lucy Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 Is a safety factor of say 1.8 OK. I understand that if it is less than 1 there is a chance of a tank breaking but what would be ideal. In laymans terms what does it mean please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 Hi Lucy If you click on the blue banner at the top of the page it will take you to the homepage. If you hover your cursor over 'Technical' you'll get a drop down and you'll see where to go from there HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 as i understand it a safety factor of 1 would be a minimum for glass thickness as to size of panes so when full of water it might handle the odd light tap or knock i have used a safety factor of 3 for our tanks as they are on public display which i hope means they should be able to handle 3x the impact or 3 x safer than the minimom requirement that said i don't think any tank that is full will stand a good whack with a hard, pointed object this is just my opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc360 Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 yeah its one of those grey areas eh??? ive watched conversations here on the forum where there have been so many conflicting views. Like Mark said a safety factor of 3 would be good. Mines not. Barrie is a glassier i think and can offer some expertise on the subject. i think most tanks are at least 8mm thick and are pretty well put together these days, with nice bracing. Im more worried about the silicon springing a leak. Logic does say the longer your in this hobby the more chance you have of hearing about or experiencing a cracked tank. I know someone who has had this expensive experience. (new carpet material) Since ive been a member of this forum ive been surprised by the number of cracked tanks people have had. On another forum there was this whole debate about whether or not you need to support the base of the tank or you can get away with just supporting the outer edge of it. Does it keep you awake at night??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 You may get away with a lot of things in fish keeping (and you may not). It is a matter of wether you and your insurance company want to take the risk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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