75 gal. cracked center brace

Pictuscats2 · Mar 3, 2004

I have a 75 gal. tank with a cracked center brace. I have some ideas but looking for more. I am a bit of a carpenter. I want to build a canopy and stand of real wood, (not sure wich wood yet). My idea is to build the canopy as a structurial piece with bracing in the center (srewed) out of 3/8" +/- acrilic to help pull the center in. The brace will be twice as wide as the original brace. My question is this a good idea to do that this way? Any ideas are appericiated.

Hound · Mar 3, 2004

My best advise is to be really sure you know what you are doing. Roughly speaking a 75 gallon tank should weigh in the range of 825 pounds when filled and stocked. I really don't know how strong the center brace of an aquarium that size is, but I can just see screws popping out when that much weight is pressed up against them.

blitzen25bm · Mar 4, 2004

if you can get it tight enought it would work, its basically doing the same thing as the center brace but wood does give a lot more so it might still bow. another member just had a piece of steel cut with the edges bent down and used that as a brace. then you can build a canopy over that. pretty cheap and isnt much more work.

Pictuscats2 · Mar 4, 2004

I had the same fear of the srews popping lose. My second idea was to use angle iron as a brace. I have a friend that has a fabrication business. Thank you for your ideas.

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