640gal tank project

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Giving it that multilayered effect seemed like it was a good idea but when i was finished laying it down i realized that it looked like s***.

Oh well, live and learn.

 

[Egon]

Wait till algae grows on it, it will totally change the look and tone down the color differences.

 

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I just ordered my third mag 18 pump, my uniseals and 20 filtersocks to go with my 3-50gal rubbermaid containers, my 640 scrubbies and my 20 gallons of bioballs.
As soon as they come in I can start on my filtration!!!!

 

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I finished pulling up the ugly tile and went with one color tile.
after that i put the drift wood in and filled the aquarium enough to start soaking my driftwood.

I also put rocks on top of the wood to keep it from floating.

In the below picture you can see the start of the lights.

Lets not forget my daughter the helper (not a good picture of her but its hard to get a 2 yead old to hold still).

 

[mqktandy]

looks awesome man. just wondering how thick the acrylic is. been trying to figure out how thick i gotta go for my tank...want to use a full sheet so its about the same size as yours/ thanks

 

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looks awesome man. just wondering how thick the acrylic is. been trying to figure out how thick i gotta go for my tank...want to use a full sheet so its about the same size as yours/ thanks

Thanks for the complement and the acryic is 1''thick but it does have some bowing issues.
I am confident in the fact that it will not bust because this is a proffesionaly built tank.
If you are looking in to a plywood build I would probably suggest to go thicker but I am no proffesional tank builder. the only thing I can suggest is to see the sticky on glass thickness calculater.

 

[Valous]

yea I like the look of the 1 color of tile much better. and the driftwood looks nice. keep up the work.

 

[Redearsunfish]

What a great tank. Excellent work!

 

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thanks for the complements.

 

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Ok so heres the deal,
on june 9th my wife will be having a baby and we will need the room in my living room for baby stuff which means that i will have to move my 100gal tank from the living room to the garage next to the 560.
my plan is to paint the back black no the 100gal and build a sump out of an old 55gal that I have just sitting on the back porch doing nothing.
so with that being said there will be no progress on the 560 untill Ifinish this project.
also, when the baby is born progress will be few and far between.