300g DIY Acrylic Tank Recommendations

[adova]

I am just getting back into the hobby after several years and I am looking to build a custom in wall tank for my new construction house. Basically, this will be in place of a fireplace and will run the length of a 120" movie screen above it. I had previously build a 220g tank myself, but I wanted to jump on and get some feedback on technique and material before I started.

The tank will be 10' x 2' x 2' (300g) - euro braced. Unless I find a local supplier that can cut it for me, I will be doing this on my 5x10 CNC. The tank will be sitting on the floor (basically) of the house and running to a crawlspace sump.

Questions:

• Will 3/4" material be ok or do I need to look at 1". I remember a calculator a long time ago (Garf I think), but I think that is down now.
• Weldon 4 or 42 (two part)? I have never used 42. Or, is there something else out now?
• I am in NC - any ideas where I could source a 10' sheet of acrylic?

Any other input is much appreciated.

 

[griss]

I won’t be much help on the construction part, but years ago I had a 450 built by James at Envision Acrylics that was 6’x4’x30” and it used 1” acrylic.

 

[adova]

I found the long acrylic thread with Turbo and Acrylics input and saw that 3/4 is correct for what I am doing. I also found my old 180 build thread which reminded me of some of the details for build order, etc. Too bad all of my pics are gone.

 

[griss]

Were your pics on Photobucket? Unfortunately we lost a lot of pics when they started charging for their service.

 

[adova]

Yup - no biggie - just have to do it again. For the community, of course .

 

[griss]

Once you get started, please start a build thread. A lot of us like to follow along with new builds.