new mega tank build

[stormbringer101]

hey guys I decided its time to give my jardini a custom home and have decided on the folowing sizes as the tank will have to fit on an existing cabinet thingy .

lenth 240 cm
width 55 cm
glass hieght 55 cm
water height 45 cm

now its all standard spec but I want to build this my self again .so a few questions

the water height will be quite low so can I get away with 8mm from what ive worked out ill still have a saftey factor of 3.5.
the tank will be braised with 5cm 8mm on all 4 sides top and bottom and have 3 top 5cm wide braces runing front to back. would going 10mm be a better option or just overkill ?

as for the bottom sheet of glass with the last tank I build I used 10mm bottom and 8mm for the rest .Is this realy needed as the tank will be on 12mm poly and marine ply and on solid cabbinet surface.
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the tank will have a small corner overflow with dorso as the sump will be in the room next door BUT.. the pipes will run out the house and back inside again should I INSULATE them to keep the temp stable ?
cheers thanks all

[Go-Big]

Everyone will say use 10mm. But i think 8mm is just fine. All those brasses and the 45 water level would make it work. I have 10mm glass on my 2.5m and 80cm high tank. Same brasses and no prob now for a long time. do the bottom 10mm if you could.

I would def insulate those pipes outside.

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That said. i you can get 10mm it would be good and not a overkill so you dont have to feel bad for waisting money.

[Donny]

Agree fully with Go-Big.
10mm and insulate.