Acrylic seam failing?

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View attachment 1538334View attachment 1538335View attachment 1538336This tank has these marks at regular 6” intervals at most seams. It has a built in wet/dry in the back, even the back panel has them. Is this a manufacturing defect or is the tank starting to fail?
Clear for life, 300 gallon acrylic.
Not terrible, but not great either. Clear for lifes are usually under built. Im guessing 1/2” material that should have been 3/4”… you can relieve a bit of the tank pressure by filling it up 3-4” from the top. Looks like typical “stress marks” over years of time. Probably not going to explode or anything. They rarely just let go when made with solvent. If ur worried or want to reinforce it. You can add acrylic rods on the inside seams or tip and pour the tank with weld-on #40. Both ways of reinforcement can make it last another life time for pretty affordable cost.
 
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I agree that clear for life tanks are produced with the right chemicals so someone just had a bad day when bonding the materials.

the tank is fine...I mean, it is under sized and will bow like crazy and be hard to clean because of it..but structurally it's fine.
 
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