did you do like I did after you cut the bracing out.. slowly fill the tank and check the long sides with a strat edge to see how much it bowed.. :mrgreen:

I was pretty nervous at first but I figured I could live with a 1/64th of an in overall deflection in the tank.

Steve

Actually Steve, the funny thing is I cut out the glass brace so long ago that I didn't even think about it when I was filling the tank. I was quite confident that the glass brace would be fine though. I will however be careful of heat from lights. I don't think that there is any deflection at all, so I'm good to go for now.

so you are saying that the wavy sea doesn't spin around after the power went out or they got unplugged , may be mine was a defective one maybe... well that is great for you

Thanks to this thread, I had the guts to take the grinder to my sump to mod it a bit. You're right, it did go really fast and I couldn't believe how easy it was. Thanks again for the idea.:biggrin:

Yup, once unplugged, it just stops where it is. When plugged back in, it doesn't move at all. Just stays where it is.

I'm glad, the first time I tried I was a little nervous. I was grinding out my external overflow slot and that piece of glass is pretty important I'd say. With the brace, if it broke, then I would just have to eurobrace. But I got the best of both worlds I'd say.

hey Dez, what kinda grinder did you use?

Steve

Hey Steve,

I believe it was a 4" Dewalt Grinder, might have been 4 1/2". I used the thinnest diamond blade that I could find at Home Depot, the blade itself was about $10 I think. Well worth it.

I found a solution to hang my light today. I used a chest lid hinge. So I can move the light forward and back and side to side a few inches. Fairly simple and only $4 each. It's a PFO pendant for 250 watt DE bulb. I've had this light for 5 years in storage.

http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/t...g?t=1246943132

A view of the light from farther back:

http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/t...g?t=1246943294

And a bad cell phone picture of one light in the middle lit up. The middle light is only $150 watt. Really it's only to take care of the lower intensity light in the middle from the light spread.

http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/t...g?t=1246943336

I almost bought that mirror a few years ago. I recall it being at least $200. I know exactly how good that frame must look. I dig!