Fix a Bowed Tank by Adding a Braced Frame - YouTube:
Hi, I enjoyed watching your video and have been grappling with a similar issue. In my case the top trim has been removed. The company that makes this tank may not be around but it looks like Aqueon is similar: Their published dimensions are: 72.5" x 18.5" x 29.5" Mine I have as the same 72.5 (although I recall at the base where the trim was the longest dimension may have been 72 3/8 -While the width at the widest may have been 18 5/8 (accounts for thickness of trim). I t would seem that bow (on a tank as long as 72" or over 6ft should be normal and expected. Bottom line is a filled the tank up about 3" lower then the top. The 1/4 glass brace that "just fit within" got pulled" or slid about a full 1/2 at the very center! The part that stayed in place IMHO opinion did so because it was squarely in place. The other side because of my poor glass cutting skill slid inward exposing most of the what I believe is 1/2" of the glasses thickness. At the sides the measurement across the top is 18 2/8 as I move 6 inches from the side it goes up to 18 3/8 then at the very center (and about three inches in each direction it bows to about 18 5/8 (possibly up to 18 3/4) I know it was never as high a 19 inches. Is it natural and normal to allow for a maximum "bulge or bow" of lets say about 1/2 an inch. I would like to propose this plan: Center Brace cut to actual bowed size: 5" wide by 19 7/8 or whatever it actually is after about 12 hours of sitting there!
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