240gal...CRACKED SIDE!

[smellslikefish]

firs i would find out why it cracked. maybe the new stand isn't level ?
if it was me ,i would put a piece of glass on the inside of the tank the
same size of the panel and silicone around it like if it was a new panel .

 

[tcarswell]

I personally would silicone a nice big piece on both sides and call it a day. But as mentioned above try to find the reason it cracked.

 

[crowconor]

i would put the patch on the inside with somne silicone,.....then the pressure of the water makes it a tight seal

 

[Finalfire9]

Silicone it to hell and test it out

 

[moosipher]

Okay.. on the photo you posted, it looks like the tank is sat directly onto a piece of furniture. Do you have anything like polystyrene foam underneath the tank? If you were filling it without anything to distribute the weight then that is a potential reason it will crack..
Only going on what I can see from the photo, mind you.

 

[Bderick67]

Problem with that crack is that it can still run. Smellslikefish has the right idea on fixing this.

 

[Finalfire9]

Ive patched a tank that split down its side, with bondo and silicone. That crack is nothing buddy.

 

[fishman646]

Thanks everyone keep it coming and in the picture its sitting on a 2x4 so i could work on it! and is 1/4 inch thick enough? I did not have padding under it cuz i do not have anything!

 

[fishy12]

Just repair it wit some putty or somethin like that

 

[wow_it_esploded]

Okay.. on the photo you posted, it looks like the tank is sat directly onto a piece of furniture. Do you have anything like polystyrene foam underneath the tank? If you were filling it without anything to distribute the weight then that is a potential reason it will crack..
Only going on what I can see from the photo, mind you.

Glass tanks do not need anything underneath them, they are built to sit on the rim along the bottom.