Safety Tempered Glass Tops for Fish Tank Coffee Table Aquariums

The glass top is the most expensive item for most of the Coffee Table Aquarium fish tanks we carry. Since it is the most visible item on a Coffee Table Aquarium, shouldn't it be the most important in the way of quality? All of our glass tops are made in the USA to our exact specifications. This assures our customers of getting the highest clarity glass.

All of our Coffee Table Aquariums come with a 3/8-inch (10-mm) tempered glass top. The tempering makes it a "Safety" glass like they use for cars. The edge around the glass top is rounded slightly to give it a smooth and nice looking edge (as seen on this image).

Do you know what the quality standard for "Flat Glass" is? You stand back 13-feet and if you don't see a scratch the glass is good. While this may be acceptable to others is not good enough for us. Our suppliers are aware of our higher than normal quality requirements and they deliver above average quality. Nobody's aquarium glass tops are better than ours.

The top does not need to be removed when feeding the fish. For cleaning, one person can remove the top (the majority of our tops are around 35 pounds), but two people make it easier. How often do you need to remove the top? After about a month the underside of the glass top will get noticeably foggy from the nearby water. If you have hard water it will build up quicker. Figure on cleaning twice a month. Usually the top gets dirty from drinking cups faster than the bottom does from the water. We clean the top side first then flip it over and clean the new top side. Very quick and easy.

The most common problems seen on glass tops over a fish tank is condensation. When using an aquarium heater the water temperature usually is warmer than the outside air (and the glass top). This causes a mini rainforest with water droplets collecting on the underside of the coffee table glass top. The cure is not to use a heater. We have keep several types of tropical fish all year round in Chicago and northern Ohio. During winters the room temperature varies between 68 and 71 degrees and never once have we needed a heater. On cold nights we leave the lights under the gravel on to keep the water a little warmer. When picking fish be sure to stay away from the species that require very warm water. Goldfish are by far the easiest to keep. We use Guppies, Swordtails, Platys, Mollies, and Corydora catfish all year round.

Using an air stone or bubbler will cause the underside of the fish tank's glass top to get dirty. The popping of the bubbles on the water surface sprays the bottom of the glass top. After a few million bubbles (less than an hour) you will notice it. As long as you don't have to many fish they do not need any air injected into the water.

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Also, if you are looking for a supplier of flat glass, we can let you know who has good quality, bad quality, and terrible quality (ask us about our experience with Old Castle Glass or Oldcastle Glass).