How would you cut a 40 breeder in half to make a rimless cube.

[zeebies]

I hate to waste anything. I have another 40 breeder laying around and want to make a rimless cube out of it - roughly 18x18x18.

[zeebies]

Is it just as simple as taking the rims off then cutting out the glass and re-siliconing? What tool and blade is best for cutting up this thing?

[Mark426]

You can use the glass from the old tank...BUT...its almost impossible to get the glass cut straight enough with 90 degree breaks to get a seal. Take the glass to a real glass shop and have them cut it and machine polish the edges. I have done this before, as a matter of fact I have a nano-tank curing right now that is using old glass from a unused tank

[zeebies]

Take the glass to a real glass shop and have them cut it and machine polish the edges.

Good advice, thanks.

Since the bottom glass is tempered and I cannot recut it, is it safe to use glass from one of the sides for the bottom? Or does the bottom need to be of thicker glass?