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Bruno Beam

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 12:31 am
Post subject: Which material should I use to build a fishtank ???
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Do you recommend glass , metal, plastic, rubber or stone ?

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 4:57 pm
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"Bruno Beam" <zendo_joystick_ankh_hero.DeleteThis@yahoo.com.br> wrote in message
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> Do you recommend glass , metal, plastic, rubber or stone ?



Try welded steel.

Make your 10 gallon tank out of 3/4" thick plate and you will not have to
worry about bowing. Use 6010 rod unless you want to upscale to MIG.

To save money, only use the new transparent steel for the front piece.

Tom

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 4:57 pm
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"Tom" <seaskate32043.TakeThisOut@removethis.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Bruno Beam" <zendo_joystick_ankh_hero.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com.br> wrote in message
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>> Do you recommend glass , metal, plastic, rubber or stone ?
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> Try welded steel.
>
> Make your 10 gallon tank out of 3/4" thick plate and you will not have
> to worry about bowing. Use 6010 rod unless you want to upscale to MIG.
>
> To save money, only use the new transparent steel for the front piece.
>
> Tom

The drawback is that the rust remover messes your pH up (down actually
;~).
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 8:57 pm
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If you are a techie you can get Transparent Aluminum from Scottie. This
stuff will hold Humpback Whales at the speed of time travel, but only in a
Klingon Ship. Beam Me Up.

JOhn ><>

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>> Do you recommend glass , metal, plastic, rubber or stone ?
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> Try welded steel.
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> Make your 10 gallon tank out of 3/4" thick plate and you will not have to
> worry about bowing. Use 6010 rod unless you want to upscale to MIG.
>
> To save money, only use the new transparent steel for the front piece.
>
> Tom
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