bamburgb Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 I am curious if anyone has ever built a custom glass tank by themselves if so how was it as far as difficulty? I'm thinking it wouldn't be too hard to get a frame to hold the top and bottom together, then silicon the heck out of the sides and bottom... BUT i dont want those to be the famous last words. Im wanting to build a glass frag tank like 30L X 15H X 20D Any advise would be awesome. If it would be cheaper I am debating on just doing a 20gal Long (maybe 2 with a water bridge) but really wanting like a deep 40 gal to make shelves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arsonmfg Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 It's not impossible to learn but it's definitely not as easy as you'd think. If I were you I'd go buy a 40 breeder and make the shelves. 36x18x16, pretty darn close to your dimensions, a lot less work and a whole lot cheaper than trying to build your own. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthbound Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 If you want to learn to build a tank just for the experince I say go for it, but that being said it is a pretty steep learning curve and unless you have a way to get glass really cheap you will never be able to make a tank for anywhere near the price of a store bought mass produced tank Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoringDave Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 check out YouTube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishboys Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 I wish you luck. Even if I could build a 40 breeder for $10 I would still pay $40 for one. Mine would end up failing down the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamburgb Posted July 31, 2015 Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 think i might just do the 40B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectra Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 think i might just do the 40B Wise choice as building a tank is not that easy. I know of a few that did not make it very long............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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