Acrylic tank build - help needed

[Kingcichlid87]

hi guys im going to build a acrylic tank to grow my angel fish out in .

im going to make it (L) 30' x (W) 15' x (H) 20'

but what size acrylic would i need would 4mm be too weak ?

i know i can just buy a tank but i thought it would be kool to make one myself.

thanks alot guys

 

[Karay]

I'm thinking that are talking inches and not feet. If I'm not mistaken acrylic is stronger then glass so I would think 1/4" (which I believe is 6mm) would do fine. Look up urajoey on YouTube. Very good explanation on building acrylic tanks

 

[Kingcichlid87]

yea i mean inches not feet lol .

yeah ive seen his videos very good indeed .

thanks for the reply you helped alot

 

[Karay]

I thought to mention that you should do some practice runs by making some specimen boxes or something like it. I made square boxes for filters and man it wasn't pretty.

 

[Kingcichlid87]

oh ok yeah good idea . i have the acrylic cement and all the stuff needed to make one ill order some acrylic and make a small tank first like a cube or something and let you guys know how i get on once its done

 

[tonedogz]

Be careful its not as easy as you think, you can make a real mess if you've never done it before.

 

[Kingcichlid87]

ok thanks for the heads up .

 

[Karay]

What type of cement is it? Water like?

 

[Kingcichlid87]

no its a acrylic cement it comes in a can and you put it into a bottle

 

[Karay]

I kind of meant does it look like water?

 

[Kingcichlid87]

yes it looks like water. it bonds the acrylic together.

 

[Karay]

Have you had a chance to use it yet? My father in law taught me a trick to using that small applicator. You may know it but in case you don't. Squeeze it first in the uptight position and hold. As you tilt it to the joint area unsqueeze (if that's a word) and that prevents it from spurting everywhere

 

[imtcurveball]

DIYfishkeepers - Acrylic thickness

 

[Kingcichlid87]

yeah ive seen that technique being used thats the one i will use thanks for the info karay