Tank Glass "Bow'ing"

[Barrett.Oliver]

fishytime, your right....she does want her puffer. I'll hear about it until we have one. Might not be a tank big enough for a puffer yet, but you or Kev might be hearing from me?

machika, I guess the only thing I'm wanting to know about really, is if it is something that occurs to most tanks or if I have some sort of "dud". Your right in saying it would make you uncomfortable, as it does me and mine.

So...... in this slight hindsight, my birthday is coming up AND the lady is already talking about a new one, maybe I'll start making the appropriate calls.

To everyone who gave me their "two cents", this website continues to amaze me how people are willing to share their experience to help a fellow hobbyist. Thank You!

-Barrett

[mike31154]

I take it the tank has no center brace then? If so, and if the tank is a brand name product (not dyi) then it's probably designed that way (no brace) and nothing to be concerned about. I purchased my 75 (Hagen, 3/8 inch glass) second hand and it came without a center brace. When I started considering building a canopy for it, I noticed it bowed considerably at the center. Pretty difficult to fit a square canopy on to a bowed tank. I haven't put a canopy on it since I'll be replacing it with a 90, but I did make a wooden center brace for it to remove the bowing effect. I guess I'm saying that if my Hagen 75 is designed without a center brace, your 30 is fine without it also.