187g BB Modern Display

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good thing we are doing photo updates. The center brace would be a deal breaker for me. He may do a shorter warranty, but that is fine with me... I don't want the brace! I think he has a computer program that wants him to leave the brace in for the warranty and he is worried about the wavebox.
 
Is that a shot of your tank? Did he accidentally make it with a brace? The tank looks nice, but I definitely agree, you don't want a center brace.
 
one piece 3/4". It was not an accident. He goes by a formula to be able to give a lifetime warranty, and it said I needed the brace, but I don't want it :) so it will be cut and I may have to take a reduced warranty. No problem with me... I think it'll hold ;) i've seen far less bracing on acrylic tanks.
 
I think you'll be fine....that seems weird that he put the brace in when you told him braceless. 3/4" eurobraced, on a 5 ft. tank seems like plenty. So whats the ETA arrival on the tank and getting the system up and running?
 
depends.... lol. a new roof is going on my house this week and hopefully in the next few weeks we'll get the floors done. I will then remove the current tank and start to put in the new one. So I am not really waiting on the tank as far as installation goes, just waiting on the timing.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12670836#post12670836 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by skey44
i agree on the bracing- I am a bit perplexed, but being patient with it.
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Yea, you'd think an aquarium builder would realize that a brace completely changes your lighting options, which changes your aquascape options, which changes your flow options, etc.....
 
anyone with a lot of acrylic knowledge and experience around here care to chime in on this, bc I am talking through "the options" with the tank builder tomorrow on the phone, and would love to get a second opinion if this was enough bracing before I go the "cut the brace no warranty" route! The tank drawings on the first page of the forum are the exact ones I emailed him for the quote. 3/4" construction with the exact build specs drawn. looking for some more opinions.
 
You need more info before somebody can chime in. How thick is the acrylic in the tank?, If it is not at least 1 inch I would say you want the center brace.

But PM Acrylics and see what he says,

Kim
 
the tank is 3/4" all the way around. I still want the outside edge of the brace "euro-brace", just not the cross member.

Thanks
 
I personally would go with the brace, I don't think it will have an impact on your lighting. Acrylic is optically clear it wont se submerged so algae shouldn't be a problem
I'm building a tank 72L X 36W X24 Tall with an external overflow (coast to coast) with a 5/8"slot for overflow
the top will have a 6" brace all around, with a 6" center brace
the tank will be all 1"thick
 
I am more worried about the view as this will be open top... but if it needs to be there i am not opposed to it. just wish I woulda known it was gonna be there with 3/4 and I would have reconsidered the thickness.
 
Hi Scott,

IMO keep that brace there for this particular tank. If it were 1" acrylic all around, you'd be okay with the 4" eurobrace all around, but with 3/4" material - I wouldn't do it without the brace. The "thin-ness" of the material as well as those sharp corners in the access cutouts would be a bad recipe IMO without the brace. If you cut the brace out, it will hold water but will bow more and be far more susceptible to "going south"

The brace will be fine with all lighting schemes except MH, you can place T5, VHO, & LED over the brace, just not MH.

Wish I could say different :(

I am most curious what the builder says though, so please do keep me updated on this if you don't mind too much.

James
 
The builder offered to cut off the top and redo it with thicker material (1.5") to build it the way I had originally intended only charging me his cost for the material, but I decided to leave it as it is... not liking the idea of a 1.5" top with the rest of the tank being .75". I will get over the bracing, and the more I think about it the more I realize the tank will still look really good and the only inconvenience will be cleaning/working in the tank under it (the brace is not all that big). I did learn that I should research things like this a little more on my own (woulda gone with 1" acrylic on the build), and am still glad I am working with ADHI as he was very reasonable and kept me from doing the wrong thing by not building the tank with a potential for failure.
 
If you specifically said you wanted open top, and sent him the schematics you posted here, I would politely ask him to rebuild the tank with 1" (you paying the difference between what 1" would cost above and beyond 3/4"). I'm sure he can sell the tank to someone else, and more importantly, he should have run his computer program before the tank was complete, which would have given you the chance to bump up to 1". IMO he is on the hook for this - he is the tank builder, its not the customers responsibility to know what acrylic thickness is needed. You tell him what design you want, and he tells you what is needed to build it. If he screws this up, I think its on him to fix it.
 
I thought long and hard about it and decided I am going to keep the 3/4". There are many other ( namely magnet strength, volume loss, cost) issues you run into going up to 1". For everything I have planned for the tank there are not that many issues with the top just aesthetics and access. I can get over these and really don't want the headaches of 1" acrylic on this tank.
 
Do you have a update Scott? I dig that tank! I dont think the brace will be that big of a deal.......After some coral grow out and color up...no one will notice!
 
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