Tempered or Regular...

[Skippy]

I have a number of oceanic 24 gallon tanks at my disposal now and I am debating trying to set up a centralized filtration system.

I know I cannot drill tempered glass, but I do not know a good way to tell if glass is tempered or not....

How would one be able to tell if not asking the manufacturer or salesperson as these are used tanks.

 

[christopher1260]

you might want to stay on the safe side and just drill the back of them about an inch from the bottom.

 

[gcvt]

It might be worth sending Oceanic an email to ask, even though they're used tanks. Not sure how good they are at retuning emails, but it's worth a shot.

I want to say that Oceanic uses tempered bottoms, but I could be wrong - it's happened once before

 

[Skippy]

I was planning on drilling the backs instead of the bottoms anyways.

I was under the impression that if tempered glass was used it was used for all sides. Or is this JUST the bottoms that tempered glas is used on? I am somewhat at a loss as my knowledge of tank construction isn't quite that advanced.

I'm also looking for the oceanic support email address. I believe they have a facility here in Dallas in which case I might try to look up a support phone number too.

 

[gcvt]

I have mostly acrylic tanks, but I believe that tempered glass is only used for the bottom panel.

You can email Oceanic Customer Service at: customerservice@oceanicsystems.com

and their address is:
11839 Shiloh Road
Dallas, TX 75228

...at least that's the info they list on their web site.