Hey guys,
A bit of an update with both good and bad news.
First the bad news....
I present you two pictures...
The completed stand width:
The width of the tank:
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For those of you with a keen sense of observation, you would see that i made the stand 1/2" too narrow...
There are 5 ways to go about fixing this, 3 wrongs ways, one kinda wrong way and one correct way.
Wrong #1: say screw it and put the tank on anyway and have it over hang the back
Wrong #2: say screw it and put the tank on anyway and have it over hand the front
Wrong #3: say screw it and put the tank on anyway and have it half over hang the back and front
Kinda Wrong way #4: Cut a piece of ply wood to the proper thickness and screw it to the top of the stand
and the last way ( the way im going to do it )
Correct way: Take apart the stand, cut new pieces of 2x4 to the correct dimensions and and screw it all back together.
*SIGH*
Seems like this project is one step forward and one step back...
The good news tho! Some of you remember the first time i resealed the tank i used the the wrong silicone that had anti mold and bacterial chemicals in it. I siliconed a glass patch over a hole in the tank, so that patch had to go. Anyone who has ever taken apart a tank, knows that two pieces of glass that are siliconed together, really dont want to come apart. After a solid 15 minutes of just staring at this piece of glass that i needed to get out, i tried everything that was suggested. I ended up using a rigid puddy knife and a hammer, and very very.... VERY carefully tapping the knife into the piece of glass. Before i did this i took a glass cutter and scribbed a rudimentary checker pattern into the glass to give relief points.
This is what i had to get out
This was the nerve racking process
The successful result
So more setbacks with this project, stay tuned!