Sorry to hear about your incident. I am paranoid about these stuffs so I only keep one tanks in the house. The rest of the tanks stay in the garage.
Oh yeah...just paid them a visit and asked them to redp the whole thank to an overkill 1" thick and put some euro bracing on top. Doin everything I can to avoid a spill
damn 1" will be a back breaker. You better be strong like Hulk or have a friend to help you. My fore arms felt like they were going to snap when I lifted a 4x2x2 120 1/2" glass all around.Oh yeah...just paid them a visit and asked them to redp the whole thank to an overkill 1" thick and put some euro bracing on top. Doin everything I can to avoid a spill
MarcN.
What are the dimensions on this tank? Did I see correctly you are going 1"? Is this just regular plate glass? If so you may not like the effect the thick glass can create. You may see a noticeable green tinge to everything. This is where a low iron glass would do better, at least for your front panel.
My tank is 300g (96x30x24) all glass, with bottom panel being 3/4" and all sides at 5/8" and it weighed a lot. Took eight people to move it into my house! This tank out of 1" will be a monster!
i would go acrylic for any tank over 150g. I am too old to lift big glass tanks.
Nailed it with scratching. It was a constant polishing battle going on. Even with the most gentle of cleanings with 'acrylic' scrubbers and soft microfiber it always looked bad. I spent more time on it than my big tank.
