I did the impossible
- Thread starter Travisjaso9
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Did you just do it, or has it been months or years? Time could tell.
Sweet! Now you have to move on to the equally impossible task of building a stand.
Might as well bud the stand with wood and tape. A 55 without a run is a disaster waiting to happen. Most people thinking the glass is too thin for that height as is, now you’re relying on a very small cross section of silicone.
Just beacause you can do something doesn't mean you should, unless you're just trying to see if it's possible. I know rimless tanks are getting popular and there are some pretty neat modern crisp looking ones, but what you have is not that, nor an improvement over the tank as it was.
there shouldn't be a problem, the tank glass is braced by the center divider. If he want's to make it rimless, his call.
Hello; Had a rimless tank become rimless on it's own. Not a 55 gallon tho. Back story is this was in the late 1950's and early 1960's. The tanks came two ways. either with iron angle frames or stainless angle frames. I was 11 or 12 years old and spending chore -lawnmowing money so i bought the cheaper iron painted framed tanks.
As years went by the iron would rust. Eventually I peeled away the rusted and non-rusted frames. Used one 20 gallon long that way for decades. Back then the tanks were sealed with a tar and not with silicone. Also, they had slate bottoms. I was able to salvage those tanks when silicone came along. I finally took the last such tank apart last summer. Had a broken panel. Still have the good sides and the slate bottom.
Let me end with a suggestion. I started using clear silicone to secure clear plastic protection on the exposed glass edges of all my all glass tanks. Those glass edges are prone to chip. Had it happen some. I get the clear plastic corner protectors at hardware stores which carry wallpaper supplies. The plastic is for protecting the outside corners of a wallpaper job.
The plastic is too wide to suit me so i trim the width. This is a tedious bit of work but not difficult. As stated, i use clear silicone to attach the plastic and it holds well enough. Can be removed.
As years went by the iron would rust. Eventually I peeled away the rusted and non-rusted frames. Used one 20 gallon long that way for decades. Back then the tanks were sealed with a tar and not with silicone. Also, they had slate bottoms. I was able to salvage those tanks when silicone came along. I finally took the last such tank apart last summer. Had a broken panel. Still have the good sides and the slate bottom.
Let me end with a suggestion. I started using clear silicone to secure clear plastic protection on the exposed glass edges of all my all glass tanks. Those glass edges are prone to chip. Had it happen some. I get the clear plastic corner protectors at hardware stores which carry wallpaper supplies. The plastic is for protecting the outside corners of a wallpaper job.
The plastic is too wide to suit me so i trim the width. This is a tedious bit of work but not difficult. As stated, i use clear silicone to attach the plastic and it holds well enough. Can be removed.
Dude that tank might as well be a landmine. One good nudge---BOOM!