Building with acrylic isn't as difficult as it looks. I did some reading and found some really good/helpful sites related specifically to acrylic aquarium construction.
This thread
here that CraigC of Gems of the Rainforest started was very helpful in directing me to good info sites.
http://www.badmanstropicalfish.com/a.../acrylic1.html
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/article...c_aquarium.php
were also very helpful reads.
I built this one cage for a little over $150, but I bought about $60 or more in startup supplies, such as Weld-On #4 (solvent cement for acrylic), a couple framing clamps, etc. I simply score cut the 1/4" acrlyic and snapped it at the score lines and then cleaned up the joint edges with a router table. I wish I had the table saw and the right blade because it was not a quick process to score cut that many pieces. It took many hours to just simply get the pieces rough cut before they went to be routered. I believe that a table saw with the right blade may make good enough edges to skip the router step as well. After that, assembly is almost a breeze if you've got help. You set it up dry and syringe the cement into the gaps of the joint. The cement is water-thin so capillary action draws it into the joint and then it is clamped tight to dry. The cement sets in seconds and is very strong in under 5 minutes, so you'd better have it in the right place when the cement is applied.
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