how hard?

[card16969]

go here they are basically the bible when it comes to designing tanks lol, the calculator will give you our cut sheets..... http://www.garf.org/tank/buildtank.asp

[Simona586]

i did the garf thing and it says i could use 1/2 thickness and i was reading because its 24 inchs 1/2 would work if i do top with cut out holes... idk tho because ive never done this before

[adalius]

His calculator is wonky. If you tell it you want to build a tank that's 24 x 48 x 120, it says it doesn't recommend building a tank over 96 inches long, but if you tell it you want to build one thats 24 x 120 x 48, then it's fine with it. It also seems 1/2" is the thickest that it'll recommend.

[card16969]

i did the garf thing and it says i could use 1/2 thickness and i was reading because its 24 inchs 1/2 would work if i do top with cut out holes... idk tho because ive never done this before

it says you can use 1/2 but thats bare minimum, when i went to a tank designer for building my new tank with the volume of water 5/8 is what they said is safer

[adalius]

I'd still do what I suggested before and get a drawing together of what you're thinking of doing, toss it online on a couple different forums, and let the masses do the thinking for you. They'll find problems/solutions before you even think of them.

[Simona586]

yea im deff gonna do that!!

[tazzy695]

heck man if you are building it in place why not do glass it is much easier then acrilic and being built in place you don't have to worry about weight or moving it

[jimsflies]

It might be worth pointing out that the cost of the tank is the one of least expensive parts of this hobby IMO. 400+ gallons of reef will require some substantial pumps and lighting depending on what you are going to keep. Not to mention, the cost of livestock to fill it up.

Not to talk you out of a 400 gallon tank, cause I'd love to see you build it and post it up on our site. However, if cost is an issue at this point in the game, you may want to price out everything and make sure you know where your going.

[Myteemouse]

All more important than the seems . is the preparation of the edges.. and then the welding of the seems with NO air bubbles..

I bought my 125 acrylic and is was 1000$$ I would do it again for the insurance of knowing if it pops it's got a company backing it..

[Myteemouse]

yea i was reading this page and prolly doing exactly how this guy did it



http://www.duboisi.com/diy/BNdiytank/bndiytank.htm

and use 1/2


EDIT: yea i no my dad wants to make a sweet as tank in the basement he worse than me!

one problem with this dudes tank is, the brace on top,.. those corners are gonna crack. he needs to do big rounded corners..
Heres the top of my 125. ,,.60 " long 24" wide check out the corners of the braceing