problem with long aquarium

[Ivo Katrafilov]

Hi all
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I need some help. I have a room for 3,5 m. ~ 12' aquarium. But over the stairs to the room can't pass more then 1,8 m. glass. Is it possible somehow the front and back glass to be made of two parts?

Thanks for the help.

 

[joe jaskot]

Of course it is possible. Have you ever seen a hexagon or an octagon tank. They are made with multiple pieces of glass.

 

[Ivo Katrafilov]

In Octagon glass are angled relative to each other. Here the glasses is in one line, and at this length, the bottom will be at least two parts.
If someone can give me a rough diagram i'll be grateful.

 

[David R]

Is it not possible to get the glass in thru a window?

I think you'll need some sort of steel/timber/cement frame if you want to have the front made of two panels of glass, and joining the base would be even more of a problem. How about two 6' tanks with the ends together?

 

[F1 VET]

Just build it in the room where u want it... Am I missing something? I usually am lol




Go S. Vettel #1 rb8

 

[ToolMan78]

Even if you build it in the room, you need to get the huge panes into the room. Not to mention if you want to remove it your kind of screwed. Do you want an all glass tank? If so, I would build 2 halves with open ends where they meet and wrap the ends that connect with a frame to reinforce the glass and bind to two halves. At that size there may be considerable savings in building a wood tank with front viewing windows. In which case It might be best to have 3 panes to get the glass down to a more manageable size.

 

[projectile]

Even if you build it in the room, you need to get the huge panes into the room. Not to mention if you want to remove it your kind of screwed. Do you want an all glass tank? If so, I would build 2 halves with open ends where they meet and wrap the ends that connect with a frame to reinforce the glass and bind to two halves. At that size there may be considerable savings in building a wood tank with front viewing windows. In which case It might be best to have 3 panes to get the glass down to a more manageable size.

with this approach you can save on glass thickness and hence the cost too, i have made a 21 X 4 X 3.5 ft tank with 3 panes 12mm glass of 8 ft each as it was the largest glass size available !

 

[Ivo Katrafilov]

with this approach you can save on glass thickness and hence the cost too, i have made a 21 X 4 X 3.5 ft tank with 3 panes 12mm glass of 8 ft each as it was the largest glass size available !

It will be interesting to see this monster!

 

[projectile]

Here you go !


There was a typo earlier 7ft glass panes x3

Holds 1900gallons .
Been running for 4 years now.
We later built a large canopy over the entire tank to prevent leaves from falling in and to put lights.


No monster fish though, its a planted tank

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[Ivo Katrafilov]

Looks great. This would be most likely option for my tank. Do you have pictures of the metal structure? I'm interested mainly welds on the corners and how are joined three parts. What metal profiles are used? I guess between the metal and glass is silicon.