absoluteNANOreef Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Last night I siliconed my 12x12x7 rimless tank with RTV103 silicone. My question to glass tank builders is, do I have to run a bead of silicone on the inner edges, or can I remove all inner bead and leave silicone between the panes only. The total water that will be in it is about 3 gals after rock. Will there be enough pressure to burst the seams or will I be fine with a reall clean inner edge? Link to comment
JR! Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 i dont think youll need the inner edge. 3 gallons isnt all that bad. Link to comment
absoluteNANOreef Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 I decided to do a very small bead. It's almost not even noticable from the outside. What do you all think of it Link to comment
JR! Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 very well done. shots of the whole tank now? and thinking about it. i might have you build my next tank it looks so good lol Link to comment
absoluteNANOreef Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 Thanks. Thats actually my pupose of this tank. I want to make 2 sample tanks (next will be 16x24x7)and if all goes well i want to start making custom tanks for people. nothing huge but nice nanos and picos. Definately keep me in mind if your interested here are some fts. still have to clean up tiny bit. sorry for the bad lighting cell pics Link to comment
ptboy6 Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 wow... clean build. Tank looks super nice. Link to comment
JR! Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 well get me a price on building a 24x24x12. i think ill be the first customer Link to comment
Acielot Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 It looks flawless, I was looking to make one like this but I don't have any glass stores nearby The only thing I would change is making it a bit taller to compensate for the sand and rock so maybe 10-11 inches tall instead of 7 Link to comment
absoluteNANOreef Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 well get me a price on building a 24x24x12. i think ill be the first customer Let me do some research and planning. I'll get back to you when I come up with figures. I need to shop around to be able to give the best deal. And one on a 30x30x14 Same as above^ It looks flawless, I was looking to make one like this but I don't have any glass stores nearby The only thing I would change is making it a bit taller to compensate for the sand and rock so maybe 10-11 inches tall instead of 7 Thank you. I really like the shallow tanks, but customs sizes will be available when I decide to go ahead and make them for customers I am really planning to go ahead and start a small business out of this. There's two here interested, and I have about eight more interested on other sites. Link to comment
fissues Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 that silicone job looks amazing. how did you go about getting such clean seams and minimal contact? Link to comment
JR! Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 i wanna see more in this thread Link to comment
SushiYum Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 ship me THAT tank. if you don't want it Link to comment
1105 Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 i wanna see more in this thread Ditto. That tank looks amazing. I was just thinking about building myself a 12x12x10 cube today and I just saw this thread. Man... Now I really want to replace my Picotope with a cube tank. Link to comment
JCG66 Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 That silicone job looks hella nice, that stuff dries quick and you have to be super patient to get it perfect. Id be interested in a tank as well. Link to comment
Nola-dude Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 I agree with everyone here, I love that tank. Ive been looking into building tanks myself and hope they can as close to great as yours Link to comment
absoluteNANOreef Posted September 21, 2012 Author Share Posted September 21, 2012 sorry for the lack of updates everyone. I've been extremely busy. Thanks for all the nice comments. I am in the process of getting the tank building business going. I've made a deal with my suppliers and am slowly getting the whole thing started. Website will be up soon! I'll keep you all posted Link to comment
JR! Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 sorry for the lack of updates everyone. I've been extremely busy. Thanks for all the nice comments. I am in the process of getting the tank building business going. I've made a deal with my suppliers and am slowly getting the whole thing started. Website will be up soon! I'll keep you all posted Link to comment
1.0reef Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Looks nice, if I ever need to upgrade I'll check out your site. Link to comment
eddiecorrea Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Is your bottom flush on the table? If so that is not a good idea. Pressure could fracture the glass. You should put atleast a 1/8 gap but I prefer 1/4. Thats just me thou. I'm sure you know that as well. I'm also starting to build tanks. I just built myself a 25l x 12w x 10h. Shipping on glass tanks is pretty expensive so I'd probably only want to do smaller tank. Not much bigger than 24". Although I plan on starting to make acrylic tanks as well. Link to comment
reefer-madness111 Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Building with the sides on the bottom or floating bottom, will likely not be a big issue until you run into larger tanks. Just make sure the table or stand is true, of course you can't account for perfect flatness but a small yoga mat should do the trick to absorb the pressure on the imperfections. Link to comment
boxboy Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Building with the sides on the bottom or floating bottom, will likely not be a big issue until you run into larger tanks. Just make sure the table or stand is true, of course you can't account for perfect flatness but a small yoga mat should do the trick to absorb the pressure on the imperfections. Dont most tanks have all 4 sides resting on the bottom pan? Link to comment
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