broken center brace

[$$sucker]

I was reaquascaping my 72 aga bf and broke my center brace . local LFS ordered me a new top trim but for now a have clamp holding it from bowing out to much. I plan on draining the tank down to about 6 inchs of water when changing the trim any good tips on how to get the old trim off whitout damaging the tank. thanks

 

[ronkent]

Use a dremel to cut around the corner edge of the brace all the way around the tank. Then carefully cut a section of it out witth the dremel and you should be able to get underneath the brace with a putty knife and carefully peal the brace away. Take your time with the dremel and don't touch the glass.

 

[Blown 346]

I believe the bracing is held on to the glass with a bed of silicon.

 

[inlandreef]

check this out
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=640357

 

[$$sucker]

thanks for the tips it gave me just enough of an idea on how to go about this . I may just try and put in a temp, I have lots of acrylic in the garage. happy reefing