Really scared about glass tanks now!

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
Glass + styrofoam = no problems :)
 
Bottom line to all you plexi haters.. You get what you pay for. If you get a cheap local built tank it might fail. if you get a tank made by a real company like Tenecor I think you will be hard pressed to find a failure example in their tanks.

Not saying it never happened, but if you compare similar companies like Tenecor to Oceanic/All-glass you will find a significantly higher failure rate on the glass tanks.

Just because someone moron builds a 250 gallon 30" tall tank out of 3/8" acrylic doesn't mean the failure is the fault of the acrylic itself.
 
VLDesign;2288980; said:
Just because someone moron builds a 250 gallon 30" tall tank out of 3/8" acrylic doesn't mean the failure is the fault of the acrylic itself.
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Careful, just because someone builds a 250 gallon tank out of glass doesn't mean it is the fault of the glass or the silicon when it fails either. Maybe it was the fault of the person who built it or the person who set it up.

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Bottome line is, glass or acrylic, sometimes tanks just fail. In a reality, glass probably fails more than acrylic, but glass is cheaper. In any case, it all depends on personal opinion. I personally like both and have both.
 
wow its a good thing i saw this thread, well i have a question how much weight can be put on the bottom of a 55 gallon, cuz i have abut 100 pounds on the bottom of my 55 and i was wondering with water and the gravel and the decor rocks can the tank hold all that and my stand is very strong, and i know this because i put about 2000 pounds of rocks on it to test but what about the 55 can the bottom hold the weight
 
drb;2288601; said:
I would like to see a response to "Almost everyone uses styrofoam under their tanks" I dont think you will get many responses! In any case what kind of styrofoam what grade, thickness, where do you get it, lets have some detail!
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I use styro on my 220gal. It's 1/2" high density used as siding insulation from Home Depot. I look at it as a $10 insurance policy. As stated before it doesn't compress much at all and will protect against little imperfections like high spots. My tank wieghts roughly 2,300-2,400lbs. If you read the forum you will see many people with large tanks DO use it.

pounder;2288624; said:
first of all what brand of tank is this? you said it was new and to my knowledge all of the big manufactures use tempered glass and tempered glass does not crack it shatters. if your stand was even I would highly recommend you take back the tank to the store. plexi or glass I have read many horror stories about both on the internet.
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Not all tanks, especially large ones - so they can be drilled. If you try to drill tempered glass you wont get a hole, just little pieces of tank :WHOA:
 
drb;2288601; said:
I would like to see a response to "Almost everyone uses styrofoam under their tanks" I dont think you will get many responses! In any case what kind of styrofoam what grade, thickness, where do you get it, lets have some detail!
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I have used styrofoam under all of my tanks with no problems. Every lfs I've been to has styrofoam under all of their tanks (a lot of tanks). In fact, I don't think that I have ever seen a tank without styrofoam. That doesn't mean there aren't any, but in my experience it is very common. I just use the 1" styrofoam that comes in 4' x 8' sheets from Home Depot. I can see no down side to using it, so why not? Just my 2 cents ...;)
 
12 Volt Man;2291282; said:
in browsing the photo gallery of this site and AC for quite a while over the last year or so, it seems as though foam is not really that common.
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I've seen plenty of tanks on here with it. But to make a point, can you see it on my tank? It's there. As creative as the people are on this site it isn't that hard to hide it even when it's in plain view.
 
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