Need opinions on this acrylic cube

sphelps · #1 10-28-2009, 03:21 PM

It's not likely extruded because the heat from bending the corners would have caused stress cracks when the solvent was applied. Extruded also isn't much cheaper than continuous cast when it comes to thicknesses of 3/8" or more.

Mrfish55 · #2 10-28-2009, 03:40 PM

The listing does state it is cell cast but looking at how tight the radius is on the corners I would suspect they are glued up and then machined to give the rounded edge, my old tank was 1/2" bent and the corners were nowhere near as tight as those look. Perhaps an e-mail to the seller could clarify the construction of this cast cube

Ryan · #3 10-28-2009, 03:45 PM

14" deep with 3/8 glass and there will be bowing??? I dont think so.

sphelps · #4 10-28-2009, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Ryan

14" deep with 3/8 glass and there will be bowing??? I dont think so.

It's acrylic, pay attention

Ryan · #5 10-28-2009, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by sphelps

It's acrylic, pay attention

Its 14 inches deep, 16" long and 3/8" thick there might be 13.5" of water in it bust most likely 13" there isnt alot of pressure, that acrylic isnt going to bend.

sphelps · #6 10-28-2009, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Ryan

Its 14 inches deep, 16" long and 3/8" thick there might be 13.5" of water in it bust most likely 13" there isnt alot of pressure, that acrylic isnt going to bend.

You're right what do I know about a few mm of deflection

spikehs · #7 10-28-2009, 07:42 PM

Cool graphs! How'd you do those up? If i'me reading it correctly the 16x16x14 should (in theory) only deflect 1mm?

Submited an offer to him, so I should have the tank in the next couple of weeks!

EDIT: He just accepted it, whoot. $90 instead of the listed $114, almost takes care of the extra shipping cost to canada

spikehs · #8 10-28-2009, 06:50 PM

Got a message back from the seller, shipping is an extra $30. So all in all it comes to $190. From what I had investigated previously, it seems like a great deal. I wanted to get a small starphire rimless cube, and I believe the quote I got a while ago was much more (without shipping)

I think i'm going to go for it, I'll let you guys know how it turns out.

spikehs · #9 10-28-2009, 03:46 PM

domestic cell cast it is. I'll ask him about the construction and see what he says. A few people over at RC have his tanks and are very impressed with them. The price seems reasonable to me.

mike31154 · #10 10-28-2009, 04:15 PM

I don't own an acrylic tank, but have always been curious about buffing out or removing scratches on them if you do end up making an error. Sounds like a great argument that this can be done, but for the scratches on the inside, near the bottom, who's willing to empty their tank in order to do this? Especially on a very large one. Not a big deal on a nano, or maybe it is. Still stress on the inhabitants and then trying to figure out how to keep the mess to a minimum.

I've also never been a fan of any bow front or bent corner tank, glass or acrylic. Looks kind of pleasing with the round contours, but there's generally a more distorted view through that part of the tank.