Considering removing/replace center brace

jweis · Post by **jweis** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 3:49 pm

I have a 37 gallon tank with a big black brace down the center of it that casts a big shadow in the middle of my aquarium, which I find very annoying.

Has anyone ever removed the brace and replaced it with stainless steel cables or a piece of acrylic? Or is there some other nifty solution that I should consider?

jweis · Post by **jweis** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 4:56 pm

Here is a pic of the annoying shadow (right behind the two guppies).

SCMurphy · Post by **SCMurphy** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:08 pm

I have a 75 that had a broken center brace. I patched it with a piece of glass, but the brace was part of the repair.

chris_todd · Post by **chris_todd** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 9:18 pm

Julie, what kind of light fixture do you have? I have a 37g with the center brace, but it does not have anywhere near as prominent a shadow as that. I'm using a Coralife T5.

Ghazanfar Ghori · Post by **Ghazanfar Ghori** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 7:02 am

jweis wrote:Here is a pic of the annoying shadow (right behind the two guppies).

Nice Polygonum!

Cristy Keister · Post by **Cristy Keister** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:45 am

How about a small spotlight aimed at that area? Or reflectors from the side to bounce light to that spot?

jweis · Post by **jweis** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:56 am

chris_todd wrote:Julie, what kind of light fixture do you have? I have a 37g with the center brace, but it does not have anywhere near as prominent a shadow as that. I'm using a Coralife T5.

I have 4 24" T5. Two of the bulbs are pink Geisemann and two are the Geisemann AquaFlora.

The lights are attached to the top of my canopy which is about 4 inches above water. I give my arms a work out every time I lift the canopy off to work in the tank.

jweis · Post by **jweis** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:31 am

Ghazanfar Ghori wrote:
Nice Polygonum! :P[/quote wrote:
I bought it at the auction last month from Mary. I like it lot. I either kill plants quickly or they thrive. This one is thriving and has doubled in size.

chris_todd · Post by **chris_todd** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:41 am

jweis wrote:
chris_todd wrote:Julie, what kind of light fixture do you have? I have a 37g with the center brace, but it does not have anywhere near as prominent a shadow as that. I'm using a Coralife T5.
I have 4 24" T5. Two of the bulbs are pink Geisemann and two are the Geisemann AquaFlora.

The lights are attached to the top of my canopy which is about 4 inches above water. I give my arms a work out every time I lift the canopy off to work in the tank.

Ah, that explains the difference, I think. My coralife fixture sits directly on top of the glass tops.

Considering removing/replace center brace

Considering removing/replace center brace

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