Here is a very useful calculator when building your own fish tank.
This calculator provides the information you need to know about the glass of your new fish tank.
To use this tool: Simply fill in your aquarium length, width and height and you should get the following results:
- Aquarium Volume: Your fish tank volume.
- Glass Thickness: A glass thickness that will hold under the pressure of your fish tank, considering the safety factor specified.
- Glass Area: The sum of areas of the six sides of your aquarium.
- Glass Weight: The weight of your fish tank when empty (assuming glass density of 3.1).
- Glass+Water Weight: The weight of your fish tank when filled with water.
- You will also get your glass surfaces dimensions. Notice the sides surfaces are reduced by the glass thickness.
Safety Factor
The variability of the strength of glass due to limitations of the manufacturing process means a suitable safety factor must be used when calculating glass thickness. The factor commonly used is 3.8. While not a perfect guarantee, it will remove all risk bar that of damaged or very poor quality glass.
Disclaimer Notification: The information provided here is only intended as a guide, TheAquaTools.com is not responsible for any problems that may arise from glass manufacturing defects, construction faults, or any other factors.