Question about 240 gallon acrylic

Look into weld on 40 is my best recommendation. But you would want to cut it along the front pane and sides leaving the top euro brace and everything in tact to try and weld the old top back on. You would not need a new piece this way. But also that is a lot of work for some large pieces of drift wood. Depending how big you might be able to make the euro brave a little smaller and get it in. How thick is the acrylic?

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That is a really crazy thing to do for some driftwood.. However we have all done some pretty crazy things for our hobby!!! I my self would never do that, I would look into some smaller pieces of wood that I could pile up and make it look bigger...

However if you feel you really need to cut it open so you can get in there and clean it I would not cut the whole top off it, I would cut a hole in the top big enough to fit in and get the driftwood in then buy a new piece of acrylic to weld back over the hole... That way you will not have that ugly seem going all the way around the tank and you are not taking any strength away from the tank!!!

If you do it this way make sure you leave atleast 3" to 4" of acrylic on each side ( front to back ) so you have plenty of material to weld the new piece back on to!!! IMO this would be the best and safest way to do it!!!

Good luck and keep us posted how everything comes out!!

Why not just cut the holes to a bigger size


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I wouldn't cut anything out of that top. I can't tell how thick the top is from the picture, but the top is a very structural part of acylic aquariums.
Doesn't seem worth risking it. If you weaken the structure, you could get a crack down the road.. I bought a used acyrlic tank that was underbuilt. It was fine for about 2-3 years, then then it cracked without warning.

I'd cut the driftwood and reassemble them before cutting the tank.

I think it would be perfectly fine to cut the holes bigger. You could probably cut them to twice their size from front to back. I wouldn't cut into the center brace area.

Ultimately, the top piece really prevents bowing as much as it provides structure. The more you cut off, the more the tank will bow, but I don't think it would be in any sort of danger of breaking unless you cut a lot off the top

I say go for it! Although I may be biased.....