Tank for sale!!! PCS'ing soon

Great! I have my in-laws on the prowel for some weld-on. She said she believes they have it at home depot and Hobby Lobby. They are some hard core DIY people so im pretty cofident on them getting the right thing. Hopefully they will find it and get it shipped by the weekend. I don't know how they ship things, but things from them usally get here in about 4-5 days, from Indiana. Hopefully next weekend we will have it.

-and a 15g water change will be done probably tonight.
 
Jeff, I just got off of the phone with the in-laws. She said that she knows exactly what we are looking for. She has found a few other products that fuse together acrylic, found a 3m product she says...think I should let her grab it, or should I just order the weld-on and go from there. Once we get the stuff, I wanna be able to get right on it!

If she gets this stuff that she has found, it would probably be here by this time next week. If I order the weld on, we are probably looking at another 2 weeks. Up to you. :shrugs:

On another note, the tang seems to be doing perfectly fine. I was a little nervous about it at first, but it seems to be fine. Those fish have such personality. I woke up this morning to go to the tank...looking for it...its upside down, mouth facing down chillin behind the power head hanger that holds the PH in place. I instantly thought something was wrong...turns out, thats just his chill spot. lol.

The skunk cleaner finally set up shop and began cleaning. Thats awsome to watch. it was sorta funny...he like swam out of his hole and started pickin at the tang and then the tank was like *** and swam over to him. Pretty cool.
 
Ok, the last few days I have been sweating, drinking beer, scraping, drinking beer and working on the sump. I am almost done. one more beer and only the fuge to seal with #16 and it's DONE!!!!!!! Oh wait, might have to wait until tomorrow...I ran out of beer.
 
Aw, never mind...I found the strength to finish it off. Now I just have to wait a few days for a full cure and do a leak test. That has got to be the hardest acrylic job I have ever done. The acrylic was warped and I had to tape everthing to get it to somewhat seal right. Some sections I had no choice but to use #16 due to the gaps but It should hold water like a charm. Thanks to Dastank for letting me use his #16.
 
Ok, water test #1 failed. 3 small leaks from the fuge and 1 from the baffle. I emptied, dried and added a little 16. so far, no apparent leaks going outside of the sump. Tomorrow is test # 2
 
This bites. Test # 2 failed. still a pin hole in the fuge area and a slight split on the side most likely from me forcing the 2 sides together and the weld on not adhering them good enough.
 
ok, 3rd times a charm right????? resealed the areas that had the lead and got bored and added a brace in the center from some scrapes I found. Dude, I might need a couple more beers if the 3rd time doesn't work. tomorrow is judgement day.
 
Well, I wanted to fill it up and check it but with the rain today, can't do it. The pavement has to be dry so I can see if I have any pinhole leaks left. Maybe tomorrow.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7886948#post7886948 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by vest0830
another day filled with rain. I will bring you some beer when it stops.

Uh, rain stopped...WHERE"S THE BEER????????
 
I brought my own but will still take donations. Here is the progress so far...

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It holds water!!!!

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No leaks so far. I think it will work.

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A little eye candy for you... My 85 rust bucket.
 
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