front piece of glass on tank bowing??? Please help

[luvmyjag]

i bought a 90 gal tank and its been up for about a week now and now the front piece of glass is bowing it is not a bow front lol can i use a support clap to hold it in place of is it just not going to make a diffrence the plastic trim is all there but who ever had it befor me cut the plastic piece off of it that was in the middle for support some one please help

 

[pshtex]

add a glass brace to the top after draining half to two thirds of water

 

[ziggy2]

You need to do it quickly. You might break the seals while it is pulling.

 

[nfored]

THere was a thread like this, where the guy went to the store to get silicone and the tank exploded while he was gone. Glass is not meant to bow and puts extreme stress on the silicone.

 

[Jc1119]

You really need that center brace. I'd drain it till I could get a glass brace in there for sure. Glass really shouldn't bow so much it's noticeable..... at least not on a 4 foot tank.

 

[ziggy2]

Once you get the brace on, check it again for leaks.

 

[luvmyjag]

thanks so much every one it is drained and all now i wasted no time taking the water out as soon as i seen that it was bowing i threw my pump in and pumped all the water out

 

[KarstenHeydahl]

Man if i were you, i would change the entire part of the glass. Glass is not able to "bow". That means, that there is a high possibility of internal structural damages that you may not see with your eye.

 

[CClump]

if a tank was not built with a center brace (i have a 45 gal like this, and it does infact bow a little at completely full, it should be fine, obviously they wouldnt build a ton of tanks like this and ship them out knowing failure was imminent).
If it was Built with a center brace, and it is removed i would fix it immediately as the tank probably wasnt build solid enough to not have one.

 

[Aqualoon]

if a tank was not built with a center brace (i have a 45 gal like this, and it does infact bow a little at completely full, it should be fine, obviously they wouldnt build a ton of tanks like this and ship them out knowing failure was imminent).
If it was Built with a center brace, and it is removed i would fix it immediately as the tank probably wasnt build solid enough to not have one.

who ever had it befor me cut the plastic piece off of it that was in the middle for support

His tank isn't one of those 3 ton old tanks that have glass so thick that it takes 4 guys to move a 125g. I had a 55g like that - those things are built solid!