How to drill a Mr. Aqua 25 Gallon Frameless Glass Aquarium Tank 18 x 18 x 18 Inch

[Cmartin]

Hi im thinkig of buying a Mr. Aqua 25 Gallon Frameless Glass Aquarium Tank 18 x 18 x 18 Inch

from http://www.marinedepot.com/Mr._Aqua...Tank_Cube-Azoo-AZ1133-FIAQRC-AZ1137-4-vi.html

The question i have about it is how hard would it be to have this tank drilled? if anyone knows how much it would cost or who could do it it would help me out on my idea to buy this tank or not.

Thanks, Chris

 

[evad1]

allen at eyecandy drills tanks
i think like 10-20 bucks per hole
check with tank manufacture if the glass is tempered or not

 

[Cmartin]

Thanks

 

[jz78]

I have a question:

Can I drill a tempered glass?

 

[Geppetto]

I do not believe so.

 

[jz78]

why not?

 

[Joeygo]

From the The Cruisers Forum (Gordon May)

NO.

Tempered glass is regular glass that has been heat treated to increase strength and thermal shock resistance to prevent injury by changing the break pattern.

All fabrication (cutting, drilling, edging) is done prior to tempering.

The manufacturing process of making tempered glass results in the glass having a large amount of stress between various portions of the glass. Highly tempered glass will often crack at the stress points near the hole. Since the amount of hidden stress increases with the degree of temper, the success rate of drilling tempered glass reduces with the increase in glass temper.

There is no way to know the amount of temper in a piece of tempered glass, so there is no way to evaluate the amount of risk involved in trying to drill it.

Therefore, experts DO NOT RECOMMEND attempting to drill tempered glass. :thumpdown:
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[Cmartin]

Yea go Utube drilling tempered glass you can see what happens.
As for the Mr Aqua Tank i found out it is not made with Tempered glass so it is drillable incase anyone else was interested ni a nice cube for a good price.

NO.

Tempered glass is regular glass that has been heat treated to increase strength and thermal shock resistance to prevent injury by changing the break pattern.

All fabrication (cutting, drilling, edging) is done prior to tempering.

The manufacturing process of making tempered glass results in the glass having a large amount of stress between various portions of the glass. Highly tempered glass will often crack at the stress points near the hole. Since the amount of hidden stress increases with the degree of temper, the success rate of drilling tempered glass reduces with the increase in glass temper.

There is no way to know the amount of temper in a piece of tempered glass, so there is no way to evaluate the amount of risk involved in trying to drill it.

Therefore, experts DO NOT RECOMMEND attempting to drill tempered glass. :thumpdown:
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