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08-23-2007, 03:35 PM
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Caitlin Renee 6/29/07
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Wooster, Ohio
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center tank brace
i have a situation on my hands, my center tank brace cracked in half, is there anyway i can fix it, with out having to buy a new tank??
here is a photo of where it is broke, not the greatest quality but u can tell it is right in the middle of the brace.
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08-23-2007, 04:05 PM
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Keeper of the Reef
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Northern Indiana
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I hope there is no water in the tank!!!!
If there is drain it ASAP!
not sure but you could get a strip if acrylic the same width and drill 2 or 3 holes on each side of the crack then use stainless nuts and bolts. It wouldn't hurt to use some 2 part epoxy in between for added strength.
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08-23-2007, 04:43 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Marlboro, Ma.
Posts: 1,307
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You can also buy the trim piece from the manufacturer. Just cut out the silicone holding the old one on, clean up the top and then resilicone a new one in it's place. I have never done it personally but hear it is very easy and cheap too!
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08-23-2007, 04:45 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Atlanta
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There is a guy who got a piece of lexan polycarbonite at HD and glued it underneath then put some nylon srews in it let it sit for a couple days then just cut away the old support. I thought about doing it on my tank but mine isn't broke and im a little scared.. but you have nothing to lose at this point.
Do a search for center support or center brace and you will find a better decription of what this guy did.
Good Luck to ya!
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08-23-2007, 06:01 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Shawnee, KS
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I have had that happen and never had a problem. I had a 150 that had the entire center brace broken out of it, and it was set up for over a year with no problems at all
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08-23-2007, 06:04 PM
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BIG SMELLY MOD
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Livingston Parish, Denham Springs, Louisiana
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I think you can buy some acrylic and cut it to fit and drill some holes and screw it in like mentioned above. use plastic screws or seal the metal ones up with something so they don't rust
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08-24-2007, 03:30 PM
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Caitlin Renee 6/29/07
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Wooster, Ohio
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no there is no water in the tank. I think what i am gonna do is use jb weld on the crack in the brace, then right under the brace cut a piece of acrylic and jb weld that right to the brace and also the glass of the tank
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90g RR w/30g custom sump,30# Kaelini,30# Marshall,20# Uaniva,20# Tonga Branch,2 6045s,1 Seio 820,Milwaukee pH monitor,Milwaukee ORP monitor,(2) 150w Ebo Jager heaters,PanWorld 50px return pump, 2x54w T5 w/individual SLR IC reflectors,2x250w XM 10k w/ARO 250w electronic ballast,Reef Octopus NW200 skimmer
still a work in progress, but getting ever so close
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08-24-2007, 04:21 PM
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Professor Chaos
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Arkham Asylum
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I had a similar problem... i cut the whole thing out and siliconed a piece of thick glass in, then i drilled into the frame and reenforced it with a metal hangar that i bent into place.
the hangar rusted slowly and only needed to be replaced once a year. I screwed 3 2x4's together to create a temp brace to hold the tank together with water prior to changing the wire...
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