Center support gone... what do i do?
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fmelindy
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well I already have a 125 that I'm getting setup but it's not quite ready yet. I have two overflow boxes in the tank and I'm still waiting for the plumbing kits to come before its ready for prime time. I don't really want to purchase another tank right now given my current situation - do you think I will be safe for a couple of weeks?
gregzbobo
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hmm, are you handy with tools and wood? Might be able to cobble together a temporary brace with some 2x4's or something that span the width of the tank, with short pieces attached at each end hanging down the sides. Dunno how your hood or lighting is setup, and it would definitely be a very short term thing, but it may work in your case.
space_geek
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Originally Posted by fmelindy
well I already have a 125 that I'm getting setup but it's not quite ready yet. I have two overflow boxes in the tank and I'm still waiting for the plumbing kits to come before its ready for prime time. I don't really want to purchase another tank right now given my current situation - do you think I will be safe for a couple of weeks?
Do u have a large QT? Like 29 gallons or so? I would just throw everything in there for a couple of weeks, because it sounds to me like that 55 could just break any minute. And THAT would be a MESS!!!!!
well I already have a 125 that I'm getting setup but it's not quite ready yet. I have two overflow boxes in the tank and I'm still waiting for the plumbing kits to come before its ready for prime time. I don't really want to purchase another tank right now given my current situation - do you think I will be safe for a couple of weeks?
Do u have a large QT? Like 29 gallons or so? I would just throw everything in there for a couple of weeks, because it sounds to me like that 55 could just break any minute. And THAT would be a MESS!!!!!
gregzbobo
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Originally Posted by Space_Geek
Do u have a large QT? Like 29 gallons or so? I would just throw everything in there for a couple of weeks, because it sounds to me like that 55 could just break any minute. And THAT would be a MESS!!!!!
Good point, we aquarium keepers ALL have quarantine tanks, don't we! :thinking:
Do u have a large QT? Like 29 gallons or so? I would just throw everything in there for a couple of weeks, because it sounds to me like that 55 could just break any minute. And THAT would be a MESS!!!!!
Good point, we aquarium keepers ALL have quarantine tanks, don't we! :thinking:
rubberduck
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well kit snaped because of pressure, wouldnt enough pressure to snap it be enough to break your tank, i donno what you should do, i would see if your tank bends at all
space_geek
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Originally Posted by fmelindy
Geez... do you really think it could break "any minute"???? :help:
:scared:
Don't mean to scare you-but you bet. I DO think it could break any minute. Why do you think they started putting center braces on 55's? They didnt on old ones, but the old ones broke. The glass on a NORMAL 55 is quite thin, and many are made quite poorly, so without the center brace, things could get scary.
Geez... do you really think it could break "any minute"???? :help:
Don't mean to scare you-but you bet. I DO think it could break any minute. Why do you think they started putting center braces on 55's? They didnt on old ones, but the old ones broke. The glass on a NORMAL 55 is quite thin, and many are made quite poorly, so without the center brace, things could get scary.
space_geek
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Originally Posted by fmelindy
That's an interesting question: wouldn't enough pressure to snap the support be enough to bend the tank? Why hasn't it broken yet? It shows no sign of "bending" or warping. Am I worrying unnecessarily?
Its not going to bend, its going to break outward, not inward.
That's an interesting question: wouldn't enough pressure to snap the support be enough to bend the tank? Why hasn't it broken yet? It shows no sign of "bending" or warping. Am I worrying unnecessarily?
Its not going to bend, its going to break outward, not inward.
space_geek
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Originally Posted by fmelindy
I was going to wait until the morning to do something since it's now 10 PM where I live and on Sunday night, let's just say my options for getting anything else are limited at best. I guess nobody could tell me whether it's safe to wait another 12 hours or so, can they?
Your right, NO ONE can say for sure whether you'll be safe for another 12 hours. You SHOULD be, but dont count on it. If I were you, I'd just be ready to wake up in the middle of the night, and be sure before you go to bed, to have buckets and things ready....just in case. 55 gallons of water on the floor would SUCK.
I was going to wait until the morning to do something since it's now 10 PM where I live and on Sunday night, let's just say my options for getting anything else are limited at best. I guess nobody could tell me whether it's safe to wait another 12 hours or so, can they?
Your right, NO ONE can say for sure whether you'll be safe for another 12 hours. You SHOULD be, but dont count on it. If I were you, I'd just be ready to wake up in the middle of the night, and be sure before you go to bed, to have buckets and things ready....just in case. 55 gallons of water on the floor would SUCK.