"You make it look easy" Said to every person that creates something after an unknow number of hours/days/years of doing it over and over again until they got it right.

Your earlier videos got me to make my first glass aquarium, 7 years ago. It inspired me, as a classroom teacher, to get my students involved and so I do something called “aquarium mania” with a group 2x per week. In the last month alone, we built an 80 gallon and two 15 gallons. Thanks for the inspiration

Feels like the OG days of the channel. loves this type of content . Makes me think of the acrylic coffee table tank build.

I will never get tired of Joey teaching how to build an aquarium for the 10th time

Definitely do fresh vs. salt. It would be an epic battle we didn't know we needed.

Reminds me of all your acrylic fish tanks that you made in the early days of King of diy channel I hope you always stay healthy and enjoy your aquarium life for a long time.

I've never commented on your channel before but this is fascinating. Really great job thank you.

I just used your 10 year old videos to help me re silicone my 150 gal. Thanks for all you do!

Hey Joey, Greg from Oz here! I love your energy and fearlessness to try things! Its awesome to watch and inspires me to work outside my boundaries!

Those brackets you made are top-notch. So incredibly useful!

love watching all the building stuff whether the tanks or the stands

Loving that you're going back to basics with your original style DIY vids

I can't wait to see them with fish in them. You are amazing at making tanks.

This os the type of content that got me to follow you years ago. Would love to see you document all of the process.

Please document all of them! Personally, I love these videos. I would love to build an acrylic aquarium.

Hey Joey, whats the name of the video where you build those plywood squaring devices? Love your content

13 year viewer, thanks for still making these build videos. cant wait to see the plumbing.

I used your hemming pin trick with creating a tunnel for a science fair project, and it works perfectly. Thank you.

Love these videos man! Showing off the true King of DIY skill set…AGAIN !! Keep it up man!

Thanks for adding different camera angles! Great vid.

Very nice video Joey. Thanks.

Very interesting. I built a 120 and 240, years ago with the old plywood/epoxy/Glass method. This is completely new to me. Cant wait for the next installment!

Definitely show us the rest of the work that you do building these tanks please and thank you 🙏

That looks so nice Great idea! Thanks

Cool.❤

Also.. dunno if youve done one (probably have) but maybe a how to on fixing /resealing a bad/ broken glass tank and or what to do if the plastic trim or center brace cracks or breaks

50% salt and 50% fresh. That's the ticket boss man. Thanks for making this video.

FINALLY!!!! Joey is finally making the content that made him famous!! Joey, we realize that you have already made a ton of DIY content. But, just like any hobby, time brings about new technology, new ways of making things. I would LOVE to see you revisit some of your most popular DIY videos and remake them or rather update them to show better ways or newer ways of doing things. Can you PLEASE make a video showing how to make a DIY ATO Reservoir?

Love the construction project, thanks Joey!

as allways, FENOMENALE; in love with this new version of the ''old'' joey, the true king ahah ❤greethings from italy. can't wait for the rest of the progect😍🥰

Can't wait to see the progression of the new rack

Bobby pins are for hair. 😂 Loved the video! One day I will build my own tank and have beautiful healthy happy fish just like yours. Thank you for your hard work! 🎏🌈✨

Pretty awesome ❤😂

Like the half salt half fresh idea i have only ever done fresh but been thinking of doing saltwater tank for some time now and this can show us what fish we can have in common sizes

4:42, he almost didnt believe what he said 😂😂😂😂

Put in the needels at an angel to reduce the chance af acrylic rolling off .

This is cool to be able to make over flow boxes externally

This is amazing

Would be amazing to get the list of "cuts" you had to send to the acrylic shop! I'd love to try this, but would feel more comfortable ordering the sheets for this size exactly so I dont have to stress about measurements too haha

Fired Up Friday!!!

for that third panel you could use your corners in opposite corners to hold it all from moving. its should hold it all square, and keep it from rolling on the pins. you just need to build a mirrored set.

I build and sell my own acrylic aquariums for myself and my friends however I personally love and fear acrylic tanks. The way they can flex and bend is ether really good or really bad, I sand everywhere I apply adhesive too and build heavy wooden frames and I’ve never had a leak before but I definitely recommended a good solid stand and a healthy amount of care since you never know when a good bump with your elbow will cause a Leak. Also a good tip, I use gorilla glue construction adhesive it’s not silicon or “technically” aquarium safe but it’s non toxic, works the same as silicon, flexible, extremely durable, you can wipe it off with a wet cloth after 10 minutes and possibly the best adhesive out there I’ve used it for years and have years old tanks with healthy ecosystems and fish without issues only problem is that it’s white

Loved the video editing at the beginning. Great video content too. Almost like having your book on Audible. 😅😅

Thank you Joey

Im so badly wanting to learn to build tanks . My endgame is my whole bathroom wall an aquarium

Surprisingly relaxing watching you build them.

You make it look easy Joey

Can you share where you purchased your acrylic?

Thanks for the video.....A tiger endler tank would look for cool

Ty for showing this :)

good info for me trying to build some filter baskets for an AIO aquarium with really crappy filter chambers....

22:30 a "Bob Ross" moment right there haha, great tips!

