DIY glass cover and background

[Thebluyak]

Well this is my 55 gallon planted discus tank in the making. I didnt have a top because it originally was a bearded dragons tank. For my top I first measured and drew out what I wanted on paper. Fortently my mother does stained glass so all of this was free to me. If you have specific questions please let me know. For the background I just used rustolum hammered black paint.

The best part is that the glass is a smokey tint so it helps to dim the light without interfering with the light needed for the plants. overall because the glass wanted to be a PITA trying to fit because my tank molding is not straight it took two days working around 2 hours a day. I am very satisfied with it and it was 100% FREE!

Ryan

 

[krap101]

since it was used for a reptiles, i'd reseal the corners?

 

[DeFeKt]

howd you cut the holes?

 

[noncentric]

Just wondering - a bit off-topic.
Is that desk going to be the tank's stand, or is it just temporary for the building project?

 

[Thebluyak]

Corners have been resealed and wiped down in viniger. For the holes where the XP3 tubes come down I used a diamond embedded glass saw blade, and a grinder. No this is going in my apartment when I move in in june. For now its just a thing to get a visual idea of where I want to go with it. So its temp.