Weekend Project!

[TheBloodyIrish]

I would die to have a an antique tank in my collection... really. So don't trash it. If not... give it to someone that would love to have one.

 

[Wolf3101]

You could always use plexi for the bottom and designate the missing piece as the back and do the same thing. The bottom looks very well braced so strength shouldn't be an issue...

 

[Fishes33]

More pic ^^ Its in the garage, took me 20 mins to drag it from the driveway to garage

There are gaps between each piece, so if I were to replace the glass. I can just slide it right in, and glue it..

I got this tank because I thought the cost of restoration would be cheaper than buying a brand new 120G.. but im not too sure atm...

At my local glass shop a 48" x 24" aquarium glass will cost me $48... as for the plexi glass, I think that would cost more... My budget is $100, I think its gonna be more now

This tank uses those black stuff (before silicon was invented), and I got it from a very old person, so this tank probably older than me...

 

[Wolf3101]

Yea...those old tanks used a round piece of soft rubber as a seal and they usually leaked if you moved them. The thing you might run into using silicone is that the tollerance is a lot greater on the old tanks than on new ones. You might consider buying a kit and polishing the frame during the reconstruction...also I'd reconcider using that existing bottom and plan on another piece of glass.

 

[ercnan]

If were me and I could not afford to rebuild it at the moment, I would stash it and work on it as time/money allowed.
Those things to me are worth more than anything new.
I'm an old guy and I like old stuff.

 

[TheBloodyIrish]

If were me and I could not afford to rebuild it at the moment, I would stash it and work on it as time/money allowed.
Those things to me are worth more than anything new.
I'm an old guy and I like old stuff.

Same here... except I am an new guy... and I like how hardy things used to be built. Rebuilding it would be so cool... imagine show it off to your friends, especially if you restore it completely back to the original state down to the rubber seal.

 

[ercnan]

You could always use plexi for the bottom and designate the missing piece as the back and do the same thing. The bottom looks very well braced so strength shouldn't be an issue...

Just use plexi that is twice as thick as the current glass to prevent bowing/warping. Also remember that acrylic ("plexi") scratches far more easily than glass. A sand substrate would basically double the issue if you use a Mag-Float or something similar.
Acrylic was probably not around when the tank was originally made, and even though it may have it's benefits, I'd stay with glass.

 

[FisHaRNekEd]

it looks like the seals are trashed i would tear it apart shine it up, like wolf said just use plexi or whatever you can get for the missing pieses its only the bottom and back. i think it would be a work of art when funished.

 

[Fishes33]

I think Im going to abandon this project, found a better deal on Ebay..

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Many-Many-Aquari...ryZ20755QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Its gonna cost me around $150... a 48" x 24" plexi glass cost around $50 at Home Depot, a 48" x 24" glass piece for $48.. Silicone gonna be roughly around 30$.. + tax.. too costly.. and the guy on Ebay charges like $100 for 114G tank.. :O sweet deal!

so.. anyone live close to Markham/Toronto? And wanna restore this hmmm junk? ^^ Can contact me/pm me ^^ thx