Bored waiting for my taxes to come back so I can start my new build so have an idea.
I have a wealth of 55g tanks that I dont plan on using for much besides taking up space.
One of them is a bottom drilled aga tank in pretty good shape, but center brace is melted. I removed all the bracing and plastic off the top and was getting ready to put a new one on there when I had an idea. I had it on its side and thought it made a good shape for a frag tank.
Not sure how to implement it though.
If you turn a 55g on its side its dimensions are pretty decent.
Tank would be 48 long 21 Wide and 12 inches deep.
I have enough extra tanks where I would just be cutting the bottom of one tank and silicone it to the top of another after removing one of the 48in panes of glass.
Seems simple enough aside from two problems.
The plastic bracing would have to be removed from all pieces and some sort of fabricated brace would have to be on the bottom and top.
The top would be easy, just something to keep the glass from bowing this could be just a squared wood frame for support and possibly a cross bar. The cross bar was actually thinking of using coated wire braid to eliminate shadows. If I used wood for the frame adding the braided wire would be pretty simple.
The bottom is a little trickier. 48x21 for a bottom pain seems like it might be weak for that much water. Is there any way I could brace the bottom to take some of the pressure off the glass. Ive seen quite a few tanks that have bottom plastic bracing which touches the glass in certain areas im assuming to relieve some of the pressure.
If ya have any input please let me know, Im bored waiting for my taxes to get back to start my new tank so was playing with ideas for existing equipment.
I have a wealth of 55g tanks that I dont plan on using for much besides taking up space.
One of them is a bottom drilled aga tank in pretty good shape, but center brace is melted. I removed all the bracing and plastic off the top and was getting ready to put a new one on there when I had an idea. I had it on its side and thought it made a good shape for a frag tank.
Not sure how to implement it though.
If you turn a 55g on its side its dimensions are pretty decent.
Tank would be 48 long 21 Wide and 12 inches deep.
I have enough extra tanks where I would just be cutting the bottom of one tank and silicone it to the top of another after removing one of the 48in panes of glass.
Seems simple enough aside from two problems.
The plastic bracing would have to be removed from all pieces and some sort of fabricated brace would have to be on the bottom and top.
The top would be easy, just something to keep the glass from bowing this could be just a squared wood frame for support and possibly a cross bar. The cross bar was actually thinking of using coated wire braid to eliminate shadows. If I used wood for the frame adding the braided wire would be pretty simple.
The bottom is a little trickier. 48x21 for a bottom pain seems like it might be weak for that much water. Is there any way I could brace the bottom to take some of the pressure off the glass. Ive seen quite a few tanks that have bottom plastic bracing which touches the glass in certain areas im assuming to relieve some of the pressure.
If ya have any input please let me know, Im bored waiting for my taxes to get back to start my new tank so was playing with ideas for existing equipment.
