Well I just picked up a 125g tank as seen here.
Anyway it leaked after putting just a gallon in it and letting it sit overnight, just a few drips but still. It looked as if it has been resealed at the bottom seam inside, who knows why. So I decided to have a hand at resealing it in hopes that would fix it. So after scraping the silicone away in the corner that leaked I found a small chip behind the silicone. It isn't very large or deep but still concerns me greatly. It's on the front pane at the bottom near the corner as seen in photos. Is it a complete loss here? Anyone had anything similar? The tank was built in Jan 94'.
I've thought of ideas and come up with the following.
1. Completely disassemble the tank and replace the front pane, somewhat cost prohibitive as well as time. Seems like a lot of work and money just to save a few bucks. By the time I got a new piece of glass and all that silicone I'd be around 1/2 way to the cost of a new one I think.
2. Just scrape it, clean it, reseal it and see what happens. Seems risky but in the end may be fine.
3. Scrape it and reseal it then add a second pane that sits on the bottom pane and silicone it in place. To cover the chip as well as any others I may find and to help the chip from having any load on it.
4. Scrape it and reseal it but place a small piece of glass over the area where the chip is. Then silicone around it and hope it will place much less load on the chipped area to prevent any accident from happening.
5. Scrape it and reseal it and resell it as a Reptile tank only since it would be fine for that and I could easily break even, at least I think so. I don't want to have to do this as I've wanted a 6ft tank forever but they aren't really in my budget with the insane prices they ask for them new or perfect condition used ones.
6. Go drag it in the backyard and smash it.
Anyway here is the chip, it isn't huge nor deep BUT it's also got 125g worth of water weigh pressing on it.
Anyway it leaked after putting just a gallon in it and letting it sit overnight, just a few drips but still. It looked as if it has been resealed at the bottom seam inside, who knows why. So I decided to have a hand at resealing it in hopes that would fix it. So after scraping the silicone away in the corner that leaked I found a small chip behind the silicone. It isn't very large or deep but still concerns me greatly. It's on the front pane at the bottom near the corner as seen in photos. Is it a complete loss here? Anyone had anything similar? The tank was built in Jan 94'.
I've thought of ideas and come up with the following.
1. Completely disassemble the tank and replace the front pane, somewhat cost prohibitive as well as time. Seems like a lot of work and money just to save a few bucks. By the time I got a new piece of glass and all that silicone I'd be around 1/2 way to the cost of a new one I think.
2. Just scrape it, clean it, reseal it and see what happens. Seems risky but in the end may be fine.
3. Scrape it and reseal it then add a second pane that sits on the bottom pane and silicone it in place. To cover the chip as well as any others I may find and to help the chip from having any load on it.
4. Scrape it and reseal it but place a small piece of glass over the area where the chip is. Then silicone around it and hope it will place much less load on the chipped area to prevent any accident from happening.
5. Scrape it and reseal it and resell it as a Reptile tank only since it would be fine for that and I could easily break even, at least I think so. I don't want to have to do this as I've wanted a 6ft tank forever but they aren't really in my budget with the insane prices they ask for them new or perfect condition used ones.
6. Go drag it in the backyard and smash it.
Anyway here is the chip, it isn't huge nor deep BUT it's also got 125g worth of water weigh pressing on it.
