Also, recently, the plastic divider on the top of my tank let go. I have a glass tank made by All Glass, with plastic frame on top and bottom. on the top, at the midpoint of the tank, there is a plastic bar than runs from front to back. It helps hold up the glass top (if I used those) and also helps reinforce the front and rear glass from bowing out. Anyway, the plastic had cracks in it and a local guy said don't worry about it, but when the plastic did finally let go, it went crack! I heard it from the bedroom. The front glass was obviously bowed, I expect the back glass was also, but couldn't see as well. I was definitely worried about the corners leaking and wanted to add back some sort of reinforcement. My first thought was a threaded steel rod with washers and nuts to hold the ends. However, a friedn suggest flat stock, so I went to the hardware store and bought a 1/8 inch thick, 1 inch wide flat steel bar. Bent one end into a curve then measured and cut the b!
and bent the other end. The final bar looks like a very tall C with ends curved in. I placed this over the top of the tank, pushed and pulled on the front and back glass and got the new "clamp" to hold the glass in pretty much the original flat position. The fix is very simple, hardly noticeable and I think, a good long term solution.
Anyone else deal with this sort of event?
John F. Hess
Davis, CA