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Old 10-12-2008, 07:50 AM
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what is the brand again? All glass aquariums? anyhow i want to know if the 20 gallong high is tempered .. i want to put a hole in the back of this thing but its impossible to find info on these things ....took me a month to find out my 120 gallon was good to go....
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Old 10-12-2008, 11:42 AM
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I would take it your talking about Sea Clear, or Marineland. Marineland has specs at their website Our Products
SeaClear is made by a company named Casco CASCO Group I couldnt find much info there though.
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Old 10-12-2008, 12:23 PM
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Oh no its all-glass..... Aqueon .....their specs say .... no tempered bottom however doesn't specify side panels ... do you think they mean the whole thing? why would you make tempered sides and not bottom anyhow? its probly good to go huh?
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Old 10-12-2008, 12:27 PM
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I would personally its good to go . The only tanks that have eny tempered glass is always on the bottom. And its on 37 and up rectanlges. Let us know how it goes. SLow and steady.
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yeah ill let you know.... I've drilled about 20 holes in my day of many sizes in varying thickness.... never had a problem... ill do it later probably.
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the 55 from wally world is all tempered...and my 55 from petco is also all tempered...so be careful
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Old 11-04-2008, 11:11 PM
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yeah soooo that took me forever i was busy working on the canopy of this thing and perfecting my modded mj1200 needwheel .....but yeah they say on the website that they will get back to you in two days........ it took two weeks ...anyhow they said no.... so i did it and its fine... yet another succsessful hole in glass......... yay
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Old 11-05-2008, 06:18 PM
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congrats...its a beautiful thing aint it.
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Old 11-14-2008, 09:12 PM
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Not beautiful enough id say .... Advice to everyone.... do not use the same bit for more than 6 holes ... this is the ninth and ever since 6 the edges have been nasty.... its time to invest in a new one now. and when you folks get to the bottom of your hole dont push just let it ride itself... or else your edges will be super nasty.
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Old 11-15-2008, 01:43 AM
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well youre not supposed to push anyway...youre supposed to let the drill do the work...minimal pressure...
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PETCO is AGA.
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Wasn't AGA the more commercial version of Oceanic
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Isn't this thread dead yet??
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