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Veng68
07-03-2008, 09:31 PM
Hi,

I was wondering how much Starphire glass costs?

I have a quote for $8/sq ft 1/4 inch and $16/sq ft 1/2 inch.

Is this a good price?

Cheers,
Vic [veng68]
sphelps
07-03-2008, 09:41 PM
Sounds pretty good to me.
Veng68
07-03-2008, 09:44 PM
Cool........ now I have to learn how to make an aquarium :)

I've got a book on how to build aquariums but nothing beats learning from someone who knows how to build them.

I've got a line on someone who has been making them for years but we just have not gotten together.

Cheers,
Vic [veng68]
sphelps
07-03-2008, 09:46 PM
It's really not that difficult to make a glass tank, what size are you planning?
Veng68
07-03-2008, 09:49 PM
I am thinking 2X2 cube.

Cheers,
Vic [veng68]
sphelps
07-03-2008, 09:51 PM
even easier, that's an easy tank to assemble. Are you going rimless with the 1/2" Starphire?
Veng68
07-03-2008, 09:54 PM
I don't know........ I am kind of paranoid....... I may put in euro-bracing.

This project would probably be a whiles off....... since I have been procrastinating about cleaning up my basement and I really should get to it.

Cheers,
Vic [veng68]
sphelps
07-03-2008, 10:07 PM
1/2" is plenty thick for a rimless 2 foot cube.
Aquattro
07-03-2008, 10:09 PM
1/2" is plenty thick for a rimless 2 foot cube.

Entirely agree.
Veng68
07-04-2008, 08:12 PM
How do you post images?

I have a picture of something I want to do but I can't explain it.

Basically a 45 degree section of glass in the front. Here is some ASC art to try and show you what I mean.

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I have a picture of the tank but I am not sure how to post pictures.

It will be more complicated then a normal cube.

Any suggestions?

Cheers,
Vic [veng68]
Aquattro
07-04-2008, 09:05 PM
Is the 45 across the front allowing a sort of top down view? You'll have an unsightly seam across the front. I'd look into acrylic for this design if it were me.
CLINT
07-04-2008, 09:22 PM
there is a fellow that got TOTM on aquariumpros(LUKAN).His tank is like this and looks great filled with his ricordeas.Hard to make a tank full of rics look bad though.LOL.Worth looking at and GL with the build.Clint
Veng68
07-04-2008, 10:32 PM
there is a fellow that got TOTM on aquariumpros(LUKAN).His tank is like this and looks great filled with his ricordeas.Hard to make a tank full of rics look bad though.LOL.Worth looking at and GL with the build.Clint

That is exactly almost like what I want to do. I found the picture at the old Aquarium Frontiers web magazine. An article by Daniel Knopp about Giant Clams.

Cheers,
Vic [veng68]
LostMind
07-11-2008, 05:34 AM
Vic have you gone ahead with this yet? I'd really like to do something similar! Any info you could share would be appreciated. Or maybe we could get together and motivate each other? hehe
Veng68
07-11-2008, 09:33 AM
Vic have you gone ahead with this yet? I'd really like to do something similar! Any info you could share would be appreciated. Or maybe we could get together and motivate each other? hehe

Nope....... it's going to be a while.

Cheers,
Vic [veng68]