Help and advice?

[burtonboi]

Hey all,

I'm new here and today I made a big mistake with my tank. I have a fully stocked 47 bowfront and I decided to cut the centre brace off not realizing it held the top together. I did it to allow more light into my tank with my new maxspect razor. Now I fear my tank will buckle any day now. I'm looking for a a replacement bowfront tank with stand. Guess it's time to go bigger... Anyone have any ideas where I can score a good deal? Or know anyone selling a good used one?? Thanks!!

[Magickiwi]

Big Al's has a bowfront on sale for their boxing week promotion. I don't know if I'd call it a good deal or not but it's better than replacing your carpet/flooring, livestock, coral etc.

I'm not sure if you could use Marine Epoxy and glue a 1/2" strip of clear lexan across the center to use as a brace to hold you over or not. Someone with some structural engineering could probably help you out there.

[mark]

fr ghetto reef thread on rc

[Slyguy00]

Originally Posted by mark

fr ghetto reef thread on rc

Hahaha thats awesome

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Slyguy00

Hahaha thats awesome

But from the other hole with the slot, looks like it might have failed once already!

[Slyguy00]

Lol i guess it does. Pretty brave to try that lol

[Werbo]

On my old 90G the center brace came unsiliconed and fell into my aquarium in the middle of the night.

I was advised to empty the tank halfway or slightly more. This releaved the weight on the sides and I was able to resilicone the centre brace.

[intarsiabox]

You could silicone a glass center brace in it's place.

[burtonboi]

Better solution just completely replaced the tank. Good excuse for an upgrade anyway. Thanks for all your help!!


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[mark]

replacing was the smart thing to do, have fun with the new tank