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Ok, as everyone knows Steph had a bit of a catastrophe yesterday & the bottom dropped out of one of her tanks & after examining the damage I found the the problem was the idiot who built the tank, they use 6mm laminated glass for the base, what that means is the glass is the base was made out of two sheets of glass stuck together with a thin sheet of laminate(plastic) in the middle. Rule number one of tank building is NEVER EVER USE LAMINATED GLASS FOR FISHTANKS!! The reason for this is that the glass is only as strong as a single piece, so it was like Steph's tank had a 3mm base piece. So I got a new piece of 6mm glass & started pulling the tank apart. Also, after discussing it with Steph, we decided to make this tank the sump in her system. First this I did was cut the rest of the bottom out, I did that at her place so I don't have a pic. :dejection: Next I took off the cross brace & lid supports, I did this as one unit cause it was a lot easier Now after I started cutting the front & sides off I found that the tank has been built the wrong way as well, the sides are made like the front should be, that is, the side should butt into the front not the front butting into the side, so I had to cut the side off first. Next I cut the front off, then the tricky one is cutting the last join, just be careful you don't drop one of the pieces. Next I scrapped off all the silicone, washed each piece & let them dry. Then I cleaned all the pieces with Acetone & siliconed the tank back together. This is the new base piece. Here is the tank together, I'm going to let it sit for 48hrs before I start putting the dividers in. I will do the next update in a couple of days when I start doing the dividers. :victorious: