[killerproblem]

ok so THIS project is not a planted tank.... but i was trying to get a clear answer for this question in the custom pc fourms to no avail. well i was flipping thru my old projects and saw a note i copied from here, ahh there might be someone there who can tell me.... so here i am...

i'm building my new computer ATM and I've decided to go with a oil imersion tank for part of my cooling system, basicly i'm droping the motherboard, power supply, and sutch into a tank of mineral oil (basicly baby oil just no perfumes) built into the main case.
So my question is how do i size the thickness of the acrylic?
the "tank" section of this case will be about 14"L X 14"H X 8"W , so about 6-6.5 usgal of mineral oil total.
I want to build it with annother 6-10" under the tank for the radiator and active cooling system (in two seprate chambers so for support under the tank there will be 3 panels of acryilc the outer two and one in the center), and the front of the case will be full height with about 8" of space for the Hard drives, dvd drives, and sutch.

so i've been looking at acrylic sheeting avail at tap plastics i don't know what thickness('s) i'd need to build this from. I had been thinking of using 3/16" black for most of it and a piece of 1/8" or 3/16" clear for the window side of the tank section. should I be using something thicker? If needed I'll try and draw out a plan (besides the one I've done by hand) to explain it better...

thanx ya'll