Acrylic tank modification

acer · #1 10/22/2007, 03:14 PM

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

raynist · #2 10/22/2007, 03:54 PM

Dremel?

acer · #3 10/22/2007, 06:07 PM

ya- but I was worried about the shavings dropping in the tank. Will the dremmel cut clean or create shavings?

sick1166 · #4 10/22/2007, 06:10 PM

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

Python73 · #5 10/22/2007, 06:56 PM

Plus, acrylic floats. Shavings + tank + net = solved.

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acer · #6 10/22/2007, 07:47 PM

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???

Tbohinc · #7 11/07/2007, 03:10 PM

they don't float they Trust me I know

acer · #8 11/07/2007, 04:21 PM

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.

Python73 · #9 11/07/2007, 06:11 PM

... that's how I cleaned the shavings out of my sump. Filled it with water, they floated. Sorry man. You have kryptonic acrylic.

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