Euro brace question

[danny zubot]

The first thing I did was cut out the existing center brace with a hack saw. Then after carefully cleaning the new brace and tank walls I put a fair sized bead of silcone along the top corners where the brace will go. Then, with the tank on it's side I carefully slid the brace in place and then taped it in down. Then I applied more silicon around the edges.

Keep in mind that the inner dimension of the tank was 17.25 inches across so I had the glass cut to 17 & 1/8 to have a small gap for the silicon. I used a couple of thick paper clips (1/16 inch) as spacers as well.