What thickness of acrylic do I need?

[percula99]

My present sump is built out of plywood with a glass front. I came home and found the glass cracked so I have decided to replace the sump with one made of acrylic. My dimensions will be 48 inches long, 23.5 inches wide and 12.5 inches deep. This is a 60 gallon sump (unfilled). What thickness of acrylic do I need?

[woodendude]

I can't help you with the thickness but there is a custom  acrylic 65 g. sump for sale here.
http://ovas.ca/index.php?topic=21433.0;topicseen

[groupie02]

Melev's reef has a lot of the information you need for building your own acrylic sump.

have fun

[percula99]

woodendude...I contacted him but have not received a reply yet. Thanks for the lead.

groupie02...I forgot about Melev's site. He is very knowledgeable and I am checking his site out. Thanks. I doubt I will have fun though. In all my panic I forgot to post that with a cracked sump comes a flooded basement. I lost at least 30 gallons out of the sump, probably another 10-15 out of the tank and 10 more in my fresh water reservoir (auto top up). What a mess.

[groupie02]

In all my panic I forgot to post that with a cracked sump comes a flooded basement. I lost at least 30 gallons out of the sump, probably another 10-15 out of the tank and 10 more in my fresh water reservoir (auto top up). What a mess.

That really doesn't sound like any fun stuff I know... good luck with the cleanup.

[az]

1/4" would do, thx.