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Old 05-19-2010, 05:00 AM
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Acrylic rod can be bought from any place that specializes in plastics. If we have one in Prince George I'm sure you have one in Calgary. What I have in the picture is actually just some strips of acrylic that I cut on a table saw from a larger sheet, cemented together and drilled. You can also use a heat gun to bend it and I've done that a bit as well but it takes a little more practice and skill to look good. I know Rona has sheets of acrylic/plexi glass but I dont know about Home Depot.
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Old 05-19-2010, 07:33 AM
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fyi you have to have a saw blade with ALOT of teeth to cut acrylic. I tried with a normal saw with big teeth and it shattered. luckly i had my shades on.
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Laguna pond supplies sells floats for pond top off--don't see why they wouldn't work for your tank. Also, they're readily available. I'll be going this route whenever I do an ATO for my tank.
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