tank bracing help!

[EI Gringo]

Hi guys.
Constructing a tank, 1cm glass, 4ft by 1 1/2 foot and 2 ft tall. I had to remove the glass bracing at the rim for my endeavours however this has caused this glass sides to rupture from the pressure of the water after I tested my re-sealing.

This tank needs bracing!

Thinking of metal around the top of the tank welded around the glass so the glass sides can't move and rupture...

Any thoughts guys??
Cheers

 

[amt346]

3/8" glass sounds a little thin for a 24" high tank in my opinion, BUT, there are websites that sell the standard plastic trim for that size tank for way cheaper than welding steel.

 

[EI Gringo]

The tank itself is a standard clearseal tank. When you say plastic trim, you mean angled plastic on the outside corner? How is that held onto the tank and would that suffice?

 

[booth2010]

The plstic trim amt346 is talking about is what comes on all store bought aquariums. It is siliconed into place and usually holds just fine. Most mass produced aquariums fail because of glass being to thin not the bracing. The metal would be tricky, you would have to weld it separate from the tank as to not crack the glass from the heat, and attaching it would be a pain I do not know if silicone sticks well to metal. I would either buy a plastic trim as mentioned or do eurobracing with glass.