My 55 Gal tank with 5mm glass!

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Ahsan Ali

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I am building a new 55 US gallon tank. Its 4 feet long 18 inches wide and 15 inches high. The bottom glass is 8mm and all the other are 5mm. I will make 3 top supports of 8mm, are 3 inches wide and 15 inches long. And there are 4 additional supports on the botton 13 inches long joinging the side and bottom and 3 feet long joining the front and botton and back and bottom.

Will it work or should I get 8mm glass for sides, front and back.

I thought this would work because I already have a 35 US gallon aquarium made of 5mm. Its 18 inches high and 30 inches long and 15 inches wide. And I have this one for 7 years now. I was 3 feet long but was leaking when I bought it second hand. After 2 years I had it shortened to 30 inches (2 1/2 feet). I has worked ever since.
 
5mm is approximately 0.196 inches.......

Check out some of the online documentation for tanks that have 18" of depth.
 
Mystix212;1146440; said:
I would go 2mm thicker. If you had heavy fish that may ram into the tank, chances are they MAY break it.
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I agree, Go with 7mm. That would be over 1/4 inch glass, which is what my 55g is made from(factory made).
 
Yeah I guess I should go for thicker glass. I am going to buy 8mm. I had already added the supports to the bottom glass and I have to first seperate them from the bottom. It is harder the get them out.
 
why build a 55? much cheaper to just buy one already made. i'd just either build quite a bigger tank, or make the tank just better dimensions then a standard 55 or buy a 55.
 
What dimensions are you saying it should be built. Why is there anything wrong with standard 55 dimensions. Its cheap to build one then to buy one.
 
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