Hi I'm making an aquarium that is to say L96"X H48"X W24" and I be wondering how gooey the Plexiglass would enjoy to? Hi I'm making an aquarium that is L96"X H48"X W24" and...
Hi I'm making an aquarium that is L96"X H48"X W24" and I be wondering how thick the Plexiglass would enjoy to be? Right now I'm looking at 0.187 concreteness and I was also wondering what i could use on the sides because I'm making it inside a wall so you can see though on both
Answers: No offense, and not so difficult, I looked up this site, and the equations are relative.
The size you suggest is HUGE by run of the mill standards, and I'd guesstimate in my experience you're chitchat about 500 plus gallons. Assuming that shipment as an arbitrary figure, the marine alone will weigh 4,250 lbs. The TANK might weigh in at 200 plus lbs.
Beyond any PSI at bottom or top, can you place it where on earth it will support two plus TONS?
I'd have to believe the concreteness to be no less than 1/2 inch, though I clearly would want to know stresses of that much water first. That might equate to Bank style collateral Plexi? and probably pricey by the square inch.
Not at all a discouraging idea, and I own managed rental tank to commercial establishments, but your issues are combined in the shipment, support, and that 96 inch span of possibly NON supported material at 8 ft.
Just my two "sense"
An aquarium that big should be made out of a minimum of 3/8 -1/2" plastic to support the bulk of the water and the inherent pressure on the plastic.