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The first thing I did was cut out the existing center brace with a hack saw. Then after carefully cleaning the new brace and tank walls I put a fair sized bead of silcone along the top corners where the brace will go. Then, with the tank on it's side I carefully slid the brace in place and then taped it in down. Then I applied more silicon around the edges.
Keep in mind that the inner dimension of the tank was 17.25 inches across so I had the glass cut to 17 & 1/8 to have a small gap for the silicon. I used a couple of thick paper clips (1/16 inch) as spacers as well.
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THE BARQUARIUM:
55 gallon cube - 50 lbs LR - ASM G3 skimmer - 30 Gallon sump - 22 Gallon refugium / frag tank - 4x 24 watt HO T5's - Mag 9.5 return - Pin Point PH monitor - 400 watt XM 20K MH in Lumenarc reflector - Dual stage GFO/NO3 media reactor - 6 stage RODI auto top up -Wavemaster Pro running 3 Koralia 2's.
Fully stocked with fish, corals and usually some fine scotch
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