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Acrylic tank modification
Does anybody know how to make a top opening bigger in a 60 gallon hex acrylic tank. The top opening is only 12 by 6 inches which makes cleaning ,etc nearly impossible. WOULD love to make the opening larger without tearing down the tank. Any ideas????
THanks TED |
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Dremel?
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ya- but I was worried about the shavings dropping in the tank. Will the dremmel cut clean or create shavings?
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i tried the dremel and it wasnt great for me but used a router and its was easy I had my buddy hold a wet vac and follow right behind me and got very little left over did have to net out a few piseces
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Plus, acrylic floats. Shavings + tank + net = solved.
S !
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cool - I did not think the shavings would float. next question is - how big can I make the top opening without compromising the integrity of the tank???
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they don't float they Trust me I know
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Well - I did the dremmel thing - some floated and some did not. Luckily the shaving went into the overflow system and I had a filter bag on one of the pipes, the other did not and now I have shavings in my refugium. Hopefully they will not be a problem. But, it had to be done - finally can clean the tank effectively without it taking two hours. Wish I would have heard from you earlier Tboninc.
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... that's how I cleaned the shavings out of my sump. Filled it with water, they floated. Sorry man. You have kryptonic acrylic.
S !
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