Tonys new frag tank build

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Thought I would show my new frag tank being built by my brother and I. My brother Tyler (Elite Aquatics) helped out and cut out the parts on his cnc router. I wanted a frag tank that was all black other then the front panel. We thought it would be a cool and different to do an oval shaped clear inlay into the front panel so it has a black frame with a clear oval. This tank has a coast to coast external overflow that is VERY narrow @ 1.9" protruding from the back panel. It has a Herbie drain system and we are building a surge device that we will add a little later down the road. Here are some pictures of it being built.
The cutting begins

Overflow teeth

Tyler made the teeth so they have a taper to them so the water "sheets" down the overflow easier this will also quiet down the water noise going into the overflow. (sorry the panel was a little dusty)

Solvent welding the sides to the back panel.

Solvent welding the front panel on. This panel has a channel milled into it for the clear that will be added later.

Here is the clear front viewing panel after being milled. You can see the lip that will mate up the lip milled into the black panel. After this is solvent welded with Weld-On 40 it will become "one" panel.

Solvent welding the bottom

Here you can see where the external overflow will be (not installed yet).

Edited by laynframe - February 04 2013 at 9:41am