My new tank just broke

[corals b 4 bills]

The sun craked the bottom panel, any one know who can replace it?

 

[xinumaster]

Is that on the new tank?

 

[corals b 4 bills]

Yes

 

[Apon]

??? should be under warrenty right? Damn that sucks! Part of the reason why I stayed with acrylic.

 

[xinumaster]

He got it used.

http://www.bareefers.org/discussion/index.php?topic=3779.15

 

[corals b 4 bills]

I bought it used, would warrenty cover a second hand tank.

 

[Apon]

I don't know. sorry

 

[xinumaster]

You might wanna ask an lfs if they know someone who can fixed your tank. Or give Ed a call he might be able to help you. You can reach him here http://home.wwdb.org/kmaintl/

 

[sfsuphysics]

The sun cracked it?

But yikes that sucks.

 

[corals b 4 bills]

:'(

 

[sfsuphysics]

Looks like a weak point where the overflow meets the glass under. Are the overflow holes cracked? Or does the crack simply extend outward?

 

[corals b 4 bills]

From what I can figure out there was some water trapped in the over flow from cleaning, But the crack was not started from the holes itself.

 

[Thales]

That sucks a lot.

 

[corals b 4 bills]

Any suggestions, This could possibly be the end of the hobby for me if I can't get this worked out.

 

[xinumaster]

If you are not going BB tank you can silicon a piece of glass that is just enough to cover the crack. Do this from the inside of the tank.

 

[corals b 4 bills]

Woudn't adding another piece to the bottom be more stable?

 

[xinumaster]

It should be. It's just that most of the repair work I seen were done from the inside of the tank. Are you planning on replacing the bottom or cover the bottom with another piece?

 

[Gomer]

As shitty as this is (and luckily, I think repairable), it would have been far worse if somehow it was and inevitable crack that could have shattered while full of water in your house.

 

[corals b 4 bills]

Well it wouldn't have cracked in my house because my house doesn't get over 72 degrees, It was the sun that broke it, I need to figure out what I'm going to do.

 

[sfsuphysics]

Well take your time finding out what you should do, there's no rush to get this done quickly (even if you want it done quickly), you don't want to do a half-assed job and then have that come bite you in the butt later when the tank is full of water & rocks.

Here's the problem with simply putting a piece of glass on it with silicone, while that would easily work for an acrylic tank, usually the bottoms of glass tanks don't sit flush with the stand, as a result that would probably introduce a flexing point which I would not trust 200+ gallons water + rock, etc. Now if the bottom did sit flush (rimless tank?) then you probably could get away with simply "patching" the hole (at least as a cheap alternative) but I don't know how that would work over time.

My advice, give the Leemar guys a call (it's their type of tank right?) they might have a patch job type solution that doesn't involve a complete replacement of the bottom pane, but if that is the case, I'd replace the pane.