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Aquattro 07-09-2012 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by windcoast reefs (Post 729626)
Hmm I wonder if it was the thickness of the glass that bumped up the price? I'll let you know in a few hours when my glass quotes are completed! I'll let you know if it works out to cost more or less.

Do you know if safari can order sea star tanks?

Thickness will determine cost for sure. I was getting something like a cost +10 price and it still wasn't cheap enough for me to do it myself.

Yes, Safari can order from Sea Star.

Borderjumper 07-09-2012 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by windcoast reefs (Post 729588)
Hey everyone, I want to build a look down shallow tank. I have never built one, so any advice would be great!

I'm hoping to build it with 24" by 18" by 12" tall.

You can come look at this one I'm setting up if you want.. It's 25x25x 12 ish

windcoast reefs 07-09-2012 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Borderjumper (Post 729630)
You can come look at this one I'm setting up if you want.. It's 25x25x 12 ish

I'll definitely take you up on that!

windcoast reefs 07-09-2012 09:01 PM

So the glass place got back to me, and it looks like it will cost $50 with 5mm glass, or $58 with 6mm.

What do you guys think for thickness of the glass?

badAZZlars 07-09-2012 11:13 PM

For $8 go with 6mm.

windcoast reefs 07-10-2012 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by badAZZlars (Post 729737)
For $8 go with 6mm.

Yeah I was thinking that to. But I may go even thicker than that cause I want it to be rimless as well.

Aquattro 07-10-2012 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by windcoast reefs (Post 729706)
So the glass place got back to me, and it looks like it will cost $50 with 5mm glass, or $58 with 6mm.

That's for 5 pieces of glass plus eurobracing?

windcoast reefs 07-10-2012 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Aquattro (Post 729773)
That's for 5 pieces of glass plus eurobracing?

No I forgot the euro bracing, but I figure it would be under $20 for the euro bracing. But I'm gonna spend that extra money on thicker glass and make it rimless.

But the quote was for the 5 main peices of glass, I have to polish the edges myself. But I have a polisher for doing that already.

I was expecting it to be closer to $100 myself. So I was kinda surprised.

Borderjumper 07-10-2012 01:33 AM

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Originally Posted by windcoast reefs (Post 729776)
No I forgot the euro bracing, but I figure it would be under $20 for the euro bracing. But I'm gonna spend that extra money on thicker glass and make it rimless.

But the quote was for the 5 main peices of glass, I have to polish the edges myself. But I have a polisher for doing that already.

I was expecting it to be closer to $100 myself. So I was kinda surprised.

Go thick enough that you won't have to use eurobracing, that would screw up the whole concept of a look down tank!

Aquattro 07-10-2012 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Borderjumper (Post 729788)
Go thick enough that you won't have to use eurobracing, that would screw up the whole concept of a look down tank!

Good point.

I guess when I was pricing glass, I was looking at 1/2", which was quite a bit.


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