Making your own tank out of acrylic is a rewarding, cost saving, do-it-yourself project. It requires only a few essential tools and a good plastic supplier, the rest is up to you & your budget!
Step one is deciding what size tank to build, this will determine the thickness of acrylic sheet required. The height of the tank, not the gallons, determines the thickness required. You can have a huge shallow tank for a lot less money than a taller, smaller tank, something to consider if money is an issue. Expect to pay $60-70 for a 4ftx8ft sheet of 1/4" acrylic, $110-130 for 3/8" sheet, $150-180 for 1/2" sheet. You can see that the price goes up quickly as the acrylic gets thicker.
Since you're on an African Cichlid site, you'll be happy to know that most African Cichlids do just fine in tanks 24" deep or shallower. Anything over 2 feet tall requires acrylic thicker than 1/2", and we won't go into building tanks taller than 24".
Tanks up to 13" tall can be assembled with 1/4" acrylic, from 13"-19" w/ 3/8" acrylic, and tanks over 19" up to 24" require 1/2" acrylic.
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