Was hoping someone experienced with acrylic repair can tell me how bad these seams are compared to what they have seen. My stingray got pregnant the other day and I am wondering if I can delay the tank take down and reseal I was planning on doing in 2 weeks until she delivers. Something tells me I should just risk it and do it, just don't have the best temp home for them while I do it, don't want that to deter her first pregnancy. Anyway, take a look, let me know what you think, I am leaning towards just getting it done. Tank is 24" high 1/2" thick acrylic.
That milky white on the inside I think is a small separation. The tank has had small ones ever since I got it, on that seam in particular those lines occupy a bit over 50% of the seam, but these ones are not spreading much if at all, less than a mm thick. Not every seam has these, but those that do range from 0-50% of the line occupying the seam, 20% on average on those that do have them.
This is a crack that has been inside the pane of acrylic since I had gotten the tank. Though the crack hasn't spread a single bit, there is some crazing forming around it.
Couple shots from outside and then inside of the same seam. How bad is the separation lines? Or is it just crazing I am seeing since it is on the outside and not the inside of the tank?
These guys are what I am most concerned with. A friend of mine put a crack in the top brace on this side of the tank while moving it. It is eurobraced, the crack stems from the corner, I have drilled a hole to stop the spread, but there is some crazing forming around the hole now. Anyway, you see the white lines on the inside of the seem going from right to left? I am worried that if that is the beginning of a separation, those are a mm or two away from reaching the outside of the tank. I think this might be the worst of what I am dealing with, am I right on that or is this just minor wear similar to crazing? These are on the same side as cracked brace, I wish the tank was more level but in moving I wasn't able to get it 100%, like 90% good though.
What do you guys think? Bad? Middle of the road? Nothing to worry about? Let me know if you guys think I should take down and repair ASAP or wait till my baby delivers her babies.
Thanks.
That milky white on the inside I think is a small separation. The tank has had small ones ever since I got it, on that seam in particular those lines occupy a bit over 50% of the seam, but these ones are not spreading much if at all, less than a mm thick. Not every seam has these, but those that do range from 0-50% of the line occupying the seam, 20% on average on those that do have them.
This is a crack that has been inside the pane of acrylic since I had gotten the tank. Though the crack hasn't spread a single bit, there is some crazing forming around it.
Couple shots from outside and then inside of the same seam. How bad is the separation lines? Or is it just crazing I am seeing since it is on the outside and not the inside of the tank?
These guys are what I am most concerned with. A friend of mine put a crack in the top brace on this side of the tank while moving it. It is eurobraced, the crack stems from the corner, I have drilled a hole to stop the spread, but there is some crazing forming around the hole now. Anyway, you see the white lines on the inside of the seem going from right to left? I am worried that if that is the beginning of a separation, those are a mm or two away from reaching the outside of the tank. I think this might be the worst of what I am dealing with, am I right on that or is this just minor wear similar to crazing? These are on the same side as cracked brace, I wish the tank was more level but in moving I wasn't able to get it 100%, like 90% good though.
What do you guys think? Bad? Middle of the road? Nothing to worry about? Let me know if you guys think I should take down and repair ASAP or wait till my baby delivers her babies.
Thanks.
