One man's junk......

Found and bought a 6ft 80gal long tank and stand for sale for $50, listed as in rough shape.
It had been attempted to be repaired by siliconing a plastic sheet over the bottom, which didn't work, so I ripped the plastic off, and this is the bottom.


I had found some 4ft glass shelves in the alley few weeks ago (maybe 7/16 glass thickness), and trimmed off 3" to fit the width of the tank. Siliconed the shelf over the cracked end.

The cracked bottom was a bit jagged to spread some silicone over the cracks a s a buffer.

Then drilled it, anticipating the seal will work.



Did a water change on a tank yesterday, and used the old water to fill the repaired tank a little over 50%


So far no leaks, to be continued.

Finished the plumbing, filled it, and connected it to another line of tanks today.

50lbs of pool filter sand, and a few rocks.

isde02 said:

Hey Duanes, what color is that sand?

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They call it natural, at the abrasives shop where I bought it, $6 per 50 lb bag

dry

rinsed in water change water.

Bought a glass cutter from a hardware store, used an old metal bed frame as a straight edge, and went at it. After a few cuts, tapped the edge a few times, and used a channel locks to break away the excess, and took off the most jagged pieces with a rotary tool cutter'
Even after that, it was pretty jagged, but I believe that helps adhere the silicone and tank sides, and bottom to each other.
It was not difficult, just a bit time consuming, and messy.
Safety glasses a absolute necessity.

coolkeith said:

How did you cut the piece of glass? Was it difficult? Just wondering since I'll be needing to cut some 3/8" plate glass soon.

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