Thanks everyone for your kind comments as soon as I start cutting out the bottom glass Ill start posting the DIY replacement. Everything is stalled for the moment as Im waiting for a call back from "All Glass" and " Glass Cages" on the tech question we all have been struggling with, can I get away with the bottom glass being caped on top of the 4 panels instead of inset.
glas-cutters warned me that the factory cut glass can be off by as much as 1/8th inch and that would be a problem if it was cut too big doesn't fit back inside the inset vs a simple cap job. Even by 1/32 it will not fit back inside the 4 panels and the glaciers told me they don't have the equipment on site to grind or trim 1/2 inch glass down even if it's not tempered.
So I'm trying to get confirmation from aquarium manufactures what are the size or structural requirements if any with a cap over glass bottom vs inset glass bottom as I would hate to have the seams fail due to a weaker design bottom assembly because of 1800 pounds of water.
The good news is that 30x24" side panel with the chipped bottom is that after thinking about it suddenly occurred to me that all I have to do is remove and flip that panel bottom side up and fill the now top chip with Duraglas Filler then silicone into the top frame as the chip will mostly be inside the top plastic frame anyway. Also I will be able to do the side panel at the same time as the bottom glass panel because I forgot that despite having the bottom and one side panel removed leaving 3 side unsupported, the 3/4 inch top center glass brace (24x6) will also be supporting the open 3 sides from the top so that should be enough shape support to get away with doing both the bottom and side-flip panel simultaneously to make one continuous inside silicone seal once the sandwich seals have cured.
