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hello, hello, hello. so I'm in the midst of planning a high tech aquarium (which I will be posting in Tank Journals when I get things started) and I plan on building 120 (probably more) gallon aquarium from scratch with acrylic sheets. now, I don't want to use the standard measurements. what I'm thinking of is a very long and somewhat wide dimensions but not very tall. the reason to this is because the inhabitants will be strictly bottom dwelling fish.

so... my question is: are there any "aquarium calculators" online that can tell me if a very long, very wide, but short aquarium will be plausible in terms of structural support? note: the thickness will be roughly 1 - 1.5 inch as of right now until I research more into where it should be.

if you need specific dimensions of what I'm thinking about let me know, I'll post it tomorrow.

any input would be greatly appreciated.

I found this doing a Google Search

ah ha, ok. funny you mentioned it. I googled it before I posted and I saw and skipped the cichlid forum site - didn't think it would have much. it did answer one question. height of an aquarium has significant effect on tensile strength and bow of the acrylic. so would a decrease in height enable me to go with a thinner acrylic?