Fixing a hugely leaking aquarium

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Can't tell for sure...is the bottom glass of that tank cracked all the way across? And then some silicone smeared over the crack as a "repair"? It appears that way; hard to tell when one of the pictures seems to be of nothing but a wet floor.

If so, forget it. Fixing this would take a bunch of time, effort, experience and luck. No acrylic, you would need a complete removal of all interior silicone, likely the removal of the pieces of the bottom panel, replacement with a new pane of at least similar thickness, a complete re-seal of the interior seams...this is a job or someone who has already built some tanks from scratch and has a good feel for what's needed. It's a tedious, labour-intensive process and not cheap in terms of time or money. You'd be throwing good money after bad.

The only reason to possibly attempt this would be the desire for a challenge; in terms of practicality, that tank is a write-off as an aquarium. You now have a leaky snake cage.
 
Best bet would be to completely replace the base, otherwise silicone a piece of glass in the bottom covering the broken glass.
 
- Yes, you can't glue acrylic and glass together.
- Even if you could, 2mm acrylic thickness is too flexible and useless, even as a lid
- If only the glass bottom is leaking, the simplest fix is to silicon another glass sheet to the outside bottom.
- Glass tanks this size (small) are cheap and readily available - often unwanted and free, sounds like your better off getting another tank.
 
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