Recent content by MikeFishGuy

Just snagged a really nice 35 gallon hexagon acrylic tank at a garage sale. There's a few minor scratches on it that I didn't notice till I got home. I remember working with acrylic back in my high school shop days. Can anyone refresh me on what the stuff is called and the process for buffing...

Ok, I've been doing a little minor price shopping on acrylic and it's expensive! :( Glass seems to be quite a bit cheaper, and after looking into it and talking to a few people drilling glass is no harder than drilling acrylic, so I'm willing to give it a whirl. I'm leaning more towards...

The location is a little hard to explain, and I can't get the picture to pull off the model home. The staircase goes upstairs in a "U" shape. I 'll be placing the aquarium in the middle of the "U". I already planned ahead and am having the builder place a outlet in the space. I have never done...

Hello all! I just found this site and am hoping to get a ton of advice from everyone that has been doing this a while. While I'm not new to this by any means, it's been a LONG time since I've had an aquarium. To give you a brief history I started with a 10g tropical when I was about 6 or 7...