Project 350... 350 Gallon Acrylic Tank

[Bderick67]

Bderick67.. I don't know how you do it.... I would have been obsessed with getting this thing fixed and throwing some water it in... I mean to me its found a temp home already in the garage seeing it with water in it would also modivate me to get it to it's chosen location

Patience is a virtue I just don't have Nice to see some people do have it ...Have you chosen your method of repair yet?

Ya there is a fine line between patience and laziness Actually I was in the process of cutting it into the wall upstairs when my wife shut down that option, but a least I'll get a fish room outa the deal. I think as far as repairing goes I'll just rebuild the corner on the outside and add pieces of acrylic for reinforcement to the inside.

 

[bmxer4ever]

Wonderful diamentions and a great deal. I know what i'd do with that corner...Remove the center overflow...seal the holes and then install a rear overflow in that corner.

Your other option would be to have a thick piece of acrylic cut into a triangle and then cement it in place in that corner. The repair would be easy to hide and it would be plenty strong.

I take it the tank doesn't actually leak and it's more of a strength issue so that the corner doesn't burst open?

The idea of cementing a triangular piece of acrylic so that its bonded to two sides and the bottom is a very good one, effectively selaing off that corner of the tank. I did something similar on a MUCH smaller glass tank, just by siliconing a large glass marble into the interior corner. That tank had a similar problem - the corner had "crumbled" - actually looked very similar to the corner on yours. It held water, but again, I was worried about it's long term strength. It's held for 12 months now.
I would probably go down this route if I was you, with mitred edges on the triangular piece so that the edges sit flush with the sides and base when you cement it in place, if you get what I mean. Probably wouldn't have to be that big a piece, maybe 3-4 inches to a side.
Just my 2 cents, but this seems to me to be the simplest and strongest repair.
Good luck with it and keep the updates coming.

 

[Danh]

I would cement in a few triangle peices. One on top of the other. Use 1/2" or so and make sure your cement gets down in it good. You need to use the kind that actually melts the acrylic together, not the kind that just bleeds into the joint and glues it together.

 

[drewmprs]

i like the footprint on that tank.

 

[japes]

Should make it a walk-around

 

[DRAVEN]

great buy there hope it works out for you