Fw: Tank Covers

["William Ruyle" <forest at copper_net>]

RJ,
Up to 20 gallons it's 1/8 inch thickness. Maybe it's 30 gallons on up when
they go to thicker glass, don't know. In my pre-styrene days I
had a local glazier make all my tank
tops out of the 1/8" stuff. On APD,
(the plant people) feel that 1/8 inch
is the best for transparency/safety
factor. The styrene is translucent enough to where my plants grow quite
well, something I believe you mentioned before which is why I went to
styrene. Not interested in anything  opaque, as that admits no light at all.
Bill
forest at copper_net

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tranquility Base" <TranquilityBase at NetZero_Net>
> To: <killietalk at aka_org>
> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 12:03 PM
> Subject: RE: Tank Covers
>
>
> > Hi Bill,
> >
> > Thank you for getting met to actually check out the thickness of my
> > commercial canopies. Although, I was right about the thickness of the
> glass
> > canopies on my larger tanks, They were in fact 1/4 inch plate.  But on
my
> 10
> > gal and 5.5 gal tanks the canopy was thinner. I eyeball it to either
1/8"
> or
> > 3/16". I knew it wasn't window pane, but I really thought it should have
> > been 1/4 plate for liability purposes if nothing else.
> >
> > It never ceases to amaze me how the memory that I have come to rely so
> much
> > on is often so much less  accurate than a $.99 ruler.
> >
> > Peace,
> >
> > ~RJ~
> >


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