Acrylic tank modification

[acer]

Does anybody know how to make a top opening bigger in a 60 gallon hex acrylic tank. The top opening is only 12 by 6 inches which makes cleaning ,etc nearly impossible. WOULD love to make the opening larger without tearing down the tank. Any ideas????

THanks

TED

 

[raynist]

Dremel?

 

[acer]

ya- but I was worried about the shavings dropping in the tank. Will the dremmel cut clean or create shavings?

 

[sick1166]

i tried the dremel and it wasnt great for me but used a router and its was easy I had my buddy hold a wet vac and follow right behind me and got very little left over did have to net out a few piseces

 

[Python73]

Plus, acrylic floats. Shavings + tank + net = solved.

S !

 

[acer]

cool - I did not think the shavings would float. next question is - how big can I make the top opening without compromising the integrity of the tank???

 

[Tbohinc]

they don't float they Trust me I know

 

[acer]

Well - I did the dremmel thing - some floated and some did not. Luckily the shaving went into the overflow system and I had a filter bag on one of the pipes, the other did not and now I have shavings in my refugium. Hopefully they will not be a problem. But, it had to be done - finally can clean the tank effectively without it taking two hours. Wish I would have heard from you earlier Tboninc.

 

[Python73]

... that's how I cleaned the shavings out of my sump. Filled it with water, they floated. Sorry man. You have kryptonic acrylic.

S !