School Project

[scottswald]

Drylock = Doomed to failure.

i disagree, lots of people have had success with this...

OP, whats the dimensions?

 

[jrpsaros]

4ft. x 2ft. x 2ft.

 

[yayfish24]

Whats going in the tank?

 

[jrpsaros]

I have a tiger oscar, firemouth, three clown loaches, peacock eel, and a rainbow shark. Theres actually going to be a small tank build into the stand that will be around 9w x 24h x 41L. I'm not sure what will go in here yet, I'm considering breeding something looking into convicts, jewels, or angels.

 

[jrpsaros]

Heres the bottom tank. I still have some of the front frame to put on, but it gives a good base of the bottom tank and the sump.

Front of the bottom tank

Top of the tank/sump

 

[sam_tuck]

nice keep it posted

 

[white_brain]

I hope that is a can of fruit juice! After all this is a "school project" LOL Looks great, keep up the good work

 

[jrpsaros]

It's actually a Dr. Pepper. However, what I've done so far has been at my apartment. So a few Bud Selects might have been consumed .

I put some bondo over some of the gaps in the wood and the screws. Tomorrow, I'm going to sand it down and touch up what needs to be done. Then hopefully start painting it with drylok.

I have a few quick questions about the Drylok. My cuts were done with a jigsaw so my wood isn't perfectly straight. Because of this I want to use silicon around all the edges. Will the drylok stick to the silicon? Or should i drylok, then silicon? Also when I go to install the glass, can i drylok the entire inside, then silicon the glass to the drylok? or do i need to have clean wood for the silicon to glass?

And one last questions is ge silicon 2 ok, or does it need to be ge silicon 1?

 

[truck_317]

drylok the whole inside of the tank. with first coat use a paint brush around all of the edges and then use a roller for the rest of the tank. Then the next day only use a paint brush on the whole tank. Remember you put the drylok on heavy and do 4 coats of it. Yes you can put the drylok where the glass goes. Make sure you have at least a 1 in overhang for the glass. Once you have the the whole inside done with drylok and you are getting ready to put the glass in use a good amount of silicone and put weights on the glass for a couple days. after the glass in in the tank for a couple days silicone all of the corners of the tank with a heavy bead of silicone.

 

[scottswald]

It's actually a Dr. Pepper. However, what I've done so far has been at my apartment. So a few Bud Selects might have been consumed .

I put some bondo over some of the gaps in the wood and the screws. Tomorrow, I'm going to sand it down and touch up what needs to be done. Then hopefully start painting it with drylok.

I have a few quick questions about the Drylok. My cuts were done with a jigsaw so my wood isn't perfectly straight. Because of this I want to use silicon around all the edges. Will the drylok stick to the silicon? Or should i drylok, then silicon? Also when I go to install the glass, can i drylok the entire inside, then silicon the glass to the drylok? or do i need to have clean wood for the silicon to glass?

And one last questions is ge silicon 2 ok, or does it need to be ge silicon 1?

yeah, it's vital that you silicone the glass to the drylok and not just the wood...