Glass Aquarium Life Expectancy - Page 2

nikon187 · 12/22/2018, 04:54 PM

do i need to repost the 10 foot 460 that has been runnin 21 yrs at the store?

starwind · 12/22/2018, 06:00 PM

I made a fiberglass over plywood 120 gal in 1970,still swimming,3/8 plate glass. We made 10 tanks over 100,one was 300 i think. Bought casting resin at standard paint store, worked for free at glass shop,got all there cracked store window glass. Used reefer freezer ,coiled hose in freezer,to keep calif water cool enough, outside temp 100 deg valley dude, keept pismo clams,lobster,gorgonian sea fans, horn sharks etc. Best club in high school. We went to da beach lol.
Aloha

candymancan · 12/24/2018, 04:44 AM

double post

Wind · 12/25/2018, 01:33 AM

Roughly 10 years or so. The issue isn't the glass per say, but the silicone.

Or for larger tanks, the brace usually gives, and then somehow the tank also starts to give. Never had a tank crack, but have had tanks start to leak due to silicone eroding or just coming off.

12/22/2018, 04:54 PM	#26
nikon187 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Edmonton Alberta Posts: 4,717	do i need to repost the 10 foot 460 that has been runnin 21 yrs at the store? __________________ ----------------- Current Tanks: New 210 custom 84 x 24 x 24, 60g sump, SWC 250 extreme with bubble blaster 5000, 2 vortech mp40, 2 vortech mp10, 12 T5, Water blaster 5000, warner marine bio pellets, 60g clownfish cube, red carpet anemone with a 25g sump,SRO octopus 1000sss, 250w radium, lumenarc large.

12/22/2018, 06:00 PM	#27
starwind Registered Member Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 15	I made a fiberglass over plywood 120 gal in 1970,still swimming,3/8 plate glass. We made 10 tanks over 100,one was 300 i think. Bought casting resin at standard paint store, worked for free at glass shop,got all there cracked store window glass. Used reefer freezer ,coiled hose in freezer,to keep calif water cool enough, outside temp 100 deg valley dude, keept pismo clams,lobster,gorgonian sea fans, horn sharks etc. Best club in high school. We went to da beach lol. Aloha

12/24/2018, 04:44 AM	#28
candymancan Registered Member. Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 124	double post

12/25/2018, 01:33 AM	#29
Wind Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: In an extension Posts: 1,378	Roughly 10 years or so. The issue isn't the glass per say, but the silicone. Or for larger tanks, the brace usually gives, and then somehow the tank also starts to give. Never had a tank crack, but have had tanks start to leak due to silicone eroding or just coming off.