Aqurium Glass thickness

[isaiahc41105]

I'm building an aquarium and its going to have the back, left, right,and bottom made with acrylic glass reinforced with a osb and 2x4 walls but the front is going to be glass and idk how thick I used and onion calculator and it said for my 8ft long 2.5 ft tall and 6 ft deep I could use .7in glass but if I put a brace in the middle could I make it taller?

 

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[vetteguy53081]

I'm building an aquarium and its going to have the back, left, right,and bottom made with acrylic glass reinforced with a osb and 2x4 walls but the front is going to be glass and idk how thick I used and onion calculator and it said for my 8ft long 2.5 ft tall and 6 ft deep I could use .7in glass but if I put a brace in the middle could I make it taller?

3/4" - 1" typical for this size tank

 

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[Sophie"s mom]

I'm building an aquarium and its going to have the back, left, right,and bottom made with acrylic glass reinforced with a osb and 2x4 walls but the front is going to be glass and idk how thick I used and onion calculator and it said for my 8ft long 2.5 ft tall and 6 ft deep I could use .7in glass but if I put a brace in the middle could I make it taller?

Don’t know how true it is, but I have always heard that you can’t mix the 2. I had a 110 gallon that I wanted to repair but in my research I found it to not be possible. Had to be glass, at which point I trashed that one and just bought a new one.

 

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[isaiahc41105]

Could I go thinner if I stuck a vertical brace on the front?

 

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[isaiahc41105]

the only other Question would be is 3/4" annealed glass good to use, or do i need to use tempered?

 

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[GlassMunky]

the only other Question would be is 3/4" annealed glass good to use, or do i need to use tempered?

Id want Annealed vs tempered myself...
Tempered means if it ever fsils it will fail everywhere all at once and basically explode. if its annealed and fails youll end up with a giant crack vs an exploded pane.

 

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