Re: fish rooms

[Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>]

Colin,

Glass thickness depends more of tank depth than length. Tanks less than 12"/30cm
deep usually are made of what is called "double strength" plate glass here in the
US. That's about 3/16" or 5mm thick. Tanks that are 16"/40cm deep use a minimum
of 1/4" plate glass. In Spain I imagine it's 7mm. Anything over 1 meter in length
should have a cross brace on the top to prevent the glass from bowing. Tanks with
full frames can get away with slightly thinner glass because the glass is not the
structural support for the tank like in all glass aquaria.

Mike Wise

"M.LIEBANES" wrote:

> I'm sorry to ask this question so late in proceedings, but I'm very
> much into D.I.Y and it's been nagging away at me ever since I read this
> posting; what is the glass thickness? I'm about to move house and want
> to build a fully kitted fish room and thought that the 10s 20s and 30s
> all sounded interesting, especially such a long low one as a 30 long!
> can you specify the thickness of glass on these tanks as I'd like to
> have a go at building a batch (so far I've rebuilt a 20 high and a
> 115). If anyone is interested I have some photos of the 115 in process
> of rebuilding. Someday I'll get round to putting them on a web site
> (but not now, I've got too many things on my plate).
> C:-)lin.
> PS my next BIG tank will be a 2m x1.2m x0.4m tank, but that'll also
> have to wait...
>
>
> ----- Mensaje Original -----
> De: Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>
> Fecha: Miercoles, Marzo 7, 2001 1:57 am
> Asunto: Re: fish rooms
>
> > Brian,
> >
> > I've bred all of my apistos in tanks ranging from 5 - 20 gallon
> > longs. My largest
> > tanks are 30 gallon longs, but these are grow out and community
> > tanks. My
> > favorite tanks for pairs of small apistos are some 11 gallon
> > rodent tanks (18 x
> > 14 x 10" / 45 x 35 x 25cm). If money were no object, I'd invest in
> > a room full of
> > 30 gallon breeders (36 x 18 x 12" / 90 x 45 x 30cm). These rare
> > tanks have a lot
> > of surface without a lot of unnecessary height.
> >
> > Mike Wise
> >
> > Brian Berggoetz wrote:
> >
> > > I am considering adding more tanks for apistos.  In the past I
> > have had
> > > large tanks for small fish but I'm considering small tanks for small
> > > fish.  What is a good size tank if I put a bunch on a rack?
> > Also when
> > > going smaller do you stil use dithers and plants, etc.?  Are ten
> > gallon> tanks too small for proper care?
> > > bb
> > >
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