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Re: fish rooms
Yeah, I went for a triple brace AND side supports on the 115 because
the glass is only 10mm thick and I was worried about the depth at 60cm.
Anyway, it's held up so far (6months and counting...). I was just
interested to see what an American 30 long would have for glass
thickness. I can get 5mm glass at rock bottom prices, but as soon as
you start using anything more unusual, it starts ot get very much more
expensive.
C:-)lin
----- Mensaje Original -----
De: Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>
Fecha: Viernes, Marzo 9, 2001 4:34 pm
Asunto: Re: fish rooms
> 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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