joshuashih1
Seahorse Owner
I am building a fish tank that is about 2-26 gallons and I would like to know if this glass will work and If it is temered or not Shop Gardner Glass Products 16-in x 20-in Replacement Glass at Lowes.com
Building a fish tank
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Steveg229
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The glass is not tempered. Tempered glass would be 4-5 times the cost and they would tell you it was tempered. All tempered glass has an etching in one of the four corners that says "tempered" followed by a code. And just in case you were not aware, tempered glass cannot be cut or drilled.
joshuashih1
Seahorse Owner
so would I be able to use it for what I want to use it for?
Steveg229
Addicted
Depends,.....your best bet if you want to build a tank would be to get all the glass cut to size from a local glass supplier. Make sure you use the proper thickness of glass for your tank size as well. After pricing your glass out, check out the prices for an already built tank...might be cheaper to just buy one.
Ted
Living one day at a time
That glass is really thin...unless you are building a very small tank I cant see it working
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joshuashih1
Seahorse Owner
could I have a link to glass that would work to build a 20 gallon tank.
Ted
Living one day at a time
I would talk to a glass company local..here is a thickness calculator might help some. Aquarium Glass Thickness Calculator
grozier
something smells fishy
Why are you wanting to build a tank? That size of tank is dirt cheap. Are yo wanting a certain dimension?
BL1
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Agreed, you're going to pay $5 per sheet. You can buy a 20g for $20 during petco sales
joshuashih1
Seahorse Owner
but how do I know when they have there fish tank sales and also without a sale is $24 for a 10 gallon fish tank (only the glass tank no hoods lights anything just the tank)?
BL1
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Someone usually posts it here when the tanks go on sale. 10g tanks are like $12 at Walmart.
Neno reefs
Reefing newb
20g are 40$ here
ErinCahir
Sausage Wrangler
My store (not Petco) is $24 for a 10g with the regular incandescent hood. 10g without the hood is like $13. 20g (I think) are like $25. Shop around.
