My 65 tall....

[Lenne]

I have a 65 tall tank im about to set up!
but the middle support is cracked...
so you think it will be okay to still set this tank up??

the crack

another of the crack

the filter slot.. only ten inches... there is one on each side of the tank

the whole tank...

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my other tank:
one silver arowana
two fiddler crabs
and a pleco..
some live plants
sand bottom...

I wanna set up a emperor 400 but ive read they are 16 inches long..
my slots for a filter are only 10 inches.. would it be okay to go with
two emperor 280? one on each side?

 

[daveedka]

With a tank Of that height (I own one as well) I wouldn't do it without repair. The glass will need the brace. these tanks bow considerably when filled. Since the tabk is empty, you could easily silicone a sheet of glass on each side of the existing brace making it 3 times as thick but with contiuous glass on each side of the crack it should suport the tank. That much surface area of silicone will have phenomenal strength. The other option would be to get a new tank rim that has a plastic cross brace. they can be hard to find but are available. The trick is finding one that exactly fits your tank demensions. Glass cages.com may be able to help, as well as other manufacturers.