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    Posted: August 21 2006 at 10:04pm
I want to take my center brace out of my 90g can I just replace it with plexiglass? or can I just leave it out? thanks
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The center brace on my glass 120 gallon has been out for years but it is an old tank with thick glass (1/2".)


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For safety's sake, I'd keep a brace.  If your tank is glass, you'll have a hard time getting plexi to stick to it.  On one of my tanks, I removed the centerbrace that was part of the plastic rim, and siliconed a 1/2" thick piece of glass inside the tank.  It worked out very well.

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My tank is a 90g all glass older, it has thick glass but not quite 1/2 inch. Could In cut the old plastic brace out and leave enough room to glue or screw on the plexiglass in place of the old brown plastic. The reason is I want to put a 250w mh over the middle. thanks 
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The heat from a metal halide isn't going to go well with plexiglass - it will have to be considerably above the plex.   I'd go glass for safety.  It's not expensive, the piece I had cut was 3/8" (not the 1/2" that I previously said) x 6" x 12", and it was something like $13.
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I cut my brace out and replaced it with a piece of plexi that is the same thickness.  I left just enough of the old brace drilled 2 holes on each side and used plastic bolts and nuts to secure the new brace.  I am pretty sure that there is an old thread on this that has pics of tanks done very similar to mine.  So far it has worked great. 
Jason&Andrea Townsend
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Tired of looking at my empty 125 :(
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