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I wouldn't try it personally, but if you do there are a few things to consider.
The first is that your current brace is 18" wide, which distributes the load across the 18" (i.e. less pinpoint pressure on the tank). With a 1" SS brace the same load will now be focused on only 1" of glass, putting about 18 times the pressure on that point of glass. I would suspect that the glass will fail under that load. The strength of the cross brace is most important where and how it attaches to the pane of glass.
Then second is you need to devise a system to temporarily brace the tank while you remove the old brace and install the new braces, also something that will distribute the load and protect the glass.
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