importance of tank frame?

Personally I do not think they add any real structural integrity to an
tank unless its of euro brace design. If its just around the perimeter
of a typical tank with no euro brace I view it as a means of support
for a hood / lighjt etc, and to finish off the glass edges. But I
suppose it may add some strength, but would not loose any sleep if
mine was missing . Fire may or may not have affected the silicone
itself. So just becarefull if and when yu do fill it back up again.
YOU can get replacement frames from the manufacturer. Just call AGA
and tellem what tank yu hjave and order a frame. Since its busted
anyhow, its easy to fisnish removing it. ONce plastic is removed,
scrape the glass wel with a single edge razor blade, apply bead of
silicone in plastic frame and stick it back onthe tanlk. IIRC the
frame for a 29 gal AGA tank wa laike $10 bucks.....and a tube of
silicone at a big box store was about $5 bucks, and it wa repaired
without breaking tank down. This wa about 3 years ago when I replaced
a frame on a 29 gal tank only because o f the hood assembly needed the
inside lip, and this tanak had most of it removed and trhe corner was
busted as well as a side panel, which I replaced along with the top
frame.

On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 19:45:08 -0500, Brian
wrote:

How important is the plastic frame on an All-Glass tank, the modern kind
with good silicone seals?

I had a small fire in my tank hood, and part of the frame melted, in
spots both on the top frame & bottom, on one end. I'm not sure how the
structural integrity of my tank is affected. I've only had it half-full
since then.

Thanks,

B



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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!

"Tristan" wrote in message
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Roy Tristan Hauer , dangerous misogynist
obsessed with women, calls them attention whores now net stalking Gail
Futoran.........

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carols Nightmare"
Newsgroups: rec.gardens.roses
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 2:55 PM
Subject: Gail Futoran.one lying troloing alter ego individual, with a bad
attitude to old people



Gail Futoran wrote:
Not a lot of anythng worth a ****......being that all Gail Futoran is,
is an attention whore that loves to create problems in other groups and
then skip on out and let the turmoil stew. What happened Gail did old
Ron give your sorry useless trashy ass the heave ho for the pond group
as you thought you were the only one that mayttered. Good freaking
ridence toyou and your tuypes. Your really worse than the big time
attention whore you love to mimick so much Carol Gulley....... YOu
thought your **** did not stink but the entire group had to be
fumigated when you got booted!


Thank goodness for google history now we all know where yur sorry ass
hangs so we can there fore divide our attention to where you now hanbg
like you did to us in the other aquaria groups.....I suspect your
groups are gonna see lots of traffic veryshortly. Folks can thank you
for this Gail.......YOu should have stayed home when yu left with your
toys instead of inviting disaster like you have.