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| Posted | Making my own tank (kind of)!!!! |
| 03-10-2007 22:54 by Fry Lover |
well, well..... i have managed to smash x2 Rio 300's in the last couple of months, one was already leaking and the other was perfectly fine (almost new)
What that leaves with me with, is lots of glass and panels from each tank. One of the tanks has the base intact and back panel intact and one side panel. So it needs another side panel and a front panel (which i have in stock LOL) I thought i might try and silicone the spare parts together and make a whole Rio 300! But it then occured to me.... how the heck do you keep the "new" panels your siliconing "in" STILL enough to allow them to set. And will i need x2 peeps to do it? Will Perky need to come round and stand there for 24 hrs holding the tank together for it to set? Please, am seriously wondering how to make a tank out of all this...... PS - dimensions are 48" length, 22" height and 20" depth If it dont work it dont work, i already have quite a bit silicone anyway |
| 03-10-2007 23:01 by telboy |
come n pick me up + ill do it for ya mate,but youll need new silicon as the old stuff will be on its way out,full of lumps etc,youll also need some gaffa tape |
| 03-10-2007 23:04 by Fry Lover |
i got a brand new silicone Tel, not opened yet, but i might need more i guess.....
thanks for the offer, do you fancy it this Sat (be afternoon or evening) or Sun? Or it can easily wait mate Gaffa tape just from any general DIY store i guess? What about Perky? Is there any useless contribution he might be able to make? |
| 03-10-2007 23:06 by Fry Lover |
i guess he could make the tea  |
| 04-10-2007 09:36 by mwilde |
People use spring clamps - you can get them from B&Q
It really is a 2 handed job though |
| 04-10-2007 10:28 by D.R. |
Just scrap away the old silicone with a sharp scraper (Stanley knife blade type)
Run a small bead of new silicone down one edge, press up the panel and run your eye down to make sure there is no air bubbles. Smooth out the excess silicone with your finger. Easy as that, use tape or a corner clamp to keep in place. or a mate |
| 04-10-2007 11:17 by big cats |
stanley blades often leave silicon and silicon dosnt like sticking to silicon use an american type razor blade they are so fine they will remove marker pen from glass,then clean the glass with meths before sticking it together |
| 04-10-2007 12:12 by D.R. |
Yeah I know what you mean big cats
If the blade is sharp then no problems removing the old stuff. Plus brown manilla paper card will remove any silicone residue along the terminal edges of the glass. |
| 04-10-2007 13:37 by perky |
Another diy disaster desting to happen.. |
| 04-10-2007 18:15 by telboy |
lurver man,might be able to do sat depends on the ol ruggers mate,deffo can't do sun,as persuaded jane to take me up wickfords, having a major clear out! all im keeping is the convicts,the big uaru i got from you,the loaches + pauls give me his big black knife,everything else is going |
| 04-10-2007 19:02 by Fry Lover |
So hows the Big Uaru doing? You happy with it? guess so.....
Sat could be a bit dicey anyway, what about we fix it in for next weekend? Either Saturday 13 or Sunday 14. We'll get Perky to come round and tell a few jokes whilst we get on with the serious business. PERKY - bring a mop and bucket just in case there is a disaster
UNCLE - so are all the RD's and JD's going to Wickford then? What you gonna swap them for? Marine stuff?  |
| 04-10-2007 19:06 by telboy |
yes yes n yes |
| 04-10-2007 19:20 by Fry Lover |
telboy, if you got time, this is what i would like to do to my living room that weekend
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| 04-10-2007 19:39 by tank busters |
dont bother with red devils as we cant sell wat we got tell. |
| 04-10-2007 19:43 by telboy |
ok cheers for that kev,what time you open? |
| 04-10-2007 19:44 by Fry Lover |
oi oi Kev, that tanks looking brilliant by the way, the one i got last weekend, well worth the £90 thanks for that (yes its me, your mate, the mighty Lex)
i havent taken pics yet, but it's really nice, in actual fact i wouldnt mind a few more at some point LOL So you dont want telboy flooding you with more RD's Kev? |
| 04-10-2007 19:48 by Fry Lover |
Kev, that Dat i got, is it a "wide bar" i think it is, lovely fish, cant wait to grow it on
http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/Fishindx/dat_pulcher.htm The pic is what its going to grow into, WOW!!!!!  |
| 04-10-2007 19:49 by Fry Lover |
and the geezer is me, in 10 years time |
| 04-10-2007 19:50 by Fry Lover |
Kev, you still got the other Dat? |
| 04-10-2007 20:01 by telboy |
stunners |
| 04-10-2007 20:10 by Fry Lover |
Tel my one is about 1.5" paid £18 for it though!!!!
