Robert H. Tavera
Member
well.. my current tank is 120lx30wx50h is made by 6m glass with frames and two top supports. IMO it´s too narrow and it´s very difficult to make a nice aquascape in it, so i´m goin to build a new one.
i want my new rimless tank because my curret tank has frames and a canopy, and it´s becomming realy anoying to deal with the canopy and the supports each single week when i have to make the maintance work. I want to feel free when i introduce my hands on the tank... and in the past a very nice driftwood pice coudn´t get in because of the top supports... it was frustraiting!!
Also i want to experiment an open-top layout, whit pendant lamps.
And last but not least my curret tank´s glass is know very scratched.... before it was a planted tank it was a cichlid´s tank with some pirahnas and even a turtle.... so you can imagine how the glass looks like.
Another problem that i have is that here in México optiwhite glass is very rare and the only one aviable is 10mm thick.
yesterday i went to a glass store and i saw the regular 12mm float glass and it doesn´t looks bad... but the next one aviable, the 19mm was too green!!
do you think i could make a rimless tank 140x70x50 with a 12mm glass?... if not which is the largest tank i can make rimless with that glass?
theaquatools sais that with 48cm tall the tank needs a glass of 12mm with a safety factor of 7... so i decide to make it 50cm and of course leave 2cm without water,
any comment is apreciated!
i want my new rimless tank because my curret tank has frames and a canopy, and it´s becomming realy anoying to deal with the canopy and the supports each single week when i have to make the maintance work. I want to feel free when i introduce my hands on the tank... and in the past a very nice driftwood pice coudn´t get in because of the top supports... it was frustraiting!!
Also i want to experiment an open-top layout, whit pendant lamps.
And last but not least my curret tank´s glass is know very scratched.... before it was a planted tank it was a cichlid´s tank with some pirahnas and even a turtle.... so you can imagine how the glass looks like.
Another problem that i have is that here in México optiwhite glass is very rare and the only one aviable is 10mm thick.
yesterday i went to a glass store and i saw the regular 12mm float glass and it doesn´t looks bad... but the next one aviable, the 19mm was too green!!
do you think i could make a rimless tank 140x70x50 with a 12mm glass?... if not which is the largest tank i can make rimless with that glass?
theaquatools sais that with 48cm tall the tank needs a glass of 12mm with a safety factor of 7... so i decide to make it 50cm and of course leave 2cm without water,
any comment is apreciated!