Flipping a tank on it's side

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pingpong

pingpong

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Does anyone see any problems with taking a 36"l x 12"w x 24"h and turning it on it's side to create a 36"l x 24"w x 12"h tank? I'd remove one of 36"x24"the faces and use it as a lid, then use a piece of 1/4" or 3/8" glass from a broken tank to create the new front pane. The end result would be a nice tank for my bichirs. Thanks!
 
pingpong;1014195; said:
Does anyone see any problems with taking a 36"l x 12"w x 24"h and turning it on it's side to create a 36"l x 24"w x 12"h tank? I'd remove one of 36"x24"the faces and use it as a lid, then use a piece of 1/4" or 3/8" glass from a broken tank to create the new front pane. The end result would be a nice tank for my bichirs. Thanks!
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should be fine as itl have less sideways pressure at a foot compared to 2 foot high . id recon just strip the tank and clean it up/resilicon rather than just putting a side in it though.
 
Have a look at how the seams are glued together. If there is an obvious silicone joint between the panes, then you are good to go. If they are glued, it will look like the two panes touch. In this case, there is no room to get the razor blade in between them. As you cut out the pane of glass, the edges will chip or break. Plus your fingers will ache for days from holding the razor blade.
 
Oh, there is also the issue of how the bottom is put on. They are not put on with the intentions of having the frame removed (though not hard). The frame hides the ugly down there.
 
CHOMPERS;1014348; said:
Oh, there is also the issue of how the bottom is put on. They are not put on with the intentions of having the frame removed (though not hard). The frame hides the ugly down there.
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Thanks for the advise guys.

The tank's going in my fishroom so it doesn't have to be pretty. I'll check again when I get home but so far most of the used tanks I've taken apart didn't put up a big fight. It was tricky to get them started but once the blade was in, they split quite easily. Hopefully this one's no different. I'll give the tank a good cleaning first and re-silicone all the seams.
 
I have to agree with portabuddy, the bottom glass on the tank is where the four sides of the tank walls come and sit on top of the base. If you just flip the tank on its side and silicone a piece to create a new wall you could put differnt stresses on the tank and have it burst. I would just rebuild the tank itself.
 
Thanks for the additional input.

It sounds like it might be a bigger project than I thought. I was hoping I wouldn't have to rebuild it. Hopefully I can rebuild it without having to trim any of the glass (I haven't been to good with a glass cutter).

I guess I'll just have to leave it till I have more time to work on in. Thanks again!
 
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