New Acrylic aquarium - I'm back after 30 y.

[Hong Kong]

Like this will have some space to move left right in case that holes are not exactly straight to align.
If leak than my best glue ever first time used in 1997 in China get it from Japanese Araldite 2 components once glued no way to leak or remove.
Trust me once i glued 12 cm crack on car engine cooling liquid leaked cleaned well placed metal plate pushed with wood 2 days to dry. No leak ever hahahaa

 

[Hong Kong]

Leak detectors will be 2 one from automatic filling water system Ato+ and another home made connected to pumps.
Lets drill finally this 2 holes
Anyway neighbour under in 10th floor after 13 years shows real face of arogance and some kind of low respect than can be quiet or will get shower of 500 liters salt water hahahahaa
Yes im on 11th floor skyscraper.
Good evening my Marine American friends nice hello from Serbia few days ago crazy 24C in end of October...and week before I was in middle of cold Sweden brrrr. be good story continue tommorow first thing drilling 2 holes overflow and maybe 1 on top for return pipe.

 

[griss]

Sounds like you're having the same weather as I am here in St. Louis, Missouri, America. It is currently 82F / 28C here. The normal average high temperature here in October is usually 69F / 20C.

 

[Hong Kong]

The gap will be too big with 64mm
And on rubber rhere is two outer lines that middle one is not keep anything only outside and i decide to buy a 60 mm that rubber gasket cover both safety rings.

On rubber there is 2 extruded circles for better sealing.

 

[Hong Kong]

With small pause im back placed today soft sponged rubber tape 2 mm 2 layers to correct concrete leveling and more or less its OK.

Afternoon final drilling overflow that was delayed until I found proper 60mm saw.

Decide to place acrylic on this and for sure will not sliding as will on stirodur. This is tape used for angles when concrete is placing on floor to the sides half under half out up to tarket wood floor.
2 layers created nice soft bottom.
this is it.
side walls will be covered by furniture plates white one and on the left one sliding door as there is the space that one corner will be in the air...hope nothing wrong will be?

 

[Hong Kong]

When definitely place a tank will use again this wide tape bend a half on each ends and stick to tank half half to bottom. By side will place L profile plastic to cover down view anyway nice prefabricated furniture plates will be all around support bricks. Let's finally drill in 30 min. Continue...

 

[Hong Kong]

I tried to slide some acrylic and on adhesion is strong. Plus water plus tank let's hope will not shake with earthquake the top angles is good for shake

 

[Hong Kong]

Amen. And holes are drilled
Slow motion used cooled water to spray only clean many times out also from other side drilled a little circle to avoid any crack and in 1 hour done.
Finished with fine metal and sand paper anyway Griss there is a lot of space even with 60 mm drill.
Nice to find level.
Inside tank place some stirodur or old towel as we made to suck water and avoid any fail of ring or drill if unscrew from drilling machine and voila.
Some photos for you guys.

 

[Hong Kong]

Thank you very much for all of yours suggestions all this time that I was boring with my work crashing walls windows removing first time concrete mixing and laying lol
And every day is school.
No more excuses to not place aquarium on stage to present the new acrylic movie
1.5cm thick slow motion rpm used cold water from water cooling dispenser and sprayed. No need constant flow of water when water is cold.
Tomorrow MHI Giesemann going to hang on place.

 

[Hong Kong]

For the end this Eclipse L overflow trust me is expensive part of any aquarium but it's high quality and I recommend it to anyone.

 

[Hong Kong]

Finalise with this nice small tool.
How you call this?

 

[griss]

Nicely done. I use an Eclipse overflow on my current tank, it works great.

 

[griss]

Finalise with this nice small tool.
How you call this?
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[Hong Kong]

We call Turpija from old Turkisch name as 500 years they was in Balkan than escape
from Serbian provincials haaha Joking but its truth.

 

[Hong Kong]

Repeat on your few questions...
whoever will go to drill for first time acrylic

• just slow rpm speed
• cool with cooled fridge water in spray bottle
• clean acrylic from drill every few circle and take a time.

20 min at least 1.5cm thickness.
Than you know we was drilling slow motion.