600 unconventional build method will it work or am I creating my own Katrina

[daywn]

following alone......wanna see the out come.

 

[Acrylics]

If you use good quality acrylic (Polycast, Acrylite GP, or Plex G), a good solvent wil be fine such as MCBond. For this stuff, go to www.polysciences.com and search for "acrylic cement".
If you need help, pointers, etc., lemme know

HTH,
James

 

[slevesque]

Hi, I was wondering if silicone would adhere better on slightly sanded acrylic?

 

[Acrylics]

Not IME but other folks have had different experiences. The "trick" is to make sure that the acrylic is clean of oils and mold release agents (sometimes) still on the material. Take a rag slightly dampened with alcohol.

HTH,
James

 

[olemos]

After giving this some thought, I realized that acrylic and glass (although it would have worked for what I wanted) would become to expensive, so the plan has changed, I’m sure more things will change along the way as different opinions and reasoning come in, but this is the base.

There will be a 2"x2" 1/8 steel frame, voids will be filled with ½” OSB plywood, the plywood and frame will then be covered with fiberglass cloth and epoxy resin, the front will be low iron glass. One of the side panels where the overflow box is located will still be acrylic.

Plumbing will be 4 tunze working in pairs (1,2) (3,4) in 6 hour intervals, the idea is to create a circular motion and reverse it every 6 hours, there will be two surge devices and one continuous spray bar.

 

[olemos]

The goal is to have the least plumbing or wires showing , I would like to build some fake fiberglass rocks on to the walls to bury most plumbing and at the same time create shelves for the tunzes and to place some corals on the walls, the middle section of the back will have a dark faded background coved with a piece of thin glass to simulate continuos depth.
Let me know what you think, or if you have any suggestions.