doddle69 Posted October 5, 2009 Report Share Posted October 5, 2009 ok so im getiing a new fish tank made its 1500mm L, 600 H 380D im not sure if i should get it made out of 8mm or 10mm glass glass man told me 8mm will be ok. is that true and what braces will it need im kinda new to this. cheers david Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zayne Posted October 5, 2009 Report Share Posted October 5, 2009 personally i would go 10mm to be on the safe side just the top bracing and the bottom inside bracing should be enough i think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32GOTMLK Posted October 5, 2009 Report Share Posted October 5, 2009 +1 for 10mm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted October 5, 2009 Report Share Posted October 5, 2009 Yeah 10mm for a 600H tank, if the tank was 380H and 600W then you might get away with 8mm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted October 5, 2009 Report Share Posted October 5, 2009 That's an odd sized tank. If I was you, I'd make it deeper and shallower. They look funny skinny and tall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted October 5, 2009 Report Share Posted October 5, 2009 and if you are going to be putting cichlids in the tank the bigger the better - the wider you can go the better espically if you are going to be putting rockwork in the tank. and if you have rocks the stronger the glass the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 I have a 2ft cube as of today. Being 60cm high it's made out of (what looks like) 10mm glass with euro bracing. Go with the 10mm, and a bigger surface area/footprint if possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos & Siran Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 The higher you make it the gruntier the light needed to penetrate for plants, deeper and shallower makes life easier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddle69 Posted October 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 making it deeper means a new stand. n i cnt be bothered making a stand thanks for the info guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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