Juwel tank crossbar broken

[2pods]

when my Rio 240 was delivered the crossbar was broken.
After phonecalls etc, I was compensated by way of a Juwel Rekord60 tank and
given a new crossbar, some super glue (this from Juwel) and stold just to
glue it.

Fine, but I just glued the old crossbar as it was already OK at the other
end.
That was in November.
Today I noticed it's off again, but now obiously it has water, gravel, and
Platies in it :-)
It's not that bad, but bowing enough that if I slide the top back, it will
not sit.

What's the best way to drain it and keep the filter and fish alive as the
silicone must be kept dry for 24 hours ?
(Idon't know where I'm going to get a clamp big enough to hold it together
either)

Peter

[Mary Burns]

"2pods" > wrote in message
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> when my Rio 240 was delivered the crossbar was broken.
> After phonecalls etc, I was compensated by way of a Juwel Rekord60 tank
> and given a new crossbar, some super glue (this from Juwel) and stold just
> to glue it.
>
> Fine, but I just glued the old crossbar as it was already OK at the other
> end.
> That was in November.
> Today I noticed it's off again, but now obiously it has water, gravel, and
> Platies in it :-)
> It's not that bad, but bowing enough that if I slide the top back, it will
> not sit.
>
> What's the best way to drain it and keep the filter and fish alive as the
> silicone must be kept dry for 24 hours ?
> (Idon't know where I'm going to get a clamp big enough to hold it together
> either)
>
> Peter
>I have 4 juwel tanks and the water level is just under crossbar. The top of
>powerhead allows about 1" to 2" of water to be removed without turning it
>off(each powerhead is slightly different, my 260 being lowest, allowing 2")
>Can you find a way to clamp it and just remove enough water to keep
>powerhead on. Turn heater off. If you need to take more out, try and leave
>enough to cover gravel. You could add some of the fish and the sponges to
>rekord 60. My rekord 96 was overstocked with platy fry for weeks and coped
>very well, so extra fish for 24 hours with an extra water change may be ok.
>If they have to stay in a bucket add an airstone and don't feed much for 24
>hours.
Maybe you can hire a sash clamp to hold tank together while glue sets.