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Old 02-16-2004, 06:06 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I need to take off my back middle brace of my stand. I built my fuge, and it's not going to waste. I plan on putting the brace back on after I get the refugium under the tank. Any good advice.


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Can you lower the water level to reduce the pressure on the tank until you get things squared away with your refugium? Measure twice and cut/order once, eh?


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Old 02-16-2004, 06:51 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Yeah man. Thanks
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Old 02-16-2004, 06:59 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Is the fuge too big or is sump in way? If you are removing the brace lowering the water helps. I would look into wedgeing a 2x4 or something in place but not in the way of you placing the fuge sort of like moving a beam in a house when finishing a basement. If the sump is in the way I would move the sump you will have less chance of disaster.


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Old 02-16-2004, 10:10 PM   #5 (permalink)
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thats the way i had to do mine. drained water as low as i could go.then put in temp support. in my case the glass was exactly the same width as the stand(in between supports) so i had to notch out a 1/2" of the upper and lower tank frame from the 2x4 supports.


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I cut out the brace and put it in. Everything worked great. My fuge is up and running. Thanks for the help you guys.
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I'll try sometime.
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