Seattle_TDI
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Greetings-
I snagged a 55 gallon tank for free--but it has a crack running from front to back on the bottom of the tank, over about 4 inches from one side. The previous owner patched it by placing another piece of glass directly over top of the cracked area, then ran a bead of silicon around the new piece, sealing it to the bottom. I can tell that it is a good seal (at the moment) because he never completely dried the area between the panes, and after years of sitting dry, there's still a bit of greenish water between the panes.
The money I could save by using a free tank is tremendous for a budget reef project, so I filled it up with tap water and concrete blocks, just to see whether it would hold up. It did for several weeks.
Anyone else used a patched tank?
I snagged a 55 gallon tank for free--but it has a crack running from front to back on the bottom of the tank, over about 4 inches from one side. The previous owner patched it by placing another piece of glass directly over top of the cracked area, then ran a bead of silicon around the new piece, sealing it to the bottom. I can tell that it is a good seal (at the moment) because he never completely dried the area between the panes, and after years of sitting dry, there's still a bit of greenish water between the panes.
The money I could save by using a free tank is tremendous for a budget reef project, so I filled it up with tap water and concrete blocks, just to see whether it would hold up. It did for several weeks.
Anyone else used a patched tank?