euro bracing

[Geoey]

I have a 6'x2'x2' tank made from 10mm glass what would happen if i removed the glass cross bracing on the top? it is held on by big blobs of silicone i was thinking of removing it so i can fit a large piece of wood . Any advice from someone who has tried this would be great.

 

[MChorse13]

im pretty sure you would end up with a huge puddle on your floor. the brace is there to prevent bowing and having a seam split

 

[Just Prince]

It might work if you brace teh tank with ratcheting tie downs first. Then remove the brace. Place the wood put the brace back.

 

[Geoey]

i was thinking about leaving it out all together after the wood is in .

 

[matt clark]

i was thinking about leaving it out all together after the wood is in .

if its going back i dont see a problem. but to leave it out bad idea

 

[the_deeb]

Does the tank have a eurobrace already? If so, how wide? If you're talking about replacing a traditional cross brace with a eurobrace that could work, but simply removing a crossbrace from a tank that size without additional bracing is a bad idea.

 

[Geoey]

it has braces that run along the front and back of the tank at water level they are 5' long and 3" wide x 10mm and it has 4 cross braces that are 3" wide by 2' x 10mm

 

[verruckt]

Yeah don't do it bro. I have a tank that's simular dimensions excpt only 18 wide I believe. it also has a large glass brace in the middle. I cut it out to place rocks and wood in the tank so I didn't break it. Well without thinking (thc reasons) I put the brace back on the tank but didn't silicone it back in place. Then proceeded to fill the tank. Well when it was full I noticed deflection so I measured it and it was 1/8" on front and 1/8" on back so 1/4" total. I decided to see what it'd do and a couple hrs later I went down stairs and it was leaking pretty bad 3/4 of the way up the tank in one spot. So I drained it. You wanted to know what would happen. So there ya go...hope this helps