Gonna come home with 40 gallons of water on the floor one day.. had to mod the tank

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I had to modify my 40 gallon tank to get my emperor 400 to work.. i had to cut the center support of my tank.. still feels pretty sturdy but you can see the middle bow out a little..

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you can see where i had to cut it.. :(


here is my tank

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I know it looks fake but i am a newbie.
 
What kind of tank is it?

...I'd be a lot more likely to trust an All-Glass in that situation than a Krislin, (these are brand names).

It looks like your stand, hood and lights are from an All-Glass combo.


My point is, All-glass tanks, in my opinion and in the opinions of many people I've talked to, are much better made than Krislins. I would actually say this is a fact. If you remove the center brace, it changes everything though.
 
Not sure what brind it is.. just bought it at the LFS... i don't think it will bust but i am wrong alot so with my luck it will... How much does the center brace really do.. didn't feel like it added a whole lot of support when it was on there..
 
It doesn't really. As I recall from past discussions on center brace's, it supports the plastic trim, which keeps the glass from bowing out. When the glass bows out, it's weakened.

If you bought it at the LFS and not a Meijer, chances are it's an All-Glass or something of relativly comparable quality.
 
Originally posted by Rocketman
It doesn't really. As I recall from past discussions on center brace's, it supports the plastic trim, which keeps the glass from bowing out. When the glass bows out, it's weakened.

If you bought it at the LFS and not a Meijer, chances are it's an All-Glass or something of relativly comparable quality.
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Well i am going to keep my fingers crossed that it does not bust. :)
 
Glass on the tank is 1/4 of an inch thick.. got out a level and the glass is bowing out a little.. 3mm difference between the outer edge of the tank and the middle when i measure at the top.. so it is not bowed to bad... You guys really think it is going to busy or can i get at least another year or 2 out of it.. had it for 6 months now.
 
It's not a question of IF your tank's seams will blow, Jeffd1979 merely a question of WHEN the tank's seams will blow. And when the seams do fail, it won't be a slow leak but a catastrophic failure, and you WILL end up with 40 gallons of water on your floor. You need to replace that center brace ASAP! Ditch the Emperor 400; if you really want to use a HOB filter with that tank, you're going to have to use a smaller model.
 
how do you replace a cut brace?

i've never seen replacement braces.
 
Originally posted by silentskream
how do you replace a cut brace?

i've never seen replacement braces.
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I'd imagine you would need to get the original brace or a strong plastic strip and weld it in place with some good solvent. I think that regardless of how you went about it, you'd need to empty the tank first.
 
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