chance to buy a 700g

[smdsatx]

Hey there! The owner of one of my LFS has a 700g 8'x3'x4' acrylic tank with a metal stand, it has a sump thats i guess no less then 100g, its got a big skimmer and a pump(had three but he sold two)a heater(dont know how many watts). The tank has an overflow in the middle and the outlets coming out of the sides of the over flow and on the bottom of the tank. He is selling everything for $1500...the thing is that it seems like one of the walls in the corner seems to be detaching, you can see that the silicone is "stretching" i wold say...the owner told me that the tank is 15 years old and that the tank didn't leak but he emptied it because he saw the the one of the corners was "detaching"

To me seems seems like a good deal, just need to get it fixed. There seems to be no cracks of any sort. The tank was saltwater, i saw it back in 2005 running, he had a big green eel with some corals.

What do you guys think? is it expensive to re silicone the whole thing? If its 15 years old i would re silicone the whole thing

Thanks

 

[MHcblues119]

should be to expensive..i say go for it

 

[junior1]

Silicone holding a 4' high tank together...I am terrified!

 

[gveng]

do you have pictures of the detachment?

i personally wouldn't do it, but that is just me.

 

[JC_P]

Silicone holding a 4' high tank together...I am terrified!

I agree, that is a tad bit terrifying.

 

[longv]

if its acrylic as you say, there should be no silicone anywhere on that tank

 

[JC_P]

if its acrylic as you say, there should be no silicone anywhere on that tank

That is true, aren't acrylic tanks molded in one piece? I could be wrong, but are you sure it's acrylic?

 

[buddha1200]

if its acrylic as you say, there should be no silicone anywhere on that tank

I 100% agree with that statement,silicone will never hold acrylic.

 

[zebvance]

I 100% agree with that statement,silicone will never hold acrylic.

+1 they will not
bond together

 

[VOYTEK]

I 100% agree with that statement,silicone will never hold acrylic.

it will if the tank is small, but with that size it should be "cemented" like the guys above me said it ...

If you can clean it, get rid of the silicon and get the cements needed to join the acrylic sheets then ... I'm sure it's a better deal than buying such a tank brand new - shoot him a counter offer - tell him that you will need to do it all and that's why he should let the tank go for less

take care, keep us updated !