How Heavy would a 90 Gallon Acrylic tank weigh?

Puff · #1 07-06-2006, 01:46 AM

im just trying to work out a rough estimate of how heavy the tank would be....then i can calculate the weight of the water, etc.

damn..i have no clue how thick the acrylic would be (for the calculator.lol)

great link btw. thanks

i know a glass 90 gallon tank is about 1040lbs when full...

so should i just take 100lbs off of the glass weight to get a rough guesstimate?

so around 950lbs?

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #2 07-06-2006, 05:04 AM

I would also guesstimate that it's about half the weight of glass. My wife & I can easily move around the 160g acrylic but no way can she help me move the glass 110g. However, I don't think it's a 100lbs difference for 90g tanks.

Puff · #3 07-08-2006, 02:54 AM

i jsut figured that a glass 55 gallon tank is around 80-90 lbs empty. so a tank a bit under half the side would be almost double the weight. altho im probably totally wrong.lol

would you choose glass or acrylic if you had the choice?

G1GY · #4 07-08-2006, 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Puff

would you choose glass or acrylic if you had the choice?

Glass hands down for me. (Low iron glass if possible)

Acrylic scratches way to easy IMO.

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #5 07-08-2006, 06:23 AM

Glass for a reef tank (coraline algae will lead to lots of scratches when you try to keep the viewing panels clean) & plexi would be fine for a fowlr.