Advice on tank build

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by windcoast reefs

Hmm I wonder if it was the thickness of the glass that bumped up the price? I'll let you know in a few hours when my glass quotes are completed! I'll let you know if it works out to cost more or less.

Do you know if safari can order sea star tanks?

Thickness will determine cost for sure. I was getting something like a cost +10 price and it still wasn't cheap enough for me to do it myself.

Yes, Safari can order from Sea Star.

[Borderjumper]

Originally Posted by windcoast reefs

Hey everyone, I want to build a look down shallow tank. I have never built one, so any advice would be great!

I'm hoping to build it with 24" by 18" by 12" tall.

You can come look at this one I'm setting up if you want.. It's 25x25x 12 ish

[windcoast reefs]

Originally Posted by Borderjumper

You can come look at this one I'm setting up if you want.. It's 25x25x 12 ish

I'll definitely take you up on that!

[windcoast reefs]

So the glass place got back to me, and it looks like it will cost $50 with 5mm glass, or $58 with 6mm.

What do you guys think for thickness of the glass?

[badAZZlars]

For $8 go with 6mm.

[windcoast reefs]

Originally Posted by badAZZlars

For $8 go with 6mm.

Yeah I was thinking that to. But I may go even thicker than that cause I want it to be rimless as well.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by windcoast reefs

So the glass place got back to me, and it looks like it will cost $50 with 5mm glass, or $58 with 6mm.

That's for 5 pieces of glass plus eurobracing?

[windcoast reefs]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

That's for 5 pieces of glass plus eurobracing?

No I forgot the euro bracing, but I figure it would be under $20 for the euro bracing. But I'm gonna spend that extra money on thicker glass and make it rimless.

But the quote was for the 5 main peices of glass, I have to polish the edges myself. But I have a polisher for doing that already.

I was expecting it to be closer to $100 myself. So I was kinda surprised.

[Borderjumper]

Originally Posted by windcoast reefs

No I forgot the euro bracing, but I figure it would be under $20 for the euro bracing. But I'm gonna spend that extra money on thicker glass and make it rimless.

But the quote was for the 5 main peices of glass, I have to polish the edges myself. But I have a polisher for doing that already.

I was expecting it to be closer to $100 myself. So I was kinda surprised.

Go thick enough that you won't have to use eurobracing, that would screw up the whole concept of a look down tank!

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Borderjumper

Go thick enough that you won't have to use eurobracing, that would screw up the whole concept of a look down tank!

Good point.

I guess when I was pricing glass, I was looking at 1/2", which was quite a bit.