[Guest]

I have built tanks using 1/4 inch acrylic. I am now going to be building a tank that is 24x24x30. I am going to be using glass for the sides. What thickness glass should be used?

 

[dmartin72]

3/8?

 

[FCA]

1/4" should be fine since it isn't going to be filled with water.

 

[Darks!de]

I have a 36 x 24 x 30 and the sides are 1/4 while the bottom is 3/8"

Luke

 

[Guest]

any reason behind using a thinner bottom?

 

[dmartin72]

3/8" is thicker than 1/4"

 

[Guest]

lol im heading for the coffee now.

 

[dmartin72]

Coffee :lol:

 

[FCA]

3/8" is thicker than 1/4"

LOL :lol:

 

[Guest]

I am using 3/16 for my tanks that are 32x30x20, sliding glass fronts, so the can never be filled with water. I am using the egg-crate false bottom to keep weigh to a minimum.

 

[dartsanddragons]

sliding fronts

Ben
Where are you getting the hardware for the sliding fronts? Do you have any pics?

Thanks Scott

 

[Guest]

Hey Scott,

I got the track from OutWater and been playing with the idea for a few months. We built a test tank awhile back and I love it. Only have a few pictures right now.

New tank, size with a lot of work to be done.
And the smaller prototype....

Sorry the pics don't show much.

 

[Guest]

Could you post a close up door. This is the part that i am mulling over in my head.

 

[aattea]

I have not built a tank from scratch, but I have rebuilt tanks to be front opening and made tracks from 1/4 inch aluminum U's you can buy at Home depot or Ace. I used 1/4 inch glass for the front and added a felt strip to the bottom of the U to make it slide better. Just another idea. You can see a couple pics in my gallery:

http://dendroboard.com/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=10529&pos=0[/url]

 

[Guest]

Sorry I don't have a close up of the door...
We used a plastic sliding glass door track from Ourwater and it allows the
doors to be removed by picking them up and swinging the bottom out. I will try and get some more pictures posted by monday

 

[Guest]

Great. I look forward to the pictures.

Im trying to replicate the vivaria.nl type of viv. They never have good pics of the sliding u channel they use for the front door.

 

[Guest]

Sorry I haven't taken more pictures yet....
I will try and get it done this week.

 

[Guest]

Here are the pictures in a new thread.
http://www.dendroboard.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=47239#47239