I worked at tap plastics 2 years as a fabricator and I can tell u it takes longer then 1 Second to bond .. it takes about 10 minutes to really bond depending on thickness and then u still have to cure it at least 24 to 48 hrs before u even do anything to it after bonding .. what ever u just did will break maybe not soon but in time the weld is weak also u might have issue with craze

i think it would be interesting to see the cost and maintanence differences between salt and freshwater. i would use both identical tanks and show the diffrence over a 3 month period.

Idk if ull see this comment but at what size do u recommend putting a brace across I'm trying to build a wide square shaped aquarium for two turtles my son has not ur regular dimensions.....thanks in advance and for all the knowledge u are truly the Top G of the fish world !!!!!

You said in past video you wanted to do cherry shrimp I believe, so what if you fresh water shrimp vs salt water shrimp? Could do some cool scaling with them as well. Love watching you build tanks. Awesome job!

Heat reaction with the solvent and acrylic,. It bonds together,. I use Weldon 3,.

I'd like to see it all!!

“Ooo she gooey tho” - I thought that was a good thing 😅

Salt vs fresh would be awesome

I have a acrylic overflow that the bottom separated. can I use that glue to repair the seams?

Thanks joe

I feel like a table that allows bench dogs would help with the alignment/prevent rolling. Kind of like having an extra set of hands for clamping.

Is there a video on this build or one of the others showing the router work being done?

Do you have a link to the "glue" that you use on the acrylic? Also does it hold up or do you also apply silicone after?

Molecular/molecular.. it melts them together, then evaporates. I looked it up and it looks like it's dichloromethane, aka methylene chloride. Just FYI, about 10-15 years ago it was categorized a carcinogen. I breathed that stuff daily for 34 years, I am 62 and no problems due to DCM yet....I am planning to build a 24 by 24" cube acrylic . A cube means its like 4 aquariums arranged in a square. More distance for fish to swim, is my thinkjng. Thoughts? I was thinking about using acrylic dowels for strength, drill, insert and glue... I think it should hold 240 gallons...I was also going to build a wood or acrylic base for it too...

I really enjoyed the acrylic workshop and presentation you did at reefstock! You should come back

I love this idea of Building an aquarium tank like you Joey but in the UK 10mm thick cell cast acrylic 600x600mm costs about £50 a sheet, meaning an aquarium which is still quite small would cost over £250 pounds which is a ridiculous price…gutted

Pea Puffers in one tank plz. I love em .

Does the acrylic need to be anything specific specs? Wondering cuz I only find cast acrylic sheets near me or P95 sheets

how do you know how tick you need the acrylic? amazing video! you keep inspirating us :)

What is the largest dimension tank would you make with the materials you are using (assuming you will cross brace at the top to eliminate bowing)? We are putting an addition on our house and the first floor (concrete slab) will be a sun/plant room. I want to get back into fish and have kept 55 gallon glass tanks before. But I want to go big... the largest glass tanks I can find are in the 125 gallon size. From there it looks like the industry jumps to acrylic tanks, and the price balloons. I do a lot of woodworking, so building an acrylic tank isn't that intimidating to me... except the water-weight limits of the panels.

Do you need to do the pin method if its 1/2" acrylic?

For the 48 inch tanks do you use any support on the top of the tank?

I think a nice big shoal of pea puffers or i think the other smaller one is the amazon puffer

reminds me of the old videos I love it

Hey Joey, Really enjoyed seeing how you design and fab the acrylic tanks./ Have you ever flame polished the edges?

Where do you source the acrylic and glue

Hey can you make a video on all of the finishing techniques you use, routing, sanding, flame polishing etc.

can you provide the recommended thickness of acrylic for a 5ft tank?

Do the outside panels of a large aquarium go on the inside or outside when gluing to the long side panels ?

what thickness acrylic to build a 50 gallon aquarium? any particular type of acrylic? how is the visual experience compared to glass?

1 minute... It takes up to 2 weeks to glue glass tank with a silicone. Similar with gluing the 3D background. However they are near non-existant in Europe, unless DIY. Ironically when I check Czech web, the first hit is a thread from 2013 where a guy mentions "uarojoey on youtube has solid detailed video how to do that". :-)

Im wanting to build a custom 500 gallon aquarium for my turtles, I just don't know what thickness I should be going with. Was thinking 1 inch, but Im not entirely sure. It would be a 500 gallon tank with a raised area for the shallow/land area. So maybe a 350 gallon water with the raised land

so is the acrylic cement enough to create a waterproof seem or are there other steps to get them to be waterproofed?

Great video! Anyone know of a good online source for acrylic?

I cant find the video where you show how to make the corner bracket. Please guide me.

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Bro you gotta get a honey gourami colony going in one of those cubes

Definitely compare them with freshwater vs. saltwater, so we know if there are any reactions to either tank! 😅😅

2:25 "Bobby pins" 😂❤

Where do you get the acrylic from?

Maybe a mantis shrimp for the salt water cube

One of those nano tanks should be a beta fish. :)

Salt water angels and fresh water angels.

Can you effectively make a longer tank by 'cementing' two pieces end-to-end? I feel like this could be possible with heavier acrylic (and a frame to ensure excess pressure isn't placed on the seam).

i know youre not a fan of corals so you should do one of the tanks as an anemone clown tank. that would be ace

How do you calculate the thickness needed for different-sized acrylic tanks? is there a thickness calculator?

How do you router after building the tank?

What are you using to bond the acrylic?