DIY Tank Boot?

[JamesBon92007]

You guys gave me some great ideas when I asked about fin straps

Now I'm wondering about tank boots. Anyone make any from PVC pipe or caps or something? Or pehaps rubber tubes? I have several tanks that need boots and the cheapest I saw (including shipping) was over $15 ea. I wouldn't mind paying five or six bucks for one but I could probably get another steel 72 including hydro for the price of three boots.

 

[CuNanoTube]

PVC Pipe of the diameter of an 80 cu. ft. tank is quite expensive. If you want to make your own economically you would need free pipe. $15 each is actually probably the best you are going to do unless you have plastic extruding / molding equipment available to you.
My only idea would be to use inner tube material glued to a piece of flat plastic. I wouldn't know where to get the flat plastic from though.