dimensions for tank? sugestions?

any one have any suggestions for a 400 gallon tank???

 

What are you going to be making it out of?

-Chelle

 

my dad knows a guy who sells glass fairly cheap but im afraid that wont hold so i might switch to acrillic

 

any other ideas?

 

I would go with acrillic. It would probably hold better like you said for that much water capacity. Water weighs roughly 7 lbs per gallon so 7 X 400 plus gravel and decor giving you a GRAND total of about 3000 pounds. I hope that tank is on a concrete base. Where will the tank be located out of curiosity? Got any idea of whats going in it after all the suggestions? -tl

 

There are a ton of great sites floating around about site construction.

This is definitely the coolest I've seen; it allows you to set all the dimensions and materials.
http://www.garf.org/tank/BuildTank.asp

I'm gonna do a 120 gal this summer from scratch, Y'all will be seeing that WAY tooo frequently I'm sure...

 

dont you think glass looks nicer?

 

You could do it with glass btu it would have to be real thick. 400g..I think a 8 or 10 footer would be cool

 

Be careful using the information from the garf.org link listed above. Just for fun I entered dimensions for a tank approximately 1,400 gallons and it suggested using 1/2 inch glass. On a tank that size 1/2 inch glass is not nearly thick enough.

 

I would think 1" to 1 1/4 for a 500g tank!