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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...

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

Definitely good for $50...

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Mats

Good job! and your pl*co is beautiful

2wheelsx2 wrote: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-

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.

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.

godfreyhales wrote: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...

2wheelsx2 wrote: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.