Tank rebuild (attempt 3)

[spit.fire]

so as some know, i recently drilled my tank, put a corner overflow in, plumbed it all in, painted the back of the tank black and then shattered it moving it into the house


so i started over with a tank i had laying around, a leaky tank, with ugly trim
i started out by pulling the trim off to realize that the tank was made out of 3/8 instead of 1/4 like the one i broke which worked out perfectly because it has no center brace like i wanted and it has all polished edges

after pulling the corner overflow out of my 55 i realized the tank i was dealing with was not a 55, it is a 50 so my corner overflow doesnt work on it (ps if anyone wants to by a plastic corner overflow let me know)

so ive decided to go with the same style overflow as i did on my 100g freshwater tank

heres a pic of the overflow on my freshwater, the box is 6'' x 6'' x i dunno tall




old corner overflow (for sale, cheep cheep)

pile of broken tempered glass after trying 5 different pieces trying to make my corner overflow
tank pulled apart after drilling to be resealed with black silicone







biocube i bought after breaking the tank last night... paid 150 and it came with 3 korilias, phosban reactor, and alot more goodies
unfortunately my biocube skimmer doesnt fit in it


tank before i broke it after being emptied of livestock





sand for new tank


balasts, dual 400w mh i plan to put one on the 55 and one on my 72

[Dive_dry]

TRY NORMAL GLASS NEXT TIME AS YOU CANT CUT TEMPERED GLASS and it should all be good

[spit.fire]

Originally Posted by Dive_dry

TRY NORMAL GLASS NEXT TIME AS YOU CANT CUT TEMPERED GLASS and it should all be good

i had a stack of glass.... i just kept trying till i found a non tempered piece, none of them were marked.

i grew up around a glass shop so i know a thing or 3 about glass