Glasscages.com aquarium question
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Never had any problems with mine from them, it's a 240gallon long 96x24x25. It survived a move from another city 300+ miles away in a trailer sitting on the trailer floor with just a blanket between it and the floor. DIY stand without foam under it just a sheet of 3/4" MDF for a solid surface across the top of my stand.
Is the tank built from 1/2" glass? I talked to Charlie from the FishTankFactory and he stressed that they won't build anything over around 25" in height from 1/2". I am looking for a 72x30x30 and he said that they would use 3/4". It really boosts the price, but this tank is going into my living room, so a leak would be disastrous.
Dan Feller;3876565; said:
I could not get anything like a decent picture, but yes, the 31" tall 90G is 1/2" thick glass!
Sorry for the crappy photo quality. You'll just have to trust me. 1/2"
I don't think glass thickness is the problem.
Aqueon and Oceanic use 1/2" glass for their 150's, 180's and 220's and have been doing so for about 15 years now.
the 150's and 220's are about 30" tall (29.5" to be exact).
and they make some of the best tanks around.
my Aqueon 150g for example is 29.5" tall made with 1/2" thick glass and it is solid.
they are however, braced.
at around 30" in height 1/2" glass with no braces is not good as far as I know.
because back in the early 90's when the tanks were built braceless, they would use 5/8" or 3/4" for this height.
braceless tanks in the 90's up to 24" in height were made using 1/2" glass though.
but over that, as I mentioned, they would go thicker.
is your 31" tall 90g braced??
if not, then yes, I could see this being an issue. at 31" in height with 1/2" glass it should be braced as far as I understand.
but if properly braced, then I doubt this was a factor in the problem..
Aqueon and Oceanic use 1/2" glass for their 150's, 180's and 220's and have been doing so for about 15 years now.
the 150's and 220's are about 30" tall (29.5" to be exact).
and they make some of the best tanks around.
my Aqueon 150g for example is 29.5" tall made with 1/2" thick glass and it is solid.
they are however, braced.
at around 30" in height 1/2" glass with no braces is not good as far as I know.
because back in the early 90's when the tanks were built braceless, they would use 5/8" or 3/4" for this height.
braceless tanks in the 90's up to 24" in height were made using 1/2" glass though.
but over that, as I mentioned, they would go thicker.
is your 31" tall 90g braced??
if not, then yes, I could see this being an issue. at 31" in height with 1/2" glass it should be braced as far as I understand.
but if properly braced, then I doubt this was a factor in the problem..
My existing 96x24x24(1/2" thick) acrylic weighs maybe 150 lbs certainly not 200. I would have guessed a 96x36x25 at maybe 200 , 250 tops. As for a glass equivalent. I received the following reply from FishTank Factory:Venom SS;3875364;3875364 said:
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There is a big discrepancy between 290 pounds and 1800 pounds. Is it possible that your math is off or does 290 lbs indicate a poorly built tank ? Maybe the 290 figure is wrong, but you wouldn't think so as they build them for a living.
I can pick this tank up by myself, and I am an old fart. I forget how old I think 45 (12-29-1964). I did uber shatter the benchpress record a million years ago in High School days at Westminster, and had no problem benchpressing 3X my body weight in practice, (Long before the teeny Chinese dude officially became the first human being to accomplish the feat in 1984!
With that said, unless I have retained super strength after a million years of not working out, that tank is no more then 200 pounds. Hell I doubt that either of the 135's (72"L x 18"W x 25"T) are anywhere in the vacinity of 350 pounds. After the ()G high catastrophe I had not had one of the two 135's setup yet and decided to place the 3/4" styrafoam under the tank before filling it. I held the tank up one end at a time while my best buddy positioned the styrafoam under the tank.
I seriously appreciate you guys boosting my ego though! Oh hell yea I'd like to go with I can hold up the end of a half ton aquarium. Striking my favorite HULK pose!
With that said, unless I have retained super strength after a million years of not working out, that tank is no more then 200 pounds. Hell I doubt that either of the 135's (72"L x 18"W x 25"T) are anywhere in the vacinity of 350 pounds. After the ()G high catastrophe I had not had one of the two 135's setup yet and decided to place the 3/4" styrafoam under the tank before filling it. I held the tank up one end at a time while my best buddy positioned the styrafoam under the tank.
I seriously appreciate you guys boosting my ego though! Oh hell yea I'd like to go with I can hold up the end of a half ton aquarium. Striking my favorite HULK pose!
bob965;3873969; said:
Dogone I hate to admit when I am wrong! I checked BOTH of the larger stands and BOTH were bowed (front to back not side to side) like a M.F.
I did my W.C's today, and jacked these babys up with a 10 to hydrolic jack and placed 4 more supports on each. I got bent on the "3/4" oak" board support for the smaller rack that the tank crack happened on.
My brother is a cabinet maker for a living and said "nope, Pine"! He pointed out cracks on the profile of the "oak board".
Hey Bob, when I'm wrong, I'm wrong! I feel so much better now that I know that it was nothing more then my own stupidity, that I am now 100% ready to contact the company with high hopes but abso0lute ZERO expectations!
