Author Topic: Rimless glass build? (Read 1488 times)

Blazinreef · « **on:** December 28, 2010, 16:52:10 »

Am thinking about building my own frag tank, 48x24x12 with overflows. I want to build this out of glass and make it rimless. Who as built their own glass tank can give me ideas and tell me whether this is easy or not. Thanks

HUNGER · « **Reply #1 on:** December 28, 2010, 16:58:28 »

that would be sweet dont know how hard it would be

DarinSchmidt · « **Reply #2 on:** April 10, 2011, 09:16:54 »

From what i read abotu rimless, it's prob best for smaller tanks. You have to keep it balances so it has equal pressure on all corners. Has to be very thick glass/acrylic because thats the bonding edge that is holding the sides together (i think it should be rather easy to do with acrylic as there are some really good bonding agents like weldon-4 to weld the edges together). Need a foam pad (well a lot of people use it to help keep the balance??). Rimless is sweet, but without a way to make a really solid seam, i dont know if glass would be my suggestion. Acrylic, sure, as long as its thick enough and had a really strong weld. I prob wouldnt use anything less than 1/2-2/4" thick on that size of a tank so that 5 years later it doesnt split.