DIY L Aquarium

[Deanos]

http://english.royal-exclusiv.de/L-aquarium.htm

 

[meschaefer]

That is a really nice tank, and looks like the planned it out right. Bubble King Skimmer, Red Dragon return pump, 3x 400 MH and 15 T5s.

 

[leoskee]

How in the world do you aquascape the bottom portion? I guess you just throw the rocks in and cross your fingers.

 

[bad coffee]

I'm thinking you epoxy the rocks together and then lower the whole thing into the tank.

That PVC welder looks cool ass! I want one!

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[regal]

What's the point of having a tank with that kind of shape?

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

That is really cool

 

[leoskee]

Even with good flow that tank will have a lot of detritus settle in the bottom.

Does the tank come with a wetsuit?

 

[inkblue]

veRy cooL...

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

diBBs...

Silly ink The shipping on that would cost more than the tank is worth!

 

[fritz]

Dean if you're going to DIY one of these, I'll take one!

 

[scarf_ace1981]

the design is very new and funky but i see too many problems w/ a tank like that if it were made into a reef. FO now that's a different story.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

I like the shape but I would like it more if that were the top view instead of the side view.

 

[inkblue]

wHats that stuFF they used for the backGround...

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Looks like that spray foam stuff Don.

 

[inkblue]

hmmm.... and tHats fish-safe i assUme :scratch:

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Russ used that type of stuff in his tank.

 

[scarf_ace1981]

don those backgrounds can be constructed in many ways. some may use that expanding foam, others will use a flat sheet of styrofoam and then apply several coats of cement w/ colors to get the effect they want. being this is a company and not some regular person i would say it's constructed of some heavy duty plastic or other reef safe material.

cichliforum.com has some awesome diy backgrounds

check this out:
http://cichlidforum.com/articles/diy_aquarium_background3.php

http://www.thecichlidgallery.com/article_styrobackground.htm

 

[DRZL]

me like

 

[samster]

how do they get the acrylic or glass mounted as the window panel? i was always trying to figgure out whats the biggest and savest size wood and acrylic tank?