Is this tank safe?

[fishhead0103666]

My cat knocked something over which hit my brand new never had a drop it in 40 gallon breeder. Is it safe to use as is, should I junk it, or am I able to fix it?


You can even see the little sob in the first two pictures

 

[fishhead0103666]

Anyone?

 

[TexasMFK31]

Probably safe, test on a patio if you can for a week. If it's broke it'll probably crash right away. If it holds it's fine IMO.

 

[BichirKing]

id run it since its just the top edge unless it has any spider cracks

 

[Bertie07]

I’d definitely water test it but I had a tank with a chip like that and it was fine and never had a problem with it

 

[TheReefer]

I’d definitely water test it but I had a tank with a chip like that and it was fine and never had a problem with it

Lol, I've had chips on all the sides and it was fine (it was a 20 gallon tank and I was younger so I really didn't know better), as I got older I realized how bad it was, but they were fine so I'm sure that one would be fine assuming no spider cracks are there.

 

[fishhead0103666]

Thanks for all the replies, I'll set it up in a little building we have outside for a week and see how it goes.

 

[Rocksor]

Maybe some of that resin, like the one found in Rain-X windshield repair, used for windshield cracks will help keep those cracked areas stay together. You would have to create a frame of some sort so that the resin stays in the area.

 

[fishhead0103666]

I actually had been thinking about potential solutions as I fell asleep. Do you think that I could get 2 pieces of glass or acrylic and use silicone to create a new edge over it?
I could use that Rain X windshield repair over the chipped area before I silicone the panels in place.

 

[Bertie07]

I actually had been thinking about potential solutions as I fell asleep. Do you think that I could get 2 pieces of glass or acrylic and use silicone to create a new edge over it?
I could use that Rain X windshield repair over the chipped area before I silicone the panels in place.

I don’t think that would work as it would make the bottom uneven, personally I think it will be fine and should really affect the integrity of the tank as long as there are no cracks