking for input from anyone who has done either one of these methods.
I'm very interested in the direct injection method at this time.

 

Not that I ever built an aquarium. But, I would imagine laying a bead of silicone then pressing the glass together I would think will reduce air bubbles in the seams.

 

Using glass or acrylic? If using acrylic, I always wanted to try the adhesive that bonds using UV light, no seams what so ever.

 

actually the injection method seems to get you a completely bubble free seam since the glass is clamped down and there is no moving of the glass, you actually watch the silicone go in the gap. then after you take a bar clamp and slightly push the panes together.
the traditional method of laying the glass on the silicone can get bubbles in the seam since its near impossble to set the glass on and have it not move a little bit.

 

this will be a glass tank, you cant use silicone with acrylic.

 

That makes sense also. Hmmmm.... I'll be following along for sure.

 

Ahh great point there!!! Forgot that part. Needless to say my first tank build would fail.

 

lets see if anyone has done either or both! ive resealed a bunch of tanks up to 210g but the complete assembly ive never done, maybe we will both learn a thing or 2.

hey that's why we are here right? to get information and learn!

 

Very true. I also always buy extra parts for rework, mostly I seem to learn from my mistakes and tend to over-engineer everything.

 

Bump it up. Anyone have more insight?