Acrylic DIY Refugium....
 

When is it ready to go into the tank?

How long should I wait untill its 100% clean of any chemicals
I have washed with tap water and seal tested it....

Now how long to wait to implement?

Cameron

You used weld-on? Should be ready within 24hrs, probably alot less.

recommendation is 24 hrs, just to be on the safe side, i suggest you to wait the 24 hours and not filling it before

Did you build it or have someone else put it together for you? What dimensions and how much did it cost for materials. I need to get a refugium too about 24" by 24" by 20" tall so I'm curious how your experience was.

It's been a few days now.


I built it myself....about 14L by 13H and 3.5D.

Pick up the acrylic from IPP from their cut-off scraps. Much cheaper, takes some searching though and I found a couple sheets that were the same size for the front and back.

I made most of my pieces by scoring and breaking them...so my edges werent perfect....hence i suggest using weldon 16...like a gel glue.

Acrylic about $20-30
2 glue( 1 weldon 4 and 1 weldon 16) about $7 each


you could do a large one but with your dimensions you may want to get them to cut you a FULL sheet(4' by 8')

Could get expensive though.

i built my sump/ refuge out of 1/4 inch and it ran me 150$ a sheet from industrial paints and plastics in Calgary. i just cut mine with a table saw with a triple chip blade in. deffintaley sand or plane your edges tho before bonding it turns out far nicer!

Richard

Ouch! I got a sheet of 4'x8' from another plastics place for like $60-80 (forgot), and they even cut it to the dimensions I specified for free. Damn I forgot the name... they're in Coquitlam.