Habitat - Indoor :: my new turtle tank

[VeipaCray]

You don't want to glue it. Use the weld on or another acrylic solvent. It will melt the pieces and fuse them.

[prettykitty]

You don't want to glue it. Use the weld on or another acrylic solvent. It will melt the pieces and fuse them.

ok, how much is it? do i just like brush it on and it melts it? wow

[VeipaCray]

A quart is about $12 USD. No brushing. It runs like water. You clamp the two pieces, the applicator is like a needle. You run a bead at the joint, it will flow into the joint and it's bonded and completely cured in like 3-4 minutes. Google weld on 3 or weld on 4.

There are also YouTube videos of the process.

[joshfish]

i believe the weld on is what i used. i think it was like $7 for a small can of it. then youll need to buy the aplicator which is a small squeeze bottle with a metal needle like tip.

[joshfish]

has anyone had issues with there water taking a long time to clear when they added playsand? i put 50lbs of play sand in when i filled the tank and after three days the water is still cloudy. its definatly clearing up but really slow.

[VeipaCray]

Did you rinse it? What kind of water polishing media did you use in your filter? I used a fluval 305 stuffed full of filter floss, 50 lbs of pre washed play sand and my tank was cleared in a few hours.

[joshfish]

rinsed it a little. probably should have done it more. i have a carbon filter pad in the tray of my wet/dry. the reason i ask is i have used sand from the aquarium store without rinsing and it never took this long to clear up. this is my first time using the play sand.

[VeipaCray]

Play sand is dusty.. needs a thorough rinse. You need some water polishing to remove the sand particles from the water column. Either a polishing pad or the el-cheapo way... go get a bag of polyfill from a local retailer. Polyfill is pillow stuffing is also called filter floss. Take the carbon out, it's not doing much at this point for the sand. Stuff a bunch of polyfill in the filter and let it trap all of the sand particles.

[joshfish]

thanks for the info VeipaCray. yeah i know about the polyfill. i used to use it to fill speaker boxes when i was into car audio.

[VeipaCray]

Heh.. I'm trying to sell my MB Quart Q series speakers, a JL 12W7, three MB Quart Q series amps, and a bunch of Alpine gear to fund a new Manley Stingray integrated tube amp for my house. I was into car audio for a while also

[joshfish]

here are some more pics. i think im going to add some plants so the tank doesnt look so bare.

[joshfish]

and some more

[joshfish]

and three more

[VeipaCray]

Looking good. Can't wait to see it with plants.

[joshfish]

any reccomendation on plants? my plan is to do a mixture of fake and live plants. that way if they eat the live ones the fake ones will still fill the tank until i replenish the live ones.