Posted 19 December 2015 - 12:06 AM
If you need it fast,,, and you have moderate or better skills, then making it would take no time.
The low height doesn't require much strength so it's hard to go wrong.
Selleys aquarium glue (bunnings).
Fast glass supplier from anywhere.
Standard 6mm glass,,,, only comes in toughened which is ok.
Roll of masking tape.
A few toothpicks cut with scissors into 1mm tiny cross cuts. (if building a deeper tank),,,, gives a perfect spacing for silicone joint, also which remains inside the finished but joints.
Length of front panels is your total finished length.
Length of side panels are the finished tank width minus thickness of glass X 2.
Exact base glass cut measurements are: the length of your side panels X the length of your front panels minus glass thickness X two.
Put all this together in 15-20 mins,,,, easily.
Glass mob would have glass cut and ready in 1.5 days or so,,,,,,, sometimes even that day.
1ft is 304.8mm, that's ok, but if you settled for 280mm high,,, then integrity improves.
When there are many tanks to be built, then jigs can be made that actually hold tank together with no glue what so ever.
A relative 3/4 off a 1mm spacing for the silicone glue to be injected with standard silicone gun and is easily achieved, chucked in just for added trivia........