Acrylic thickness

[Rodders02]

I'm thinking about buying an 8ft x 3ft x 4ft (l x w x h) acrylic tank, however the sides are only 15mm thick (0.6"), is this going to be enough? If not is 15mm acrylic thick enough for an 8 x 4 x 3? Cheers

 

[squint]

Probably not...higher end 8x2x2' are 0.708" thick.

 

[M@T!@$]

I'm thinking about buying an 8ft x 3ft x 4ft (l x w x h) acrylic tank, however the sides are only 15mm thick (0.6"), is this going to be enough? If not is 15mm acrylic thick enough for an 8 x 4 x 3? Cheers

At 4ft height I heard it should be at like 1"-1 1/4" or so

 

[esoxlucius]

All i can say is, WOW!

 

[Steve_C]

I agree with the others that would be too thin for that height. My acrylic 240g is 30" H and with the 1/2" thickness I have it bows about 1". Normal for a 1/2" panel that tall but still, 48" is a lot taller and .6" is pretty much the same as 1/2" give or take. I would want much thicker than that. If you look at some of the acrylic thickness calculators online they all call for 1.5" -1.750" for a tank that size.

 

[M@T!@$]

This is what can happen when it’s too thin

 

[Steve_C]

Wow that video is friggin scary!

 

[phreeflow]

That was a crazy video!

The taller the tank, the thicker the acrylic needs to be

 

[Rodders02]

Crikey that’s not what I want! Thanks everyone, i Guess I’ll have to cut the tank down to 30”