84"x36"x36"???
OK first of all you cant build this out of just glass or acrylic by yourself.. 1. you never built a tank before this is not the size to start with 2. if you wanted it to be all glass or acrylic you wouldn't save too much money because people would KILL you on acrylic prices.. glass wouldn't be that bad but like is aid i don't recommend this.. 3. NOBODY should ever attempt to build anything over 24 inches high when the length exceeds 72 inches!! not unless your a professionally or know what your doing( i build a lot of tanks, a lot of large tanks and i would never go over 24 inches high) UNLESS your building a plywood tank with glass or acrylic front. Then you can go as high as you want but only put a 24 inch high viewing window in it!! there's a lot of factors that come into play when thinking about building tanks.
UNLEASHED.....the cost of this tank is going to be a lot i mean crazy amount.most manufacturers and custom builders won't go that large in glass for the simple reasoning of durability
i don't question the durability of glass at all at 1/2" but unleashed is right they would never build a tank that high and that long as i said or if they did they would charge you copious amounts of money to do it! and 1/2" acrylic is soo expensive you have no clue what you would pay for those sheets!!!
TurningTIm....I can't imagine what a Glass tank that size would weigh.
as i told Tim in an email that we exchanged i just order my piece of glass for my 500 gallon I'm building . It is 94x23 1/4 ...it is 1/2" and is soo heavy they would not let me come pick it up for safety reasons. I had to pay for a glass truck(those ones they fasten panels of glass to the outside of the truck) to deliver the sheet to my house!! they have a hydraulic arm on the truck that will lift it off and place it in my garage for me!!
BRONCO300
i would NEVER ever use the "other" way maybe on a 10 gallon but nothing over that! if you read my whole post you see how i siliconed mine together and its strong as hell as Tim said.. I'm a big kid and i tried with all my might to pull it apart and she wouldn't budge!!
anymore questions just keep asking!!