most expensive fish i have ever purchased, lovely though |
| 04-10-2007 20:13 by Woz |
very nice fish, whered u get it from i aint seen them for sale before? |
| 04-10-2007 20:17 by Fry Lover |
Wickford Aquatics Woz, i could have got x2, but its a big committment, obviously it means at some point i am looking at a 6x2x2 or 7x2x2 as he's in with Bichirs and those Chalceus at moment in a 4x22"x20" |
| 04-10-2007 20:19 by Fry Lover |
this fish is marine quality in appearance i think, its not a brackish dat either, could tolerate salt but doesnt need it |
| 04-10-2007 20:27 by Fry Lover |
they also in Wildwoods (Enfield, Herts), about 3-4" and £60 |
| 04-10-2007 21:04 by tank busters |
STILL GOT OTHER DAT IN SHOP AND WE OPEN AT 10 ON SUNDAY AND THE DAT WILL GET BIG BUT CANT TELL U IF ITS WIDE BAR OR NOT. |
| 04-10-2007 22:10 by Fry Lover |
i am amost certain its a wide bar Kev, which is great, telboys got 34 Red Devils he's bringing up |
| 05-10-2007 16:37 by Ed |
I would like to see this,lex,paul stevens,telboy altogether on sat afternoon drinking a bottle of JD it would go straight on to u tube good job your on the ground floor |
| 05-10-2007 17:15 by Fry Lover |
Ed, the invite will extend to you my friend 
Looks like it will be the weekend after this one, lets have a get- together and repair my tank Paul "scrubber" Stevens will bring his mop, bucket, marigolds and apron round. |
| 05-10-2007 17:18 by telboy |
ed you can supply the stellas mate,i dont drink spirits! |
| 05-10-2007 17:39 by Fry Lover |
yeh Edwardo, come round with a few Stella's next weekend, Wood Green / Ally Pally, where you came before
if your lucky i will give you some home bred guppies to take away, you could start your own breeding project |
| 05-10-2007 18:01 by Fry Lover |
The other Edwardo aka Edwards is welcome too |
| 05-10-2007 21:44 by Tina c |
what about me lexi??? |
| 05-10-2007 22:09 by Fry Lover |
oh yeh Tina, you more than welcome |
| 08-10-2007 11:42 by Fry Lover |
My Dat is a
Indonesian Tiger Fish 'In Ni Hu', Indonesian Datnoid, IT ( Datnioides Microlepis ) i found out. Mine's the spitting image of this one, without the tacky gravel 
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| 08-10-2007 11:45 by Fry Lover |
well it's deffo a Micropelis, thats been established for me, but i remain unsure as to whether this is a Siamese Tiger Fish or an Indonesian Tiger Fish, conflicting info on Google |
| 08-10-2007 14:09 by alan.f |
hi alex its an indo tiger fish and the truely freshwater datnoid unlike the wide bar which should have brackish as they get bigger |
| 08-10-2007 16:46 by Fry Lover |
thanks Alan
How's your Blue Moscow Guppy and other breeding ventures going? Got much fry at moment, be it bristlenose, cory or blue guppies? |
| 08-10-2007 23:00 by alan.f |
have got loads of bristle fry and quite a few moscow blue fry if your interested |
| 09-10-2007 21:14 by Fry Lover |
hello Alan
I would be interested as i've just set up a 24x12x15 Fry Tank, but my car requires sorting, although coming down on the train with my boy is a possibility. I will get in touch if thats likely and see what you have left. Any Cory young left? |
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