Bought a 150 with no center brace

88rxna

88rxna

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its a 150 with no center brace. Never came with one. Glass is very thick, tank probably weighs 300-350 lbs.
The guy I bought it from bought it new and it came this way. He kept freshwater fish In it.
I should be fine right?
 
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I'm not the expert you want to chime in (they'll be along at some point) but you might want to measure the glass thickness or look up online what thickness came with that tank if you know the brand it is.

Good luck. She's a cutie.

Adam
 
Try filling with the hose out in the yard or driveway. After it's full and sat in the sun for a day, put a level on the front and back glass. If it's flat, you'll be fine. If it's bowed, I'd be concerned. Bowed a little... a little concerned. Bowed a lot... a lot concerned.
 
If it came that way and you know it was in use that way, I really wouldn't worry. It's the thinner and often tempered glass that needs the braces.
 
I would worry about it .


We have a Custom built 84x30x22 5/8 glass tank that has two Braces .........

I Thought it was Over kill... But that is a lot of water...

On a Side note. as said above if they made it like that it should work like that
 
The braces in the link are just manufactured from Polystyrene.
Q: What are your frames made out of?
A: All of our frames are made of out Polysteyrene
Click to expand...
From their Q&A page!
Therefore there would be no structural strength in this at all. It is purely a cosmetic frame to hide the edges and put on covers. They say as much in their Q&A page.
 
That thickness of glass... the might be a bigger concern of the glue giving out. That glass isn't likely going to 'bend'. Although the plastic isn't going to give structural 'strength', it would add structural integrity. The corners being the biggest issue. If the frame wasn't made with a center brace, then this would make sense where thinner glass tanks would have central braces to help stoke the overall structural integrity. The point is the glass doesn't need to be that thick assuming a sturdy support frame; so consider all those rimless tanks if you ran the math on their thickness it'd probably scale up to about your thickness (where that extra frame sturdiness is also there. If you have the frame able to slide up and off currently, you might fill it and see if its still loose. Or you could go apeshiite and extra glue the corners of the frame on and be stoked that you dont have to have that central obstruction. All opinion of course!!!
 
Well thanks for the opinion! I bought the tank knowing it didn't have a brace (made this way) and someone spotted it, then pointed it out. It made me paranoid.
It's in my basement now. Maybe I'll fill it up and see how she looks full.
 
Every tank I have the top and bottom piece match..
I have a 125MarinelandRR, 180AGA, 40Breeder, 3 55Gallons...
90% sure it would be a safe bet to say it did come that way.....
 
You could easily do euro-bracing. I like the type of installation where the bracing is 1/2 inch or so below the top of the rim. Just use aquarium RTV (not silicone) and its easy to do a really nice/neat install with tape and one piece at a time.
 
I was looking at 125 gallon tank with half inch glass thickness and no brace spoke to a representative from an aquarium distributor he said that should be part of the frame and you're taking your chances by not having one in there I took his advice and did not buy the tank good luck
 
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