Plywood Tanks with Glass from 4' 110

I have a 4' 110 that I bought for $50 because it leaks. The seals are crap and need to be completely stripped out. I was going to do that and reseal the tank to just have the one 110, then an idea struck me.

I'm going to use the glass from the 110 to build plywood tanks (probably 5). I have not measured the glass thickness, but I think it's 1/2" so I'll go with that for now.

Here's the glass I'll have: (measurements are guestimates, I'll verify later)

(2) 48" x 30"
(2) 18" x 30"
(1) 48" x 18"

If you had this glass available to you, what tanks would you build?

I'm leaning towards 24" as the front to back dimension. Then basing the rest of each tank off of the glass that goes with it.

Maybe something like this*:

60"x34"x24" for the 48"x30" pieces = 212 gallons (6" braces on left & right)
42"x24"x24" for the 18"x30" pieces = 105 gallons (6" braces on left & right)
60"x24"x24" for the 48"x18" piece = 150 gallons (6" braces on left & right)

* may need to be revised for structural integrity

This would give me 5 plywood tanks with 784 gallons total instead of one all glass tank with 110 gallons.

Ok, so now you get to tear it apart and put it back together with your expertise. Thanks in advance for your input.

I'm going to be talking with my friend Jack about my plan tonight. He has some ideas that he wants to describe to me. He has two 2000+ gallon plywood and glass tanks in his house.

The three tanks I listed were off the top of my head ideas for what I could possible make with the glass pieces I listed. I'm open to suggestions using those glass pieces.

eh1421;1168875; said:

this is what i would do but on a smaller scale
this is my design for my plywood tank using the glass from my 135 gal tank



mike

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I'm working with 1/2" glass, so would that be able to hold under the pressure of 975 gallons?