Mythbuster Potential

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I have a friend that says he smashed a stocked aquarium (size unkown) by backing into it at a party with his elbow.

Another story is where kids are playing on the couch and their is a tank behind the couch and one of the kids bangs his head off the front of the aquarium and it breaks all over the kid and couch.

What force do you think is required to break say a 90 gallon + aquarium? Do you think any of the above statements would be valid?
 
even the thicker glass on the bigger tanks can't handle a lot of PSI. The only reason they stay together is because the weight is spread out evenly througout the whole aquarium.

An elbow to an aquarium, not even that hard, would have little trouble breaking the glass.

I once broke a 10 gallon just dropping a river stone in the tank.The stone wasn't even that big.. but it curved in the water, hit the side of the glass and the tank cracked ... and eventually broke open.. I watched the crack spread, picked the full tank up and ran to the bathroom with it as it exploded into my bath tub while I was holding it :D.. luckily it didn't have any fish in it
 
:thm: LOL Just ask Brian Anderson!!!!!!! :thm:

(sorry Brian, couldn't resist that one!!)
 
I had a 65 tall that had a major chip out of it, I filled it up with water and let it sit outside for days no problems. Then we moved it again to another house and I never trusted it, so I took it to the dump. Had an empty garbage scowl and dropped it in, landed on the side and DIDN'T break. I briefly questioned whether I should climb in and fish it out.

Couldn't believe it didn't break. Obviously, not the same when full, but still surprising.
 
Hate to say, but I dont think the MythBusters would very interested in that one.
 
We broke the bottom of a 10g by lifting it up when it was 1/2 filled with water. Problem was, we were using it to transport about 15 fish from house to another. That SUCKED. All the fish survived though thanks to a handy, nearby bucket. We'll never use 10g's to transfer fish again . . .
 
3 of my buddies and I (1 on each corner) moved my 40 gallon (acrylic) with about 30-35 gallons water to another room in my house, HUGE RISK, but it worked. Thinking of it now, I doubt I would attempt that again.
 
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