Styrofoam under an aquarium
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Must be a regional thing - most tanks in this part of the world are glass and silicone only.
Maybe we have more faith in glue around here
Cheers
Ian
I found this....... http://www.concepttanks.com/tankoptions.htm#BRACING_OPTIONSbigspizz;1465529; said:
This is my 50gal all glass tank.
It has internal 'euro bracing' with a tie brace across the middle and glass lids that sit on the braces.
And I thought this was how tanks where allways built.
As you can see there is no external frame or anything other than glass and glue.
Cheers
Ian
It has internal 'euro bracing' with a tie brace across the middle and glass lids that sit on the braces.
And I thought this was how tanks where allways built.
As you can see there is no external frame or anything other than glass and glue.
Cheers
Ian
Ianab;1466014; said:This is my 50gal all glass tank.
It has internal 'euro bracing' with a tie brace across the middle and glass lids that sit on the braces.
And I thought this was how tanks where allways built.
As you can see there is no external frame or anything other than glass and glue.
Cheers
Ian
Do you have a picture of the bottom?
Are you saying your bottom plate of glass lies on the stand?
Is the bottom all glass with no bracing? My tanks have top and bottom bracing with nothing on the sides.
SemperFish;1466803; said:
Yes.. the bottom of the tank is one sheet of glass with the sides glued to it. Thats probably the strongest part of the tank.
The top of the tank has internal glass braces and a cross brace. No external bracing anyplace.
Common for even larger tanks to be built this way, 6' x 2' x 2' size ones, and failures seem very rare. The glass does have to be sized correctly of course, and the bigger tanks are fairly thick (and expensive)
This is the tank first being filled - shows the top bracing better.
Bottom of the tank is just a glass to glass join. I didn't have a sheet of foam, so I cheated and put it on corrugated cardboard. Same effect, just not waterproof. But if the cardboard gets wet, I already have a bigger problem than wet cardboard
Cheers
Ian
P.S. Yes I know I need to clean the glass
I'm glad you aren't having problems but glass typically does not have great strength when supported like that. 