Is television glass clear?

My friend and I are about to start a project where we will obtain an old television from a junkyard or something and remove the top and take out the insides, seal up the edges and make it a fish tank, but first we want to know if the TV glass will be clear after we remove the TV insides. Is it clear or that brownish color? Because if its the brown color we will have to get a different piece of glass to put in there.Is television glass clear?
The glass is part of the picture tube. You wont be able to separate the front from the rest of the tube. And if you could it is coated with chemicals that would kill the fish.





You might find an old console. If so you would be best off putting in your own glass. Water is heavy and the glass needs to be thick and sealed to prevent breakage and leakage.





Picture of a TV picture tube laying down:


http://www.reton.cz/crt/dt/23lcd01_01.jp鈥?/a>





BTW: Be VERY careful with the picture tube. Highly dangerous. Can explode if dropped or punctured.Is television glass clear?
Do not do this. It is a very bad idea.





First, TV glass is not clear, tends to be dark to reduce the effects of internal reflections.





But mainly you have phosphors all over the inside of the screen. If it does not poison you it will poison the fish.





CRTs also have a vacuum inside them. This makes them into a potential bomb. If the glass breaks then there is 15 lbs/inch^2 pushing on those pieces. Large parts of glass can move with enough velocity to make a real mess of you.








If you really, really want to have a TV fish tank, then just get the TV case from the junk yard and let them deal with the CRT and the electronics. Use some sheets of thick acrylic to build your tank inside the TV case, and remember to use an aquarium safe glue.





Also remember that you are going to need to access the tank to feed the fish and to clean out the tank and change the water. You may want to modify the TV case so there is a trap door in the top for easy access.
Kinda, depends on model, but there's supposed to be a filter that you remove thats black. Try www.instructables.com for a similar project

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