hey picked up a tank recently thats acrylic with built in center overflow. noticed today when power went out that my sump level went past what i normally have it at. after i looked everythingover. inoticed a small leak on the seam where the overflow meets the back wall. its also at the very bottom. since then i drained the tank andnot its drying. its barely noticable but i wouldrather be on the safe side than tobe waking up with a pool in my room. i have a tubeof weldon 16 left from a past project. now for me its really a toss up of fixingthe overflow withweldon on the outaide of the box. or seal it all up and run external canister and a hob. im worried the seam would randomly give and flooding the house.
acrylic overflow leaking.
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I recommend Weld-on #40 over #16. #40 will give you some structural support and fill the gap. #16 is a cheap craft solvent with some acrylic monomers. It's rarely used in the aquarium hobby anymore.
Can you post pictures? Sounds like it may need to be reinforced everywhere. Acrylics don't that often have small leaks, they usually hold fine then fail catastrophically when they finally go. I would really like to see the seams no just the one in question.
If you get some #40 this shouldn't be hard to do. #16 could seal the leak but won't prevent a future blowout as it won't add support like #40 can when used properly.
Let us see
Can you post pictures? Sounds like it may need to be reinforced everywhere. Acrylics don't that often have small leaks, they usually hold fine then fail catastrophically when they finally go. I would really like to see the seams no just the one in question.
If you get some #40 this shouldn't be hard to do. #16 could seal the leak but won't prevent a future blowout as it won't add support like #40 can when used properly.
Let us see
