Aquarium Construction

Container construction is very dependent on the design of the aquarium that will be done based on the desired shape aquarium. Forms commonly used as aquarium fish culture containers include rectangular aquarium, aquarium trapezoid, aquarium-eight terms, hexagonal aquariums, fish tanks and aquariums ellipse bottle. After the plan form of the glass aquarium that will be created, the next step to determine the size of glass that will be used to make the aquarium.

The size of glass that will be used typically ranges from 3 mm-16 mm. As reference in making the aquarium, the size of the glass to be used can be seen in Table 21. For glass to be used as the basis for the aquarium should be 1-2 mm in thickness added.

After determining the shape and size of glass that will be used to make the aquarium the next step to cut glass. Glass used to make the aquarium is still in the form of sheets of glass. There are several steps that must be observed in cut glass, among others, as follows.

1. Place the sheets of glass on his desk, working desk should be in a state of flat and clean. This is to avoid the cracking of glass that will be used.
2. The size of the glass to be cut is adapted to the shape of the aquarium that will be created. In making the pieces of glass, sheet glass made using the first pattern markers and metal ruler. Already established pattern can be directly deducted.
3. To cut the glass using a glass cutter is sold in hardware stores.
4. After the cut glass, the edges of the pieces of glass must be crushed with a grinder or whetstone carborundum.
   

After the glass needed to make the aquarium the next step is to set up assembly aquarium. In assembling an aquarium requires precision and accuracy of them together. Glass as the main ingredient in the manufacture of aquariums can be obtained by buying sheets of glass or buy a piece of glass in accordance with the appropriate size. Aquarium as one of the containers that can be used to cultivate good fish and ornamental fish, fish consumption from fresh and marine waters can be obtained by direct purchase in stores or make your own. By making their own aquarium will obtain advantages include relatively cheaper price, size according to needs, and has a thickness of glass used in accordance with the area of the aquarium that was made.

In making the aquarium, there are several things that must be mastered so that the aquarium does not leak and are made durable, which is designing / designing the aquarium, glass cutting, assembling and testing the aquarium to aquarium. Aquarium which will be assembled his own, the first step that must be done is to prepare the glass as the main basis of making the aquarium. Which will be assembled into a glass aquarium is already in the form of pieces of glass that size is adjusted to the size aquarium that will be created. Before assembling the glass is best done using the scrub karborundum grindstone or grinding. It aims to be an aquarium that was not harmful to the wearer.

Glass that has been smoothened by grinding all the sides are ready for assembly. The next step is to prepare tools and other materials ie glass silicon glue, glue fusil, a large duct tape, and cutter.

Glass glue silicon glue is used is a special glue to glue the glass to stick with the good and not leaking. Fusil silicon glue was used to facilitate the manufacturer in assembling an aquarium fish tank, the shape is like a gun fusil so called fusil.

While the duct tape used in assembling the aquarium should be plastic tape the brown or black with lakbannya 5 cm width. This tape serves to assist the establishment of glass with other glass in order not to shift that facilitates the provision of glass glue.

At the time of the glue stick to the glass should be the thickness of silicon glue on the entire surface of the glass together. This will create the same thickness of glue on each corner. After all assembled into a glass aquarium, the next step is to dry the aquarium for at least 24 hours for the silicon glue to dry completely.

The last step in assembling the aquarium is carried out tests on the aquarium. The test is done by filling water into the aquarium for 24 hours and see if there are parts of the leak. To obtain a neat aquarium tested clean after the glue that is not formalized by using the cutter.