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    WTB: small piece of clear acrylic

    Can somebody hook a fellow boxer up with a small piece of acrylic? I am looking for something approximately 13 ½” x 1”.

    I recently put a 70w MH light over my 26G bowfront and the black center brace is casting a shadow. I wish to replace the center brace with a piece of clear acrylic to remediate this problem. The tank glass appears too thin and the tank almost 19” tall so I don’t feel comfortable in removing the current brace completely. I plan on simply snipping out most of the current brace and bolting on the clear strip as I have seen this done on other sites.

    Oh yea, where can I get plastic bolts and wingnuts? Right now I only have 1/4" zinc parts.

    Also any other comments/suggestions/warnings would be appreciated… or not depending on tact... but feel free!
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    Home Depot sells the plastic bolts and nuts your after, and I have a piece of plastic that would work for you, but you would need to cut it???

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    • #3
      I would suggest strongly if you want to not have the shadow to Euro brace your tank, because even a clear piece of Acrylic will make a shadow over time, and will become algae filled and cut the light down again.
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      • #4
        Originally posted by CichlidFan View Post
        Home Depot sells the plastic bolts and nuts your after, and I have a piece of plastic that would work for you, but you would need to cut it???
        Where in Home Depot? I went to one on Jones and 249 and searched the hardware isle high and low to no avail.

        I was hoping to find someone who could quickly (and competently) cut a piece for me. I am not afraid of such work but lack the correct tools and experience in this material. If I get no such offers I will take you up on your piece as we are in the same area. Thanks CF!

        Originally posted by Zulaab View Post
        I would suggest strongly if you want to not have the shadow to Euro brace your tank, because even a clear piece of Acrylic will make a shadow over time, and will become algae filled and cut the light down again.
        Solid advice. However you may be overestimating the effort and expense I am willing to put into solving this problem. The tank is already set up. To replace the brace I simply need to remove half of the water, put a couple of clamps across the tank, drill holes, snip out the old brace and bolt the new piece in, and replace the water. That should only take a few minutes. I would not even know where to being in order to retro fit this tank with a euro brace. Do you have any info on how to retrofit a bowfront with a euro brace?

        If I am stuck with the simple center brace swap, I will take your point to heart, and will now seek 2 pieces instead of 1, so that I can swap it out in the future

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        • #5
          If you look in the electrical dept, they have those plastic bolts with wing nuts in little plastic bags, they are kept in those metal bins that have a label on the outside of the box, showing you what's inside. It's a small parts bin or something like that.....

          what dimensions exactly do you need that piece of plastic/acrylic

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          • #6
            Thanks, I will go back and take another peek at HD. The size would be 13 ½” x 1” x whatever_is_thick_enough.

            Plastic would probably not handle the heat of the MH, so it would have to be acrylic or something like that.

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            • #7
              Wouldn't acrilic solvent work better than bolts ?
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              • #8
                Originally posted by PhishPhreek View Post
                Wouldn't acrilic solvent work better than bolts ?
                Yes I think so, and I actually have some. Need to weigh the pros and cons.

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                • #9
                  I have seen where you can cut out the brace. leave a tab on both sides. drill a hole in it and use multi strand plastic coated cable and crimps to make a brace. cable is like the kind for shark fishing leaders. I have all of this stuff if you want to borrow it. including the crimping tool.
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                  • #10
                    call fabriplast 281-403-6195. they can set you up with anything like that you need. the owner has done a lot of good work for me for a good price.
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