funkyaneurysm
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- Feb 4, 2007
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I’m dying to set up this 290L (77 US gallons) tank as an Angel community. However, it clearly has a crack. The floor of the tank is comprised of three plates of glass. Can I safely use it?
The two base plates cover the entire floor but meet in the middle. So a top plate has been bonded to cover the thin gap where the base plates meet. It is this top plate that is cracked.
You can see from the photos that there appears to be, at the crack, dirt between the top and bottom plates – I suspect it was deposited by dirty water which leeched through the crack.
Importantly, there is no dirt between the base plates and the foam the tank is sitting on – so the tank seems not to have leaked.
However, I doubt the dirty water leaked between the plates while the tank was full – it probably leaked over the 10 years in which it sometimes was used to house and water pot plants.
So what do you think? Is it safe to use? If not, is it repairable?
Thanks!
The two base plates cover the entire floor but meet in the middle. So a top plate has been bonded to cover the thin gap where the base plates meet. It is this top plate that is cracked.
You can see from the photos that there appears to be, at the crack, dirt between the top and bottom plates – I suspect it was deposited by dirty water which leeched through the crack.
Importantly, there is no dirt between the base plates and the foam the tank is sitting on – so the tank seems not to have leaked.
However, I doubt the dirty water leaked between the plates while the tank was full – it probably leaked over the 10 years in which it sometimes was used to house and water pot plants.
So what do you think? Is it safe to use? If not, is it repairable?
Thanks!