Removing glass edging from large aquarium.

[RouJr]

I have a 5 foot 80g aquarium that has glass lips around the top to hold up lids. It also has 2 horizontal pieces that glue the front and black together at the top. I would like to run a rimless aquarium and would like to know if it is safe to move the front to back pieces and also how to remove the glass rims that are siliconed on. My muscles(or lack their of) have no hope of stressing it off.

 

[homer1475]

Its called eurobracing, and definitely something you don't want to remove.

You can't just take the bracing off a tank and call it rimless. Those rims(eurobracing in your case) is there to hold the panels together, and often times the glass is thinner then a traditional rimless tank because of the bracing.

 

[reefwiser]

This is on the aquarium for structural integrity. This type of aquarium design relies on the bracing to keep the glass panels that make up the aquarium stay in place.

 

[RouJr]

I worried so thankyou to homer and reef wiser for confirming

 

[reefwiser]

Its the same with the plastic rims on the cheaper aquariums that is part of the design to hold the glass in place. It locks the glass and stops it from blowing and you lose intengry of the silicone seal.