Bigger tank bigger headaches

[Dearth]

So I never paid much mind till tonight but sometime in the past somebody cut the 2 crossbraces on top of the tank I have a question do I need to worry about the missing cross bracing or was it more for holding lighting and such up?

If I need to worry about it what would you suggest to shore up the bracing?

[Aquattro]

I'd worry about it. Not sure how to fix, but personally I wouldn't fill it.

[corpusse]

Get some scrap acrylic and a couple of nylon screws and nuts and drill holes in whats left of the old bracing and the acrylic and then attach. 100% safe and easy to do. I've done it myself in the past and you can find tons of examples if you google "replacing center brace with acrylic".

[Dearth]

Originally Posted by corpusse

Get some scrap acrylic and a couple of nylon screws and nuts and drill holes in whats left of the old bracing and the acrylic and then attach. 100% safe and easy to do. I've done it myself in the past and you can find tons of examples if you google "replacing center brace with acrylic".

It was suggested that I do that by someone I work with this morning and it is a viable option which I think I will do if that doesn't work it's been suggested that I get a local glass company to build a full euro brace to fit over the entire lid which is also an option Albiet a very expensive option

Thank you Corpusse I will try to acrylic option next set of days off

[The Guy]

Originally Posted by corpusse

Get some scrap acrylic and a couple of nylon screws and nuts and drill holes in whats left of the old bracing and the acrylic and then attach. 100% safe and easy to do. I've done it myself in the past and you can find tons of examples if you google "replacing center brace with acrylic".

I wouldn't put any water in the tank until the above suggestion is done, the braces were there to hold the tank together and a very important part of the structure as to outward water pressure on the glass, and has nothing to do with holding up the lighting.
Once you install the acrylic braces you should be good to go, nice tank BTW.

[Dearth]

Cross bracing installed sorry iPhone pictures

[Bblinks]

Nice job. Way better than what I thought it was gonna look.

[Dearth]

Originally Posted by Bblinks

Nice job. Way better than what I thought it was gonna look.

Thank you

Because my carpentry skills are legendarily horrible I thought it was going to look crappy as well but I was pleasantly surprised tomorrow I give it the water test getting buckets ready for the worst scenario

[The Guy]

Nice repair job, glad to see you used 2 bolts on each end.
You should be good to go now.

[Bblinks]

Originally Posted by Dearth

Thank you

Because my carpentry skills are legendarily horrible I thought it was going to look crappy as well but I was pleasantly surprised tomorrow I give it the water test getting buckets ready for the worst scenario

Oh man, I hope not! Lol I'll be praying to the fish gods for you tonight...