Has anyone used the plexi glass home depot sells to acutally build a fish tank? I have a few sheets left over from a project I did and would be interested in making a tank for my room.
Thanks!
Mike
Thanks!
Mike
home depot plexi glass
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Plexi glass is not good enough unless used as liner. Should use Acrylic if want to construct DIY tank.
plexi is too soft to hold much weight. its also probably not thick enough. your best bet with plexi is to make a divider or the divisions for a sump. you can also make a nice protective layer for a light fixture to keep water away from the fixture
Ok,
the Plexi is .25" and I was looking to make something in the 15 gallon range. I wanted something tall.
But that's what I wanted to know!
Mike
the Plexi is .25" and I was looking to make something in the 15 gallon range. I wanted something tall.
But that's what I wanted to know!
Mike
Plexiglas is just one of several forms/brands of acrylic glass. The stuff they sell at Home Depot is extruded acrylic sheet, which is one of the cheapest (and lowest quality) types there is. It bonds fine with the Weld-On line of bonding agents. Aquariums are generally make with cell-cast acrylic sheet. The extruded stuff is inferior in both clarity and strength.
Ahh thats what I thought. ok, so i'll use it for some other project. I'll have to find some cell cast acrylic.
THanks!
Mike
THanks!
Mike
Perhaps you could build a wet/dry from it. Just don't make the water level more that a 12 inches high (max) and the baffles will help brace it. I have seen sumps made from 1/8" cell-cast before.
yea I i could do that, but I'm planning on a different type of filtration for my next tank, something a little different!
Thanks all!
Mike
Thanks all!
Mike