picked up and old tank - safe?

[Paul]

I bought a second hand tank yesterday, it's home made to some odd
specifications, it's about 3 and half foot long, just less than 2 foot wide
and deep. It's made from only 6mm glass. the other problem is that one of
the edging pieces has fallen off one edge. by edging pieces I mea those
little strips of metal/plastic that cover the edges where the glass meets.
are these required structurally? The tank is well braced up the top.

The guy said he had water in it filled to the top, at the moment I have it
only half full cos I am nervous...

I've got 6 1/4 inch perspicax in there, it's like an ocean to them.

[Craig Williams]

Why buy used when new are so cheap?

"Paul" > wrote in message
...
> I bought a second hand tank yesterday, it's home made to some odd
> specifications, it's about 3 and half foot long, just less than 2 foot
wide
> and deep. It's made from only 6mm glass. the other problem is that one of
> the edging pieces has fallen off one edge. by edging pieces I mea those
> little strips of metal/plastic that cover the edges where the glass meets.
> are these required structurally? The tank is well braced up the top.
>
> The guy said he had water in it filled to the top, at the moment I have it
> only half full cos I am nervous...
>
> I've got 6 1/4 inch perspicax in there, it's like an ocean to them.
>
>

[Paul]

a tank that size new would have cost me $169


Craig Williams wrote in message ...
>Why buy used when new are so cheap?
>
>"Paul" > wrote in message
...
>> I bought a second hand tank yesterday, it's home made to some odd
>> specifications, it's about 3 and half foot long, just less than 2 foot
>wide
>> and deep. It's made from only 6mm glass. the other problem is that one
of
>> the edging pieces has fallen off one edge. by edging pieces I mea those
>> little strips of metal/plastic that cover the edges where the glass
meets.
>> are these required structurally? The tank is well braced up the top.
>>
>> The guy said he had water in it filled to the top, at the moment I have
it
>> only half full cos I am nervous...
>>
>> I've got 6 1/4 inch perspicax in there, it's like an ocean to them.
>>
>>
>
>

[NetMax]

Those dimensions (42 x 22 x 20) make an 80 gallon tank, held together by
6mm glass ?!? I'd be nervous too.

Multiply your length by height by width and divide by 231 to get US
gallons. Then check
http://www.thekrib.com/TankHardware/glass-thickness.html for recommended
thicknesses.

Sounds like a good reptile tank, or paludarium (only 1/3 full of water).

NetMax

"Paul" > wrote in message
...
> a tank that size new would have cost me $169
>
>
> Craig Williams wrote in message ...
> >Why buy used when new are so cheap?
> >
> >"Paul" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> I bought a second hand tank yesterday, it's home made to some odd
> >> specifications, it's about 3 and half foot long, just less than 2
foot
> >wide
> >> and deep. It's made from only 6mm glass. the other problem is that
one
> of
> >> the edging pieces has fallen off one edge. by edging pieces I mea
those
> >> little strips of metal/plastic that cover the edges where the glass
> meets.
> >> are these required structurally? The tank is well braced up the top.
> >>
> >> The guy said he had water in it filled to the top, at the moment I
have
> it
> >> only half full cos I am nervous...
> >>
> >> I've got 6 1/4 inch perspicax in there, it's like an ocean to them.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

[Craig Williams]

It'll cost a hell of a lot more than $169.00 to clean up the mess & fix
whatever is damaged if a cheap tank that size lets loose!

"Paul" > wrote in message
...
> a tank that size new would have cost me $169

[Dave Millman]

NetMax wrote:

> Those dimensions (42 x 22 x 20) make an 80 gallon tank, held together by
> 6mm glass ?!? I'd be nervous too.
>
> Multiply your length by height by width and divide by 231 to get US
> gallons. Then check
> http://www.thekrib.com/TankHardware/glass-thickness.html for recommended
> thicknesses.
>
> Sounds like a good reptile tank, or paludarium (only 1/3 full of water).

You nailed it, NetMax. It is probably a terrarium, not an aquarium. It was
probably designed to hold a big lizard or snake.