My 300 gallon Drop Off Reef Tank Build

[MarkoD]

Originally Posted by Gripenfelter

Acrylic was NOT cheaper actually. I had estimates from shops in Alberta, Minnesota, Ontario, and even Las Vegas (ATM aka TANKED).

Even shops in the States who are usually much cheaper than glass had a brain fart when I showed them the design. Initially I had planned to do this in an L- shaped acrylic tank but after weighing the pros and cons of it and considering the fact that acrylic is much easier to scratch etc, I decided on glass. Price was very close to the same.

I wanted to actually do a bullnose end on the tank but the fact that it would be a 2 ft radius curve meant it would look like a huge magnifying glass and distort everything. If I went bigger than a 2 ft radius curve we wouldn't get it into the house.

So we went with glass with beveled edges.

What he meant was you could take PVC pipes and build a shelf structure. Not acrylic

[Gripenfelter]

Originally Posted by MarkoD

What he meant was you could take PVC pipes and build a shelf structure. Not acrylic

When you're already tipping the scales at 1000 lbs, what's a few more?

Acrylic would be more expensive.

[MarkoD]

Originally Posted by Gripenfelter

When you're already tipping the scales at 1000 lbs, what's a few more?

Acrylic would be more expensive.

Nobody said anything about acrylic. PVC pipes, like the stuff you're gonna use to plumb your tank..... You can use it to make a shelf structure

[lastlight]

wow never considered a pvc box. you could use a ton of cross-tees to achieve a grid to top and front of your cage. perfect for zip-tying to. nice thinking!

luckilly you're good to go anyways. it's scape time...

[mike31154]

Ya, thanks reefw & marko, that's what I meant. Just build a box with pvc or any number of other material than glass. Great concept, just seems like a waste of glass & overly complex to me when a similar result, shelf or whatever could be accomplished by other means. Glass usually good when you need to see stuff, but if it's hidden, makes no sense. Maybe just me, I dunno. Kudos on the fine glass work though, looks great.