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what i want to do is take out the middle brace and replace it with a piece of acrylic attached to the existing brace (under the brace's lip) or replace it with a peace of glass siliconed to the glass (once again under the existing brace's lip). then i could make a sliding glass or acrylic cover the entire area instead to the 2 separate ones... good idea or not? im not sure if its worth the work or money, i may just get that roofing stuff and make a sliding lid with that because you can't see it anyway
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Hi every one, I Got the idea to start building a foam/rock wall for my 120 gal reef tank that I am in the process of setting up. Once I got measurements for the tank the hardest part of the fist bit is trying to find all the matterials needed. I went to Walmart, lowes and 2 different home depots before I found any egg crate. Next challenge was finding pond safe foam. Thankfully the girl at lowes said that canar rock products carries lots so that cut down on the searching. From there it was off to great hobbies to get z-poxy and big Al's for sand and dry rock. Once everything was together I used tin snips to cut the egg crate into the right sizes and then zipp tied the pieces together. I also made over hangs with the egg crate to support the bigger rock pieces and to conceal my HOB overflow. At the moment I have started foaming the egg crate and some of the smaller dry rock pieces and I highly recommend rubber/latex gloves and parchment paper to stop the foam from sticking to whatever it's resting on http://instagr.am/p/P5P60lPw6V/
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Hey all, I'm in the process of starting to upgrade my set up and I'd like to upgrade my stand. The prices for aquarium furniture in all of the LFS here in Calgary are all a bit too much for me, considering they are MDF or steel frame. My question is if anyone has found some IKEA furniture, or second-hand cabinets, etc....that could be braced and reinforced to act as an aquarium stand. The biggest tank I'll probably go to right now would be a 33 gallon. So the stand would need to hold at least 450lbs, I'd imagine. Or are aquarium stands like one you'd find at bigals or piscies worth the money?
