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I build tanks for a living the plastic bracing is unnecessary and purely for aesthetics it has little if any structural value. Look at the tank and you’ll see that the plastic isn’t a snug fit to the glass and that there’s a gap both front and back with only a silicone to plastic bond holding it together. Glass thickness has nothing to do with it, uneven cuts and dissimilar dimensions are the reason for the plastic trim. With a rimless tank each pane has to be perfect, with panes that aren’t perfect trim is used to cover up the imperfections.