Jesuisbanan Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 So... in January this year I bought an Aqueon frameless cube aquarium, 14 gallon. Back story: Didn't do anything with it, life got in the way. I water tested but I did not read the reviews as I planned to have a crab in there at first. (I have since decided to use my 20 gallon long tank for their set up.) fast forward I have been working on it because I wanted to get a dwarf gourami. Been wanting one for a while. so I've been scaping and setting up the plants and everything has been growing and coming a long smoothly I was in no rush. Almost there too been two months working on everything still hadn't found the right drift wood but I was still in no rush figured I'd get one probably early/late august. fast forward to today: I saw on a fish tank group I am in that someone's tank busted wide open at the sides after being up for months no problem. Same one as mine. I had noticed how thin the layer of silicone was before but didn't think much of it since it held. Now I'm worried, debating on emptying and resealing but then I noticed someone in the reviews under the petco product mentioned the glass thickness. I looked it up and the thickness of the glass is the same as my 5.5 gallon tank. I am super worried because that's well below the suggested thickness for this 14 gallon. Personally I am leaning towards I should scrap it for an aquarium completely and only keep it for vivarium builds but I am also upset because I really liked it as an aquarium. Very interested in y'all's opinion on this one: Have you personally had any issues with this tank after having it for over a year or more? Have you resealed it and the glass seemed fine? Is there really a standard thickness or is it all just suggested? (If so why does Aqueon get away with not meeting said standard?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galabar Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 The tanks do not have great reviews on the PetCo website: https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/aqueon-frameless-cube-aquarium#reviews You can search for various failures. Personally, I would not trust one. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepere Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 On 6/26/2024 at 2:56 AM, Jesuisbanan said: Personally I am leaning towards I should scrap it for an aquarium completely and only keep it for vivarium builds but I am also upset because I really liked it as an aquarium I suspect your level of displeasure would be much higher if you set it up and experienced a panel blowout…. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggaz Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 Sounds like a good plan to go terrarium with this one. For the matter, does anybody have a link to a good guide on DIY aquarium building, that also details glass type and thickness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesuisbanan Posted June 27 Author Share Posted June 27 On 6/26/2024 at 5:41 AM, daggaz said: For the matter, does anybody have a link to a good guide on DIY aquarium building, that also details glass type and thickness? Serpadesign on youtube builds a lot of his own tanks and explains what thickness they'll need and where he bought the glass. I am thinking about making a cube myself to replace this one. I have also found a couple sites that you can calculate the thickness of the glass you'll need so you can know prior to a build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesuisbanan Posted June 27 Author Share Posted June 27 On 6/26/2024 at 5:10 AM, Pepere said: I suspect your level of displeasure would be much higher if you set it up and experienced a panel blowout…. Yeah, really bothers me that they'd sell this product knowing it's not made properly. I don't want to waste my time perfecting a tank that will potentially end in disaster. Besides it's my work desk I really don't need a blowout on all my paperwork and computer. On 6/26/2024 at 4:49 AM, Galabar said: You can search for various failures. Personally, I would not trust one. Yeah, wish I had read the reviews before. I'll figure out something to go in there... just not water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesuisbanan Posted July 1 Author Share Posted July 1 Y'all never buy this product. I will not purchase anymore Aqueon tanks. After all this it Ironically started leaking today😅 I lowered it to around 4 gallons after deciding to take it down. I still needed to set something up to take the plants and snails so it still had the water for them. Today I was at my desk and looking at the hanging plant I have still in the water (suction cupped to the side of the glass) noticing that the level decreased but I thought that was just evaporation due to the AC. Still I decided it was time to start working on getting it's replacement since I had time today. I worked on moving my current 10 gallon crab tank to a 20 gallon to free up my 10 gallon to replace this tank. It's done and I love it a lot more anyways but when I sat at my desk to do my work about 30 minutes ago I noticed the bottom of the hanging plant was now exposed. 🥲 The timing is unreal, luckily it's only 4 gallons now instead of the 10 gallons I had before so I can manage this. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Guys Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 Following this discussion. What is an acceptable thickness for tank glass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesuisbanan Posted July 31 Author Share Posted July 31 On 7/1/2024 at 11:04 PM, Little Guys said: Following this discussion. What is an acceptable thickness for tank glass? So, from what I have found through research it depends on the gallons and shape of the tank. I have been using this site to calculate https://www.omnicalculator.com/other/aquarium-glass-thickness but there are others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyxxl Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 As said above they have glass thickness calculations. I forgot which aquarium maker had the one I saw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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