Can I safely go rimless

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jopheso

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I have a 75g tank with 3/8" glass. The tank does have a glass center bar about 10" wide. Would I be safe to remove top trim and fill the tank completely? I really prefer the rimless look. Even if it means adding some corner support somehow. I have searched and read through many people asking similar questions, but I havent found an exact match to my tank/glass and center bar combo.


Thanks for any info
 
jopheso said:
I have a 75g tank with 3/8" glass. The tank does have a glass center bar about 10" wide. Would I be safe to remove top trim and fill the tank completely? I really prefer the rimless look. Even if it means adding some corner support somehow. I have searched and read through many people asking similar questions, but I havent found an exact match to my tank/glass and center bar combo.


Thanks for any info
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What would the covers rest on?
 
well currently they rest on the glass center bar in the middle and the trim on edge. I was actually thinking of adding a couple glass cross bars on the left and right sides for that purpose as well as additional stability.
 
jopheso said:
I have a 75g tank with 3/8" glass. The tank does have a glass center bar about 10" wide. Would I be safe to remove top trim and fill the tank completely? I really prefer the rimless look. Even if it means adding some corner support somehow. I have searched and read through many people asking similar questions, but I havent found an exact match to my tank/glass and center bar combo.


Thanks for any info
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I have a 90 w/ no center brace and its fine. U mean the whole rectangular rim? U need that

#1 S. Vettel
 
Yeah I read on here once that the rim is irrelevant to the tank being held together. I mean have you ever noticed how weak the plastic is? I dont think its made to hold hundreds of pounds of pressure.

Also just dont ever end up in Prison, you'll really go rimless, LOL
 
F1 VET said:
I have a 90 w/ no center brace and its fine. U mean the whole rectangular rim? U need that

#1 S. Vettel
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See this is kind of my problem, one person says "you need that" the next person says "its cheap plastic it cant be holding much"(which is kind of how I feel) I think that if I can add the two additional glass cross bars siliconed in place that should be more than enough strength. My mind isnt made up I am looking for feedback from anyone who has done this.

Thanks
 
Totalimmortal said:
I honestly wouldn't.

The only reason I went rimless on my BioCube is because it's one piece of glass.
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So you feel that without the plastic rim around the outside of the tank, that it will lose integrity and bow? Even with 3 glass cross bars? Man I wish there was some type of calculator for this. How much cross bar surface area you need to not bow based x number of gallons and y glass thickness.

someone jump right on that :)
 
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