metaphor89 Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 May i know whats the market price for 3ft by 1.5ft by 1.5ft rimless tank with 6/8mm glass thickess? is 6mm thickness enough or should i go for 8mm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kakani Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Go with 10mm if you going for rimless Sent from my GT-I9305 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaphor89 Posted December 4, 2013 Author Share Posted December 4, 2013 actually what is rimless mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohanson Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Rimless means that you do not have any brace at the top of your tank to hold the front and back glass which are parallel to each other. For my FW tank, with 8mm, I can see the glass slightly bend. Therefore, the safest thickness of glass for saltwater which is slightly heavier than FW will be min 10mm. My current 42cm cube tank is using 8mm glass. Quote Tank: 3.5ft x 2ft x 1.5ft, 12mm Sump: 3ft Skimmer: Bubble Magus Curve 7 Lightings: Maxspect 15000k Return Pump: Eheim 1252 Wavemaker: Jebao WP25, Jebao RW-8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member tunicate Posted December 4, 2013 SRC Member Share Posted December 4, 2013 http://www.theaquatools.com/building-your-aquarium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member angmoh Posted December 4, 2013 SRC Member Share Posted December 4, 2013 second for 10mm rimless. my 2 x 2 x 1.8 also using 10mm. Quote >> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xeneryx Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 i would consider 10/12mm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaphor89 Posted December 5, 2013 Author Share Posted December 5, 2013 how about the price? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyBabooey Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 from experience, 3ft should go for 10mm with bracing or 12mm without bracing at least. the cost should not be too much of a difference. anyway in the beginning I too wanted to get a thinner glass because i thought it would be cheaper but the tank maker would not entertain that suggestion. Especially after I said it was for marine. Better to be safe than sorry later on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teh Soon Seng Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Better be safe bro. I'm using 10mm with brace for my 3ft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaphor89 Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 Ok thanks for the advice of all Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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