My Custom Driftwood 75g Glass Build

[MaddMaxx]

Hello all! Just wanted to share my work... I bought a leaking 75g for $50 and turned it into this...



Its for my L001, who is rapidly outgrowing his current digs...



Thanks for checking it out...

[2wheelsx2]

Looking nice. You resealed it yourself? Looks like very good work.

[MatsP]

Definitely good for $50...

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Mats

[andywoolloo]

Good job! and your pl*co is beautiful

[MaddMaxx]

Looking nice. You resealed it yourself? Looks like very good work.

Thanks everybody! Yeah I did a complete tear-down and rebuild myself. Here's a quick run through, if you want anymore details just let me know.

When I picked it up-



Cut all the out silicone out and scraped down the glass-





All taped up and ready to silicone-





After siliconing it back together-



I built a top brace out of 1x2's to keep the top from bowing-



I cut some sections off a driftwood stump I found and siliconed them in place-

[godfreyhales]

nice job,im assuming your silicon sealer is fish friendly,its just ive never seen it sold in packs of 4 before.
lots of room for your plec now.

[2wheelsx2]

That cutting and gluing of of the wood with silicone is very cool. I plan to do that myself with wood and rocks in my next big build.

[MaddMaxx]

nice job,im assuming your silicon sealer is fish friendly,its just ive never seen it sold in packs of 4 before.
lots of room for your plec now.

Yup! Its GE Silicone 1. Its totally fish-safe and the strongest, cheapest, most available (by me anyway)...

Yeah, he's licking his chops looking across the room at all that extra tank waiting for him...

[MaddMaxx]

That cutting and gluing of of the wood with silicone is very cool. I plan to do that myself with wood and rocks in my next big build.

Thanks! And you totally should, I love the way it looks.