very cool thanks for the link. When the sides get larger, causing the gallons held to dramatically increase the thickness of the glass increases. Makes sense. What type of glass are you using?
275 gallon oil tank into a fish tank
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now this makes sense when its a whole side? But what about just a window? Is the pressure the same? I mean I was going to go with 1/2 inch anyways. Just wanted to know if I could get away with something thinner.
It seems to me that if the window is going to be very small you could get away with thinner glass, but if it's most of the side I'd stick with the 1/2". But I have to admit, I'm no expert, and certainly no physicist!
exactly. the last thing you want is to spend a bunch of time and money on the tank, fall in love with your fish, and then worry about all of it. I know with my plywood build I did double what I needed to on everything just because I wanted the peace of mind.
T Tyyost1697 btw, if you're buying a custom sheet of glass, go with glasscages.com. They do custom sheets for way way cheaper than any other site I found, and I've read good things about them
Here's my next question is a 250ish gallon tank big enough for 7 or 8 flathead catfish (at least that's what I think they are)
If they're North American Flatheads I don't think you could keep even one in there long term, they're really pond fish, minimum of 700 gallons. The get monstrous in the wild - up to 5', and even if it only got 2' in an aquarium that tank wouldn't be big enough for a single specimen. Catfish are bottom dwellers and thus footprint of the tank is more important than gallonage, so the tall build of a 275 gallon oil tank is essentially the equivalent of a 100 gallon tank, since the cats will only use the bottom. Also, I think they're very competitive in the home aquarium, and several of them may quarrel. If you only plan to keep them until they outgrow your tank, I would recommend against it. The bigger a monster cat gets the harder it is to get rid of. I had to get rid of an overly aggressive Red Tail Catfish that was only 10" and it was very hard to find a proper home.
Do you have pics you could post?
Do you have pics you could post?
I found them in a creek the other day and seeing as I keep my aquarium cool (about the same temperature as the creek) I decided to try and keep them. I feed them algae wafers and small feeder fish and crayfish (I keep them in a small tank). But I am extremely fascinated with them and don't really want to get fid of them so i am willing to build a tank for them. But I'm not sure what they are. So I don't know there full grown size
