Help - Tank Support Craked - What to Do - Drain Tank?

[djvant]

I have a 350 litre tropical tank full of fish, water level is a max, someone hit the top of the tank and the right hand side support tressel has completely cracked (just the silocone holding the pieces in place) to the point that the front right corner has no effective support (still intact at the back). Should i drain some of the water out of the tank until i get it urgently repaired (whole tressel will need to be removed leaving back right corner without support while its done) or will the change in pressure put the tank at risk of failure?

So far has lasted 18 hours with no change in water volume

[MarkLB]

Hi. If it were me I'd drain some to reduce the stress on the joins.

[Joshlikesfish]

What are its dimensions and glass thickness?

[Bishop]

As I understand it the ends are like bracing, hence why they would have been able to take the change in pressure on the corner.

I would remove about half if you can and measure before and after to the nearest mm ( not at the corner but along the front where the bracing ended and the length ) . If there is a big shift you may need to empty more but I doubt there will be.

Will know a bit more with tank dimentions.

You should be able to cut the bracing off and reattach it while the tank is half full.

It would help if while the brace was off you could attach some duct tape or something similar across the width and length to be safe. I doubt you will need it but just incase.