Free BIG Glass For Plywood Tank

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Thats a great find, i'm jealous that you have a glass shop across the street.

I'd have it cut to 28" tall (cutting out the chipped corner), and let them toss the rest of it. Remember that you can make your plywood box a little bigger than your glass, if you had 6" of ply on either side of the glass you could have an 8' tank (much less cutting), 4' front to back and 28" high, which would truely be a monster 96x48x28 = 558 us gallons.

I wish I had a spot for that!
 
kallmond;3948090; said:
Thats a great find, i'm jealous that you have a glass shop across the street.

I'd have it cut to 28" tall (cutting out the chipped corner), and let them toss the rest of it. Remember that you can make your plywood box a little bigger than your glass, if you had 6" of ply on either side of the glass you could have an 8' tank (much less cutting), 4' front to back and 28" high, which would truely be a monster 96x48x28 = 558 us gallons.

I wish I had a spot for that!
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I don't really have a place for one that big ether. I was thinking 24" to 26" max deep x 8' long x 28" tall.
Man am I glad that we got that thing last night. I could not remember if they dumped the dumpster on Thurs. or Fri. morn......well they picked it up at sun up this morn.
I love it when a plan comes togather!:naughty:
 
You probably already know this, but did not see it mentioned in the thread. The length and width of the tank is not much of an issue when it comes to thickness of the glass. The issue is the depth of the tank. Just thought I would throw that in for readers that might not know.
 
Chaz88;3948170; said:
You probably already know this, but did not see it mentioned in the thread. The length and width of the tank is not much of an issue when it comes to thickness of the glass. The issue is the depth of the tank. Just thought I would throw that in for readers that might not know.
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Thanks, I don't know much about building my own tank. This will be my first. So all info I get will be much appreciated.
 
Check out the articles section, theres a couple of guy's who built some pretty awesome tanks.
For the actual construction, frame it up pretty much just like you would a wall, and instead of using drywall, use plywood, 5/8ths or so. Then, cover the seams and screwheads with bondo, and give it all 5 or 6 coats of epoxy to seal it. Use silicone to install front glass, add filtration, water and fish!
Just remember the extreme weight of these tanks. Make sure your floor can handle it. Figure about ten pounds a gallon as a safe weight.
 
kzimmerman;3948230; said:
Check out the articles section, theres a couple of guy's who built some pretty awesome tanks.
For the actual construction, frame it up pretty much just like you would a wall, and instead of using drywall, use plywood, 5/8ths or so. Then, cover the seams and screwheads with bondo, and give it all 5 or 6 coats of epoxy to seal it. Use silicone to install front glass, add filtration, water and fish!
Just remember the extreme weight of these tanks. Make sure your floor can handle it. Figure about ten pounds a gallon as a safe weight.
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You make it sound so easy.
I am in a pier and beam house with hard wood floors. I will be putting the tank next to a load barring wall and going under the house to put solid concrete blocks under each beam that the tank will be setting on. I sould be able to park a car on that part of the floor with no problems.:screwy:
Have you built one of these beast before? If so, got any pics?
Thank you for the info.
 
GermanRam;3947659; said:
Now if I take It back over to the shop to have them cut it down.
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lol. bring a camera. i wanna see the peoples faces when you bring in the glass that was in their dumpster. some people might not appreciate you taking their "trash".
 
I wouldn't try cutting 1/2" thick glass yourself. I had a similar piece I needed cut, and the first 4 glass shops I called wouldn't touch it. In fact, there was only one shop in the city of Indianapolis that I was told had the equipment needed to cut the glass. I took it to them and got the job done. If most glass shops wouldn't try it, I wouldn't recommend trying it yourself.
 
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