As far as I know, the smudges are here to stay. Weld-on actually bonds the acrylic together, think of melting it together. Maybe you can buff them out? I personally wouldn't worry about it. Have you seen the massive scratches on my tank....I don't worry about those either, unless I have to scrape algae out of them then it sucks.
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Nice work, looks good.
Yes Weldon 16 is the thicker stuff, but make sure to only put a small bead otherwise it could eat the acrylic and cause a larger hole. It dries smaller than the amount you place on there, so it can dry with holes especially if you put as much as you would when you caulk or silicon something. You can also use silicon now to stop the leaks, but in the long run the Weldon 16 will be much better since silicon doesn't actually stick to the acrylic.
Yes Weldon 16 is the thicker stuff, but make sure to only put a small bead otherwise it could eat the acrylic and cause a larger hole. It dries smaller than the amount you place on there, so it can dry with holes especially if you put as much as you would when you caulk or silicon something. You can also use silicon now to stop the leaks, but in the long run the Weldon 16 will be much better since silicon doesn't actually stick to the acrylic.
That stuff sounds dangerous...
Maybe I will try something else. I will research and see what i can do. The gaps aren't huge at all just enough for drops to go through.
Anyway here are a couple of pics with the box on the back. Don't tease my slits lol I did the best I could with the tools I had.
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Maybe I will try something else. I will research and see what i can do. The gaps aren't huge at all just enough for drops to go through.
Anyway here are a couple of pics with the box on the back. Don't tease my slits lol I did the best I could with the tools I had.
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Thanks for that 
It wasn’t a fun project lol I doubt I will ever do that again. Well I didn't do a snail test but it kept up beautifully. I don’t think I will keep turbos in this one. They wreak havoc on things. I have a Kenya tree that was smashed by one and it just lays there. Though it wasn’t very perky to begin with lol. I am making one of those slurp silencers in the overflow box which will keep the water at a perfect level at all times. Then sealing those bulkheads. Will the Weld On work on those too?
It wasn’t a fun project lol I doubt I will ever do that again. Well I didn't do a snail test but it kept up beautifully. I don’t think I will keep turbos in this one. They wreak havoc on things. I have a Kenya tree that was smashed by one and it just lays there. Though it wasn’t very perky to begin with lol. I am making one of those slurp silencers in the overflow box which will keep the water at a perfect level at all times. Then sealing those bulkheads. Will the Weld On work on those too? They’re not clamps they’re those hose thingies lol I don’t know what they’re called but they’re ribbed at an angle designed so you can push the hose in and it holds on the outward motion. Power out would just result in lost flow, it wouldn't over flow since the water levels are designed to not exceed each other. When power returns it would just start again. It's all on the pump...
Finally got it all set up! Water in it, sand, rocks. I used 25 gallons of the water from my old tank and most the sand. Same rocks of course. As I started taking pictures of it the white lights on my new chinese LEDs went out, turned off as I watched! They would not come on for anything. So annoying... Anyway i took the fixture apart and disconnected the whites and reconnected them and now they works again. Not sure wtf... Here's a pic from my phone though, not the best quality. The dust is still setteling. It's been about 11 hours since I put the sand in. I will put up nicer pics once everything settles down and I get it arranged the way I want. My fish are in a smaller tank waiting to be transfered.
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I wasn't sure how to do so with the fish. Since it's half water from the old tank and half new water it's essentially like doing a 50/50 water change. So is it safe to just put the fish in or should I wait for a new cycle?
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I wasn't sure how to do so with the fish. Since it's half water from the old tank and half new water it's essentially like doing a 50/50 water change. So is it safe to just put the fish in or should I wait for a new cycle?