glass thickness for sump baffles

[dannieman]

im turning a 30gal tank into a sump and was wondering how thick i needed the glass baffles/walls to be. the local hardware store only carries 1/16 thick glass. is that alright? or should i be looking for at least 1/8?

 

[DIDYSIS]

I would do an 1/8th but 1/16th might work. That is thin. Check your local glass places.

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[bozatron]

1/8 would be best as 1/16 is very thin IMO. if you cant get glass locally, what about acrylic? I have made one recently using a glass tank and acrylic baffles because I had some spare acrylic lying around.

 

[dannieman]

yeah i had to call around to find 1/8 its a bit of a drive but its for a good cause

 

[Coel03]

Has anyone tried cutting apart the cheapo plastic bins and using the walls bottom etc for baffles?


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[dannieman]

never heard of anyone building a sump using plastic baffles but you can be the first? lol

 

[Coel03]

I wonder why, is there any reason they wouldn't work other than their flexibility? I mean if your only making a sump with 12" baffles?


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[trick1441]

In my sump I have acrylic baffles. They are only 1/8th of an inch thick. I've had no problem with mine. People say acrylic doesn't hold well to glass but mine has no flexing. If there is water on each side of the baffle there isn't much force being put on the baffle wall.


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[iwiied]

use acrylic i have glass baffles and 2 of them broke after about 4 years of usage

 

[Coel03]

I wasn't even thinking acrylic, you know those plastic tubs was gonna buy them and cut apart. And sorry to the op for hijacking a little. But I also agree with using acrylic or plastic vs glass


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