Goobers 85 gallon diy acrylic build (big thanks to Reef Lounge)

[Goober]

Leak testing. So far so good

 

[Usingthejohn]

Let me pee in it? I can help your cycle

 

[Goober]

Let me pee in it? I can help your cycle

That how you do your weekly dosing for corals?

 

[halvc909]

very nice...

 

[805reef]

that acrylic looks so nice and scratch free. i miss those days

 

[Goober]

So tank is full and there's so slight bowing. Atleast I know my seams are good! Well time for more prep work and a eurobrace :/

 

[oredith]

very nice. did you use the pin method to join them?

 

[Goober]

very nice. did you use the pin method to join them?

No I just used tape and squares. I did light sanding to rough up the edges just a tad

 

[oredith]

how were the edges prepared? routing? or saw?

 

[Titanwerx]

Very cool!

 

[Goober]

how were the edges prepared? routing? or saw?

I scraped it and did some light sanding. Worked out better than I thought. The next time I'm gonna my router table with a 1/8 blade to smoothen it out

 

[Goober]

So I worked on my eurobrace all day. First cut, I asked my wife to help me hold something. Needless to say that didn't turn out well so I had to eurobrace from the inside diameter. After cutting out the center I over cut 1 corner by 1/16th of and inch. I tried trimming it down and kept trimming since my clamps and flush bit decided to fail on separate occasions. Now if left with no eurobrace and not enough acrylic to try again. Still weighing my options

 

[Goober]

Not bad considering it's my first time working with raw acrylic and first time ever using a router lol

 

[AddictedtoSalt]

How bad is the bow? Is it the entire panel top to bottom?
My 110 bows in the middle even with a full top. Kind of annoying while cleaning but that's acrylic for you

 

[Goober]

How bad is the bow? Is it the entire panel top to bottom?
My 110 bows in the middle even with a full top. Kind of annoying while cleaning but that's acrylic for you

The bow isn't bad at all but it bows. I feel comfortable using it but I don't like bowing so I'll have to order more acrylic. Anyone wanna go in on 1/2 sheet?

 

[Goober]

Continuing on. Got some more acrylic and cut out the eurobrace. only thing left to do is smoothen out the top and put the eurobrace on along with gluing on the external overflow box and I'm done with the tank

 

[oredith]

looking good! did you cut out the center with a router? or saw?

 

[Usingthejohn]

Saw the tank in person and it looks really good.

 

[Goober]

looking good! did you cut out the center with a router? or saw?

Router. I wanted a 2" brace and the blade of the router and the guide was just that

 

[Goober]

Tank is DONE! back view with the external overflow. It will be painted black once the 3 day leak test passes front view. I rounded off the edges and top. Tank feels very sturdy and I'm pretty happy about the outcome.
Up next will be my sump. I'm planning a 30x18x18. I'm not sure what layout I want yet but I have plenty of black 1/4" acrylic to work with