cutting out center brace ? ?
 

i have a 46 bow. i recently am adding a single 250 MH fixture. i am looking for help and tips on the heat of the light. considering cutting out the center brace of my tank. any advice would be great. thanks

Always a bad idea to cut the center brace on a bow.....imo anyway.

We have a bow as well. You could also consider getting a large reflector (like a lumenarc or lumenbright) for a wider dispersal of light into the tank, or you could put lighting on either side of the brace. In my own experience we put a 250w lumenbright over ours. It lights the tank up really well but needs some supplemental on the right due to the brace and being offset. If I had to keep it the way it is I would just add a second halide to it. For now it has the bright in the center and slightly left and a coralife pc to light up the shadowed areas on the right. (This tank is getting upgraded very soon.)

ok. thanks for the advice

center brace successfully cut out and without incident. i have measured and re measured every hour for the past 2 days and it has not budged a mm. :biggrin:

If you want to play it safer - they're your floors, not mine - glue or screw a clear acrylic rod in place of the brace.

Not a good idea at all... I have repaired numerous bowfronts. It will eventually pull from the bottom back, front or both. Be cautious......

thanks for the advice. i actually just tore the tank down and set up a new 70:smile: