Concrete tank

[Dtackett]

how are you planning to build the tank? cinder blocks with rebar and poured concrete? or are you going to build a wood case and use all poured concrete?

 

[Milliman69]

I'm doing a rebar and poured tank. I have a friend that has the concrete forms. I'm going to get the rebar that is paint coated so they don't rust.

 

[Dtackett]

good choice. when I build mine in a few years itll be cinder blocks with concrete poured into them and the same coated rebar, but mine will be short at probably 24 inches but wide at 6x8

 

[Milliman69]

Nice. I am going to make it a little bigger 8x6x6 since I'm going 1.5" acrylic. I'm going to get one 4x8 sheet.

 

[Dtackett]

I would like a nice tall tank, I think they look amazing, but I don't want to have to snorkel to move a frag lol I love the lagoon tanks and that's what im going to build, it will be more of a look down tank than a regular tank. it wont have any viewing windows. at least I have no plans for them right now lol

 

[Milliman69]

See I like being able to see the fish from the sides.

 

[reef_junkie]

Doest acrylic have to be thicker than glass. Small tank barred but every 6' or larger acrylic tank ive seen has much thicker plexi than if it were glass.
I.e; 3/4" acrylic vs. 1/2" glass with the same dimensions.
That tells be that while acrylic is sheer stronger than glass it is prone to bowing thus needing to be thicker?

 

[Dtackett]

acrylic does bow more than glass, so the wider it is, the more bracing and the more thickness it needs.

as for seeing the fish, so do I.