swordfish Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 I'll be building my own 10-15 gal. "long" tank soon and want to know how thick the glass is on a standard manufactured tank of coparable volume. Thanks, Jeff Link to comment
NanoBound Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 Just measured mine...it's 2/8ths of an inch thick. Hope this helps. Link to comment
NanoBound Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 ops!!! Made a bo-boo......it's 1/8th of an inch thick....now that I am sure of Link to comment
swordfish Posted July 22, 2003 Author Share Posted July 22, 2003 Thanks. I had no way of accurately meausring one and if I called a glass place, what do they know for sure about aquariums? Building a 15 long is going to be fun, not too hard and relatively cheap also. I've always liked proportions of the 20 long, but to suit my taste I want a fifteen. Since they don't make fifteens in longs or much at all anymore, I think this will be th eperfect solution. Besides, it'll be about 24 in length so it'll accomodate a typical size hood. Jeff Link to comment
NanoBound Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 ok....hold up...the tank measurement I gave you is for a standard 10 gl. If you are having a 15 long built...you may want to find out the thickness on the 15gl. As water and weight volume is sure to differ from the 10gl. I would search through the tank section and find someone that has a tank similar to the one you want to have built, and get there tank deminsions. Just thought you may want to be more safe than sorry. Link to comment
surfy Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 I have an 18 tall and the glass is 1/4" thick. Link to comment
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