Building a glass tank: Questions...

[monocus]

i just finished building a 46 gallon breeder-go to the aquatools.com.they have a simple glass thickness calculator and all the instructions you need to build a glass aquarium-you definatly do not need 1/2 " glass.i made mine with 6mm glass and then put a 1 1/2 maple strip along the top to support a piece of glass on top if i want it

[ScubaSteve]

Hey Nerdz,

How'd the build go (or have you started)? I'm in the debate of building my own 45G 24" Rimless Square tank as I'm had some pretty crazy quotes thrown at me. Of the four numbers I have right now one is $700! FTW? I'm having a hard time justifying that when I got the same size tank (not-rimless) made a year ago for less around $170.

Who have you tracked down as your glass supplier and what is the approximate build cost on this?

[ner'T']

Hi,

Sorry everyone!

I didn't see all of the new replies... For some reason my email didn't get the updates.

The tank: not started yet as I've worked 10-12.5hrs/day for the last 18 days. Probably would make more sense to pay have it built! I still am going tackle myself though.

It'll be 3/8" w polished/beveled edges and GE1200 black.
Cheers

[ScubaSteve]

Originally Posted by ner'T'

Hi,

Sorry everyone!

I didn't see all of the new replies... For some reason my email didn't get the updates.

The tank: not started yet as I've worked 10-12.5hrs/day for the last 18 days. Probably would make more sense to pay have it built! I still am going tackle myself though.

It'll be 3/8" w polished/beveled edges and GE1200 black.
Cheers

I'm going to take a crack at this in about 2 weeks or so. I'll let you know how it goes!

[toytech]

Those vids where great , very informative. The only problem with them being in Japanese is i was expecting a ninja or robot attack the whole time and it just never happened .