Problem With Seam on Acrylic Tank

[pwmin]

It has always been like this a little, but I got too afraid that it would spread and leak. I contacted the maker of the tank and they said they would send me the cement and syringe. Well, since then, it has spread and I'm really scared now. I emailed him back and he said he sent the stuff out 2 days ago. Can I just inject the cement w/ a syringe and be good or what else will I need to do? I'm assuming I'll have to take the tank level down past it to do the repair. I sure hope I don't have to take the fish out. Please help, I really don't want this seam to split completely. Pictures included.

 

[dmopar74]

i have no tips other than get that fixed asap! i had a seam split on me on a 360 acrylic, big mess. thats what my seam looked like too.

 

[fizzy]

if and when you get the glue i would lower the water down and inject the glue in to the gap a bit at a time and leave it to dry before you fill it back up, idealy over nite for it to dry, i had to do this on a tank that was 4mtrs long x 36" high 24" wide and 50mm thick but the gap was all the way down.

just take your time on it.

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[dragonfish18]

i bought a tank like that except it was on the bottom left of the front panel. i used #16 from tap plastics sealed over the seam a cupple times waited 2 days and it was good as new

 

[dragonfish18]

lowering the water might tank the pressure off it

 

[fizzy]

yes lowering the water will take the presure of the bad join, ive been building acrylic aquariums for 20yrs here in the UK and i have seen some bad jobs done by other people.

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[pwmin]

thanks for the great advice and tips. It's coming from Cali, so it should be here pretty soon. How about putting a clamp over the area for now? It's going to be hard for me to lower the water level enough to help, but I suppose it's possible. I wish I had a good place to put the fish for now. I supposed I could borrow my friend's rubbermaid.

 

[fizzy]

if you can put a clamp on it then all the better or if you can move the fish then that would be far better incase the gap gets bigger.

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[FSM]

You could probably rig up a wooden brace pretty easily.

 

[pwmin]

Ugh, I got the stuff today and he sent me like #16 or something. I should be using #4 for this, right? I'm just about to order this stuff myself and forget about waiting another week for the right stuff. This is so frustrating. He still hasn't gotten me my replacement lids, either. Where's the best place to order Weld-On.? I found a place that cost about 15 for the cement plus syringe and 15 on top of that for shipping