Tank bowing! Help!

[LCieParagon]

Hello,

This is a 10 gallon tank that I divided about 3/5 of the way with an acrylic sheet. So there is about 6 gallons of water in the one side. The other side I don't want water yet.

Is this bowing too much? It's 1/8 inch acrylic on a 10 gallon tank holding 6 gallons of water.

 

[LCieParagon]

Here's another picture:

 

[IllusionX]

It's working on your silicone. I would say it will eventually leak if the acrylic don't give up.

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[Brookster123]

Acrylic will do that, you need to brace it in order to prevent that.

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[jarrod0987]

I would fill both sides and see what happens. Bowing is always bad.

 

[dylan p]

Acrylic and silicone don't work to well when there's pressure eventually the acrylic will separate from the silicone


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[LCieParagon]

I ended up taking apart the tank. I drained all the water and took out the sand. After taking all the silicone off, my tank look pretty badly messed up, so I bought a new one for $10.49. After driving for many miles today, I got a piece of glass that was 10"x11"x1/4". Well the problem is that the thickness of the tank is about 9.9". So I now have to find a place to shave about .1" of 1/4" thickness glass. The person at Home Depot near me works at a glass factory and said he would charge me $10 + tax to shave it. This is turning into a very expensive project.

Two tanks: $21.93
Two silicone vials: $18.17
Acrylic: ~$15.00
Glass: $14.13
Shaving: $10.70
Hood: $13.90
Gas: ~$15
Razor blades: $5.34
Alcohol: $2.13
Total: $116.30

Just for the tank to be completed. This is a 10 gallon tank divided "in half". Yikes.

 

[IllusionX]

Why do you want to divide it?

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[LCieParagon]

I want to divide it because I want to make one part semi aquatic and one part fully aquatic. I want to have different plant species on each side.


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[dylan p]

So are you just trying to raise one side? Why not use some large flat rocks down the middle and fill the rest with some gravel.


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