Tank Improvements

[webworm]

Hi All,

I'd be interested if anyone has experience of removing the plastic surrounds from aquaria



The front curved glass is a single piece with base and rear panel.
Any thoughts, including "don't do it".

Cheers

Stuart

 

[Pelagio]

Hi. Often times you can remove the top rim but the bottom one is often more structural / support oriented. I personally would not remove the plastic parts of an Arcadia Arc tank (I own one and have thought about it). I also have a larger tank that has a rim and a base surround and spoke to the manufacturers about removing them. They said I could remove the top one (as the tank has brace bars already) but that the bottom one should not be removed.

 

[webworm]

Great. Thats kind of what I thought. If only you could get an optiwhite, rimless version.
Might remove the top bits, and look at a clever stand design to hide the bottom.

 

[Pelagio]

Great. Thats kind of what I thought. If only you could get an optiwhite, rimless version.
Might remove the top bits, and look at a clever stand design to hide the bottom.

You could make the stand with a rim that the tank slides into from the rear. That way the rim could be such that it fits snug with the glass.