aquarium centerbrace
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Topic: aquarium centerbrace
Posted By: skibum801
Subject: aquarium centerbrace
Date Posted: August 21 2006 at 10:04pm
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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
------------- 90g reef 30g long refugium,2x250 hqi 4x65w pc |
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Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: August 21 2006 at 10:21pm
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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".) -------------  |
Posted By: telomere
Date Posted: August 21 2006 at 11:50pm
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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. steve |
Posted By: skibum801
Date Posted: August 22 2006 at 8:34pm
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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
------------- 90g reef 30g long refugium,2x250 hqi 4x65w pc |
Posted By: telomere
Date Posted: August 22 2006 at 8:47pm
| 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. |
Posted By: uh60chief
Date Posted: August 24 2006 at 1:36am
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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 Bluffdale Utah Tired of looking at my empty 125 :( |