Cracked tank

Hey guys.

When was cleaning tank it dropped and cracked at the bottom. crack is about 30cm long and there are 2 of them.

Need to know if i can fix it or must i chuck it?

 

Yiu can replace that one cracked pane of glass, and resilicone it, but it may prove expensive depending on where you can get glass from?? With the cost of glass from some places, it would be cheeaper to buy a new tank!! Not always though!!

Hope you get sorted!!

Cheers
G!

 

What size is the tank?

 

70x30x35

I went made when this happened! was cleaning the sand in the tank (Dumb i know) picked it up (Without sand) and it slipped technically i blame it on my buddy

 

Which pane broke? The long or short side?

 

What exactly do you mean?

 

Get a glass pane that fits inside the bottom, and silicone it down over the cracked pane. That way you do not haveto remove the broken one...

 

Sure thats going to work?

 

It'll work, I've done it on a 3 foot tank that had a crack along the bottom pane and a 2 foot that had a crack on the back pane.

 

It'll work.
Silicon it well to the cracked pane, as well as silicon the edges. Basically from inside it'll look normal.

 

no need for that now. found a place that will replace it for R70!

 

do you mean buy the glass for that amount or they will replace the broken glass with a new one and silicone it for that price? pm me the place and let me know how the fish I have you are doing in that pm as well .
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Yeah thats what i mean, R70 replace glass with new one and silicone, but have to use mine for some strange reason but no problems as long as it is done correctly.

PM sent

 

crack in tank - also

I have a 3 foot tank and suddenly it started to leak. And typically it is at the bottom where the glass meets the styro-foam. I have relocated my fish (filter and all ) to the bath. Any advice on fixing this? Am panicking about my fish surviving in their strange environment.....

 

Didn't you just make a thread about this?


Guys just want to find out, how long till i can set up my tank after they fix it. silicone tube doesnt say.

Thanks

 

When you stick your head into the tank, and you can't smell the silicon.. then theoretically it's ready. I'd leave it a minimum of 24 hours... smell, when smell is gone, wait 5 more hours.

 

Just to be sure i think i am going to wait till thursday night. I still have no idea what im going to do with the tank (Off topic) any ideas?

 

Put fish into it!

 

LOL Not sh!t. but what set up? I want something interesting, something that stands out

 

How about a specific bio-type? That's going to be my next project or even a species only tank?