96''x48''x30''-36''? help

[paulW]

i dont like the sound of that lol i just called a place for a quote on 3/4'' x96x40'' and it was over $1000. so either way i think the 30-36'' hight will be my best bet. do you think if i do i could get away with 5/8th''? the bottom of the tank will be either the 30-36'' but the actuall glass wont span the full top to bottom becasue it will sit about 6'' off the bottom. if that makes sence lol

I bought an AquaArt tank 30" high that used 1/2" acyrlic walls instead of 3/4" . At the time, I was a noob, did not know better (Didn't realize that I had to be a tank construction expert to buy a tank).. Anyhow, it worked fine for a few years, then the top cracked due to excessive pressure on the sides (That's what another manufacturer told me, for 30" high you need 3/4" thick walls)..
Super stressful. I had to have a custom built tank made to replace it, took about a month to build and deliver it.
Very stressful to house fish when the big tank is not usable.

The point is.. Please do not try to save a few hundred dollars in construction. If anything, overbuild.
There's no way I would risk 5/8" if I was you.

Heck, your tank is 48" wide.. Mine was only 24" wide.. You might need more than 3/4" (I don't know, I'm just saying, make darn sure it's adequate).

 

[Phixer]

If you want the tank to look like the bags fish come in use less than 1". 1" for 30" height and 1.25 for 36" height. There's a LFS that has one in those dimensions 36" tall made from 1" material and the seams are crazing like crazy (no pun intended).