I happen to have a credit of 360USD at my LFS for a tank I paid in full and won't be able to use (the stand I have is 18"W, the tank they sold me as 18"W -a human error- turned out to be 13"). This is the same LFS where I got my 6footer second hand for USD450.

I wonder if a custom made 5 footer (60"L x 21-24"W x 24-30"H) must have tempered glass in the bottom (as most tanks I've seen) or if it can be built (as a safe tank) with standard glass.

Just a question.

Pepe
Santo Domingo

i haven't tried that one. for smoke glass and wired glass
i did and they work perfectly okey. tempered is as strong
as the normal glass but more expensive. if you can get it at
no extra cost, i believe it will be fine.

i would consider the safety issue more than anything. if you lean over to clean a tank made of untempered glass, bash the glass with a rock by accident you could be cut very badly.

use a double base........my big tank has two base glass pieces of 15mm each one under the sides... and one inside the sides.... creating a butt joint this method should be ok with untempered glass.........but mine is also tempered as well as a 30mm butt jointed base

biggamehunter wrote:


What do you mean by double base? butt joint base? (English is my second language, I might be missing something you usually wouldn't expect to explain)

I'm not building this myself, If I go for this one I'll hire someone with expertise to do it.

Pepe
Santo Domingo

below is the schematic diagram of a double plate tank
as bgh is suggesting. i had built a lot of tank with
same concept but using ordinary glass only.

PAUL wrote:




perfect paul!!!!!!!!! and i say no need for tempered glass with this method....but whats the small square block on the baseand front in the diagram???? theres no need for it just the 2 sheetson top of each other

for a huge tank, i usually recommend putting strip
of glass or acrylic plastic to make additional protection
against leak. it works perfectly.

i see your logic paul .......great diagram !!!!!!

Thank you I got the idea right this time.

Pepe
Santo Domingo

using ordinary glass will be fine with this method pepetj.......and pretty cheap too...be sure to stick the both plates togeter all over as well as on the edges.