I bought it used. Not sure how old it is. It was just a slow drip so no damage to floor or livestock. I drained it and took fish to aquarium store for boarding.
I have learned it is a floating bottom so not supposed to be sitting on foam or anything. My stand is homemade but really heavy duty. I did not crack so I guess it just needs resealed. The leak is around the bottom somewhere because the water was dripping out of the stand. The stand has a sheet of thick plywood that the tank sits on and is very heavily built. I did notice the water looked a little deeper on one end than the other maybe a quarter inch. I didnt see that when I first set it up. Maybe stand settled? the floor is a slab.
I have read some threads about resealing so I have an idea of what to do. Thought about selling it as is and buying a brand new one. Sucks bad.
I will also mention one of the braces on the bottom is cracked but not all the way through. It happened when we slid it out of the Ford Expedition used to move it. Assuming this brace holds the front and back to the bottom it is under a tension load. In other words the glass could not move unless it was broken completely in half. If this is true since it is just cracked and not broken i do not think it would be the cause of problems? I will epoxy it though. I have also read that the bottom bracing and trim etc is not really to hold it together anyway but rather it floats the bottom plate so the loads are on the edges of the glass rather than the surface. Anyway if anyone has any thoughts feel free to chime in....
Also it was set up almost 8 months before it leaked....
I have learned it is a floating bottom so not supposed to be sitting on foam or anything. My stand is homemade but really heavy duty. I did not crack so I guess it just needs resealed. The leak is around the bottom somewhere because the water was dripping out of the stand. The stand has a sheet of thick plywood that the tank sits on and is very heavily built. I did notice the water looked a little deeper on one end than the other maybe a quarter inch. I didnt see that when I first set it up. Maybe stand settled? the floor is a slab.
I have read some threads about resealing so I have an idea of what to do. Thought about selling it as is and buying a brand new one. Sucks bad.
I will also mention one of the braces on the bottom is cracked but not all the way through. It happened when we slid it out of the Ford Expedition used to move it. Assuming this brace holds the front and back to the bottom it is under a tension load. In other words the glass could not move unless it was broken completely in half. If this is true since it is just cracked and not broken i do not think it would be the cause of problems? I will epoxy it though. I have also read that the bottom bracing and trim etc is not really to hold it together anyway but rather it floats the bottom plate so the loads are on the edges of the glass rather than the surface. Anyway if anyone has any thoughts feel free to chime in....
Also it was set up almost 8 months before it leaked....
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