Hi all,
I’m currently in the middle of a diy tank. I’m using a 1/2” thick glass. The dimensions of my tank are 44in long x 23in wide x 22 in height.
The tanks is already built up and after filling it for the first time I noticed the glass bowed about 1/8”. After three days it seems that the bow stayed relatively the same.
I’m in the process of trying to prevent any damage or bow (kinda playing it on the safe side). I’m either thinking on installing a 4” wide 1/2” thick piece of glass in the middle top of the tank or building a metal frame that would go all around the top without any other sort of brace.
Any insight or help would be much appreciated. I’m new to the forum so my apologies if I’m breaking any rules or if this sort of thing gets posted a lot.
I’m currently in the middle of a diy tank. I’m using a 1/2” thick glass. The dimensions of my tank are 44in long x 23in wide x 22 in height.
The tanks is already built up and after filling it for the first time I noticed the glass bowed about 1/8”. After three days it seems that the bow stayed relatively the same.
I’m in the process of trying to prevent any damage or bow (kinda playing it on the safe side). I’m either thinking on installing a 4” wide 1/2” thick piece of glass in the middle top of the tank or building a metal frame that would go all around the top without any other sort of brace.
Any insight or help would be much appreciated. I’m new to the forum so my apologies if I’m breaking any rules or if this sort of thing gets posted a lot.