acrylic tank building 101.....

[m and m]

Pretty much...I would try the yellow pages always look local first, shipping is a killer...
Look under plastic manufacturing or distrubuters...if none are found try a sign shop they will either sell some or know where to get it....
When building any tank or sump you wanna use a good quality cast material
#1 polycast
#2 acrylite "GP"
#plexiglass "g"
Other materials are known to fail when turned into pressure vessels so stick with those 3 if at all possible...
If you need to order online try us. Plastics, grainger, tap plastics etc...

Those three are the type of acrylic i want to use when building a tank?

 

[Troylee]

That's a big 10-4... and only those 3....
There is all sorts of acrylic and all differnt grades...not just cast or extruded...make sure it has that "GP" if it is acrylite..acrylite has "sg" "ff" etc. You want the gp which stands for general purpose it is a high quality cast material...polycast is poly cast a good material... plexiglass comes in "mc" which is extruded you want plexiglass "g" that's a high quality cast also.....avoid chemcast by any means I have heard this material fails more than any other althou it is cast material it's a cheap import....

 

[fishytyme]

great information, i wish i had your skills... thanks for sharing your wisdom.