Acrylic

[SnakPak]

Hi everyone! I'm in the process of building a 20 gallon long AIO and I wanted to know where everyone gets their acrylic/plexiglass for the false wall and baffles from? I'd like to get the black acrylic that is about .25" thick without spending $40 on a whole sheet for it. But the stuff that my local hardware stores (Home Depot, Lowes, Ace) sell isn't black, and to get it that thick I'd have to purchase a 48" x 72" sheet, which costs way more then what I'd like to spend. So where does everyone get theirs from?

[vangvace]

look under acrylic in the phone book.

[steve0xr]

never ordered from here ...... yet, but someone else on NR has recommended it.

http://www.rplastics.com/abssheet.html

[StevieT]

Look at estreetplastics.com They have black in many sizes.

 

Do not buy the stuff at home depot etc, that is extruded acrylic. Aquariums need cast, get something thicker than 1/4"

[andru24]

I just ordered from Delvie's Plastics (http://www.delviesplastics.com/). Haven't received the order yet so don't have any feedback. They seem to have a pretty good selection, though.

 

-AJ

[disaster999]

i would go back to home depot again and take a closer look. if i remember correctly, they sell .25" thick acrylic in 18x20" sheets for 12 bucks.

 

paint the acrylic black with krylon fusion

[Carlton'sTank]

I just bought some from lowes that was .25" and and 18x24 for like 13 dollars.

[disaster999]

there we go

[masterbuilder]

Look at estreetplastics.com They have black in many sizes.

 

Do not buy the stuff at home depot etc, that is extruded acrylic. Aquariums need cast, get something thicker than 1/4"

 

Guess you dont listen

[disaster999]

i guess you didnt read...hes is making a false wall and baffle for his tank. dont need cast or thicker than 1/4"

[Carlton'sTank]

I just used mine for baffles. If you are making a sump or tank from scratch, then get the real stuff, otherwise home depot brand acrylic will be fine. Tapplastics is a good place for higher quality acrylic.

[SnakPak]

Thanks for all the replies. I ended up finding an 18x24 sheet of .25" thick at Lowes. Home Depot and Ace just had large sheets of it, but there were a couple of sheets left at Lowes. I'm in the process of cutting the acrylic and then I'll be fitting it up before I paint and silicone it in place.

[SK8URDEAD]

Thanks for all the replies. I ended up finding an 18x24 sheet of .25" thick at Lowes. Home Depot and Ace just had large sheets of it, but there were a couple of sheets left at Lowes. I'm in the process of cutting the acrylic and then I'll be fitting it up before I paint and silicone it in place.

 

why didnt you get lowes to cut it for you? i got glass for mine since you can just paint the glass and its cheaper imo. for 5 baffles of glass i only had to pay $7.00 and they cut them perfectly to the dimensions i needed.

[disaster999]

not sure what other lowes...or other employee of lowes do...but the one i went to will only cut for you if you buy that sheet of acrylic. say they only have 24X48" sheets and you want a 12x12, you will buy the whole 24X28" sheet.

[SnakPak]

not sure what other lowes...or other employee of lowes do...but the one i went to will only cut for you if you buy that sheet of acrylic. say they only have 24X48" sheets and you want a 12x12, you will buy the whole 24X28" sheet.

 

Thats what the one I went to said as well. They did cut the false wall for me, but I decided to cut the baffles myself just in case I wanted to change their dimensions before I put them in. Good thing I did that, because I did end up changing it a little.