Jkrutherford74
New Member
Hello All!
I have a rather old (about 9 or 10 years) tempered glass 55 Gallon Tank that I am currently cycling as a reef tank. I do not know exactly what brand it is, but as I was performing the weekly maintenance of removing salt creep today, I noticed on the rear section of the plastic frame that goes around tank, right where what I would call a cross brace is located in the center of the tank, is about a 3 1/2" "tear" that is moving laterally with the back of the tank. This concerns me as I would think that if this cross brace were not performing its structural duty, there could be a threat of the corners of the tank ripping apart (since they are only glued/ silicone d together in the first place). What are your thoughts? I attempted to epoxy it back together, gently applying enough pressure to the location with a bar clamp as to make it meet the way it should again, and when I removed the clamp after the epoxy had cured, it popped right back apart with a rip just as big, or possibly even larger than before. The epoxy was rated at 4,400 PSI. This in itself disturbs me. Please shed any light you may have on this situation as I would like to either move on with this tank, or make a mass exodus to a new one. Thanks!
I have a rather old (about 9 or 10 years) tempered glass 55 Gallon Tank that I am currently cycling as a reef tank. I do not know exactly what brand it is, but as I was performing the weekly maintenance of removing salt creep today, I noticed on the rear section of the plastic frame that goes around tank, right where what I would call a cross brace is located in the center of the tank, is about a 3 1/2" "tear" that is moving laterally with the back of the tank. This concerns me as I would think that if this cross brace were not performing its structural duty, there could be a threat of the corners of the tank ripping apart (since they are only glued/ silicone d together in the first place). What are your thoughts? I attempted to epoxy it back together, gently applying enough pressure to the location with a bar clamp as to make it meet the way it should again, and when I removed the clamp after the epoxy had cured, it popped right back apart with a rip just as big, or possibly even larger than before. The epoxy was rated at 4,400 PSI. This in itself disturbs me. Please shed any light you may have on this situation as I would like to either move on with this tank, or make a mass exodus to a new one. Thanks!