I m trying to build an Acrylic tank with the following dimension: 48"L 18"H 18"W or maybe have the width would be around 23" . What would be a good thickness ?
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I would say a half inch... just based on seeing other tanks that size and their thickness. I just bought a brand new 150g acrylic, 6 ft long... its a half inch thick.I m trying to build an Acrylic tank with the following dimension: 48"L 18"H 18"W or maybe have the width would be around 23" . What would be a good thickness ?
You need a one piece top, not some scraps cobbled together. Just 29 years of tank building experience talking.I'm going for a very custom look and built a tank that's 64" L x 24" W x 36" tall. I used 1" thick cast acrylic. I'm assuming because of the height I need to use some type of bracing? Will one brace down the middle front to back and one down each side suffice?
Polycast was insanely cost prohibitive, but I did go with Plexiglas-G. I have a 24x64 piece that I can use for a lid. How large of cutouts can I make? It's already going to be a bear to maintain.You need a one piece top, not some scraps cobbled together. Just 29 years of tank building experience talking.
Thanks for sharing. Definitely a valuable reference! Funny that it's a shared document. I did make a sheet on this the other day and was playing around with it. I was under the assumption that a good rule of thumb was 1/2" for 24" height, 3/4" for 30" height etc. Which would put me at 1" for 36". The calculator was recommending 1.25 even with a top which seemed quite conservative. Was looking for some expert recommendations which is why I came here I already built the tank with said dimensions out of 1", so just making sure that with a sound top it won't crumble on me.For reference:
ACRYLITE® - Calculators
www.acrylite.co
Thanks for the info! Given that my tank is only 200G but 36" tall would you still expect deflection? Just asking as I'm NOT the pro. I have a 1" thick piece I'll be making the top out of. With dimensions of 64"x24" and a 1" top, would you still recommend 4" perimeter and 2x 4" cross braces? I've got the piece ready to go, just figuring out how to rout it.As someone that has built my fair share of Acrylic tanks I can tell you what myself and the pros would use. And when I say pros I don't mean the cheap butt trueview crap, I mean quality custom aquariums. If you don't want the tank visibly bowing.. and why would you? These are the thicknesses I would suggest (these are for eurobraced tanks with at least 4" wide euro bracing all around and one cross brace per 30".
18-25" tall - 3/4" thick
25-33" tall 1"
33-40" tall 1/1/4
James at envision acrylics convinced me to bump up to 1" acrylic on my 8'x4'x30" tank and I couldn't be happier that i did. Absolutely zero defection. None.
Or you can bump down a whole size and have a tank with a bow in it, structurally it will be fine but have fun scrapping corraline off of a curved surface.
3/8 with euro bracingI m trying to build an Acrylic tank with the following dimension: 48"L 18"H 18"W or maybe have the width would be around 23" . What would be a good thickness ?
Go 1/2" its like $100 more.3/8 with euro bracing