HOW TO: Build An Aquarium PART 6

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Welcome to the Sixth and final part of the series: "How to build an Acrylic Aquarium "

In this series, i will be showing exactly how to build an acrylic aquarium.
Including, but not limited to:

where to get the acrylic
how much you can expect to pay for the acrylic
how to cut it
how to design the aquarium
preparing the edges of the acrylic
putting the tank together
welding the tank together
finishing touches(rounding corners, and flame polishing)

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[highdef42]

Awesome series and great Job... I can see this is definitely something I can do on my own... Also gives me an awesome idea for a reptile enclosure.. Thanks for the info..

[uarujoey]

@highdef42 Glad you enjoyed it! I plan to eventually venture into reptile, amphibian and bird enclosures one day as well.

[aquariumguy101]

just a quick question and reasoning why the top/brace is inside of the tank and not on top?

[uarujoey]

@aquariumguy101 personal choice.

[NailSun23]

you said acrylic bows over time?? so whats the life span of an acrylic tank? id be worried the more gallons the tank is holding. awesome vids though. id like to see you do an imaginative shape of a tank

[uarujoey]

@NailSun23 That depends on what your stocking it with. If the top isnt completely exposed to oxygen, you cannot stock it like a regular tank. So stock it low.

[matteocom717]

@uarujoey Hello,

Sorry to annoy you again, but just to make sure. If my tank was 100Cm long, and i only took off 15cm on the border (excluding the back side), the rest is open. Wouldn't that be enough gas exchange? So my tank would be 100cm by 50cm, the amount of open surface at the top would be 2,450 cm squared out of 5000 cm squared. So I would only be taking off 2550 cm squared. Isn't that enough? 2,450cm squared/5000cm squared?

Thanks again! Regards from switzerland.

[uarujoey]

@matteocom717 I know the style of tank you are talking about. In this case, acrylic would be the easier material to work with. Although the fluval edge is a nice tank to look at, it is not functional at all. It has a very low ability for oxygen exchange, given its very very low surface area at the top of the tank. This simply means you cant stock it like a regular tank.

[matteocom717]

@uarujoey Hello Joey,

I think I might be building an aquarium but I am not sure what material I should use. Glass or Acrylic. So I want to make it that the top is cemented to the tank and that the water will touch the top of the tank, there will be an opening in the center of the tank, that will slightly rise up and the water will be filled up to there. Its basically a bigger Fluval Edge if you want to google that. So Im not sure what material to use. I've got a fluval edge! Great Series -Thanks

[uarujoey]

@NailSun23 If the acrylic is too thin, over a span too long, it will bow.