Tank possible with 2 bottom panes side by side?

lastlight · #1 09-30-2010, 01:35 AM

Hypothetical question.

Let's say you want a tank with a fairly large footprint and your basement access won't allow the bottom sheet to fit down the stairs. Could you say lay 2 pieces of glass side-by-side and then have an inner eurobrace overtop of them both making them one?

I don't see why not but I'm curious.

If anyone has a link to a build thread where this was done please post it.

lockrookie · #2 09-30-2010, 01:44 AM

i too have thought of this and dont see why not. but with limits too large a tank it would have too much of a pressure point and could crack but if sealed really well i doubt ittobe a great problem. do you have basement window you can open to slide the glass in?

saltynuts · #3 09-30-2010, 01:51 AM

in the large tank zone on rc they have a thread with a build like that.

lastlight · #4 09-30-2010, 01:52 AM

I won't answer that because it makes this appear to be more than an innocent question

(yes but it's more restrictive than my door to the basement currently).

So long as the panes are fully supported and they would be with the foam I don't think there are any forces that would make this un-doable. All the glass is pressed down evenly into the foam. Sides would have the same forces they ever would have. Nice wide brace to seal them and presto.

Skimmerking · #5 09-30-2010, 01:58 AM

yes you can Brett so i guess you are getting a bigger tank what size how thick is the glass, what is the lenght 120" 144"

lastlight · #6 09-30-2010, 02:32 AM

No no I'm not.

I'm just laying down plans for when my corals overgrow my current tank. I'm thinking (and hoping) that's a few years out. But we discussed our plans today and we're going to stay in our little place and not try and upgrade further down the road. It's grown on us (and mortgage is very cheap).

In our discussed plan however my kids will get half the basement and me the other half. Naturally I DO have dream dimensions in my head but let's not get carried away lol. I just want to hear from people about this idea.

lockrookie · #7 09-30-2010, 03:12 AM

get a glass maker to make the glass in your house then youwont have to worry lol

kien · #8 09-30-2010, 03:27 AM

Ya I have seen a couple of builds on RC that did this and thought about doing it myself. So yes it is doable

fishytime · #9 09-30-2010, 01:08 PM

yup very do-able.....I know someone with a massive "U" shaped tank in the works........the concept of it though makes me nervous

phi delt reefer · #10 09-30-2010, 02:10 PM

have you thought of doing a giant cube instead? make the tank as wide and as high as the largest piece of glass you can get down the stairs. that way you would have more room for all you equipment.

LOL i just imagined a 48x48x48 cube! That would be pretty sweet and you could go get some scuba gear and consider it a "maintenance" expense