Acrylic cracks

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crashinc25

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Guys, need your help on this tank.
What are my options for fixing this thing?
It's a 180g for a rediculously low price, but I don't want to get screwed on it.
Thanks,
Rob

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looks like pretty thin plexi for a tank that size.

Weld on $16 will make a pretty sizeable mess of that cracked area if you just try to fill the crack with it. I'd suggest carefully (but quickly!) painting some weld on $16 onto a patch peice that completely covers the crack from the inside, and then slapping it on there, so you've effectively laminated over the crack. A repair like that will take at least a week to properly cure though.

There other ways to fix that too, depending on how much time/money you want to spend. You won't have something unusable if you pick it up though!
 
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