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07-01-2005, 08:18 PM
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Chihuahua Pups 4sale 4/07
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Dallas,Ga
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acrylic calculator ?
where is the link to the acrylic calculator....for thickness needs ect... ?
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07-03-2005, 01:59 PM
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Chihuahua Pups 4sale 4/07
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anyone ?
on a 300gl. tank, 8 ft wide, 2 ft deep, and i think 30inches tall, how thick should it be ?
1/2 inch to thin ?
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07-03-2005, 04:10 PM
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I would say an inch minimum for that height.
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07-03-2005, 09:22 PM
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Chihuahua Pups 4sale 4/07
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Dallas,Ga
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thx, for the responce....
but i thought there was a calculator for this somewhere....use to have it on bookmarks but HD crashed sometime back and lost a ton of info...
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07-03-2005, 11:46 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jun 2004
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You can go to Garf.org and click on the how to pages then on the Aquarium construction & tips the top link will be a calculator to get the cut list and the thickness of material for your tank.
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07-04-2005, 07:19 AM
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Kuda Fry Daddy
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Greenville,South Carolina
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Hey Chris I would talk to Bobby at CBA. He's gotten quite good at building them. We spoke about it once and he saiid that the large holing tanks made out of 1/2 were bowing. Thats why he is using 1 inch.
With that said, the local petsmart here has a great 8 foot long tank that is 1/2 inch but it is only 18 inches tall and they have a full top glued on with access holes for to get in it.
Not sure on the 30 inch tall though.
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07-04-2005, 07:53 AM
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Chihuahua Pups 4sale 4/07
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Dallas,Ga
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thx, the garf site is the one i use to have in my bookmarks....thx
it say's 1/2 is enough, wow i would never thought it would have been...
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07-06-2005, 10:41 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Portland, OR
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1/2" will hold water, if that's all you want it to do  It will bow significantly though requires substantial bracing, thus 3/4" would be highly recommended, even thicker if you want less bowing, bracing, etc. BTW the calc is severely flawed but can be found at www.cyro.com more specifically at http://cyro.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/cyr...wYWdlPTE*&p_li=
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