720 8x3x4 1" inch thick acrylic under built?

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Wow great pics I understand this method and see the support. About tipping the tank man the thing is so heavy. Jumping in the tank and welding some acrylic squares in all the corners was what my buddy said also. Tank was filled to the top for 7 years running perfect in a commercial building and when i saw it there was barely any bowing at all on the tank.

Thing is the movers lied the tank on its side for transporting it. Anybody know if this could cause damage to it and i will find out after I fill it?
 
wednesday13 said:
If it were mine id glue in some 1" square stock with weldon#40 or #42, lower the waterlevel about 4-5" from the top and fill er up. Not very expensive or alot of time to reinforce it a bit. Well worth a bit of refurb for the future longevity of the tank.

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So I am getting ready to do this. Can I mention if this is correct.

Buy 32 pieces of Acrylic 1 inch by 1 inch and but 4 of them in each corner of the tank and glue them in with weld 42? Or do you mean buying 36 feet of Acrylic 1 inch wide and lining that up on the seams?

My buddy also was gonna lower the tower buy making the over flow box drainage longer to get a nice 6 to 8 inches lower water line.
 
Is there anybody that feels I can forget all this reenforcing work and just fill it to the very top with water :headbang2

Since the tank is an absolute beast anyway and seems like it is a stock thickness our industry standards seem to use?

I was on glass cages and all there tanks are 3/4 inch to 1 inch Acrylic.

Anybody know what is the worst scenario, can an acrylic tank burst creating a giant flood or injuring somebody or would it just bow like crazy?
 
amazontank said:
So I am getting ready to do this. Can I mention if this is correct.

Buy 32 pieces of Acrylic 1 inch by 1 inch and but 4 of them in each corner of the tank and glue them in with weld 42? Or do you mean buying 36 feet of Acrylic 1 inch wide and lining that up on the seams?

My buddy also was gonna lower the tower buy making the over flow box drainage longer to get a nice 6 to 8 inches lower water line.
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Exactly what i meant with the overflow box...i lower the teeth, drill large holes or cut the box down to adjust water levels. As for the acrylic you can use 1"x1" square stock acrylic and glue it on every seam inside the tank. Ill get u a pic of a 450 i did like this.

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You could just fill it up w/o reinforcement but id still lower the water level a bit to relieve some of the bowing/pressure on the seams.

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not sure what you think would happen if it cant support the water. the tank could just pop blowing over 5000lbs of water out along with a huge acrylic panel. it could bow and craze and one day in the future burst. 4' is a lot of height and im no tank builder but my 2' tall acrylic tank built with 1/2" bowed and made me a bit nervous. double the height id figure atleast double the thickness and you are at 7/8". its up to you but i think it would be worth reinforcing
 
amazontank said:
Tank was filled to the top for 7 years running perfect in a commercial building and when i saw it there was barely any bowing at all on the tank.

Is there anybody that feels I can forget all this reenforcing work and just fill it to the very top with water
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I know it may seem like it's ok to fill it right up as-is because it has been set up in the past, but just think of what happens if it breaks. What will you say, "hmm, it hasn't done that before". Just because it hasn't yet doesn't give you a guarantee that you're going to have the same luck as the previous owner. Better safe than sorry IMO.
 
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