Well the tank is officially braceless, too bad it can't stay that way. That is a job I NEVER want to do again. :2gunfire:

The counter tops went in today

The bottom of the tank sits 2.75" below the top of the counter top. One thing I always hated about my other tanks was that I could never clean right to the bottom of the glass with the mag-float without scratching the tank. This solves that problem and makes it look pretty cool.

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...d/IMG_1990.jpg

Looking good man.

We are going to take this tank out and replace it. We have decided to go for a taller tank 84x24x?
About the only thing good about this whole thing is that I get to smash the thing and buy a new tank with the specs I want.. So I'll probably be asking for some design help in the future.

I guess I should tell you what prompted the change... the left hand payne cracked sometime during the night. I know it wasn't broken last night when I went to bed.

Man, you just aren't having the best of luck are you?

I guess it's a blessing though, now you get what you really wanted.

Wow, weird. :( Although I suppose it's better to have happen now than when there's water in it.

I'm baffled as to what happened also.. I know it wasn't cracked yesterday..It’s pretty obvious and impossible to miss. The counter top doesn't touch the tank, there is at least 1/8 all the way around that I siliconed in last night.

No sense trying to figure it out, what's done is done, on the upside I can build what I want now. The downside, I now need to sell a kidney to pay for it! :lol:

Since you are going taller... I think I would take up as high as the highest shelf on the sides... would give a it nice uniform look! :D

Lucky it wasn't full of water. The glass itself may have has an imperfection it it, inclusion, just the right tap and it fractures.....I think any glass company could repair it for you. Might cost more than the tank.