Question about 2.5 gallon tank

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darkness975

darkness975

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Hi all,

I have a 2.5 gallon all glass tank I recently bought. I read somewhere that if the water temp is too hot in a glass tank it could cause cracking/etc. I can't remember if I used hot or just lukewarm water when I first got the tank to clean out the dust that was inside it. Should I be concerned the tank's silicone will crack or the glass will break and leak out all over my dressertop if i did use hot water to clean it?

Thanks in advance for replies.
 
2.5 gallons eh? i thought this was monsterfishkeepers. lol. i'm kidding. i've never heard of tanks cracking or leaking because you cleaned it with warm/or hot water.
 
ballinouttacntrol;5089477; said:
2.5 gallons eh? i thought this was monsterfishkeepers. lol. i'm kidding. i've never heard of tanks cracking or leaking because you cleaned it with warm/or hot water.
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LOL it's not my only tank no worries on that :D

I had read something about it somewhere and I just wanted to run it by the MFKers :)
 
If you were able to stick your hand in the water you cleaned with and did not scald yourself it is probably safe. The only issue I could see is if you put in boiling water then emptied it and put in ice cold; the extreme temperature variance may cause an issue with the thin glass on a 2.5g.
 
DMD123;5089607; said:
If you were able to stick your hand in the water you cleaned with and did not scald yourself it is probably safe. The only issue I could see is if you put in boiling water then emptied it and put in ice cold; the extreme temperature variance may cause an issue with the thin glass on a 2.5g.
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I was able to have my hand in there at all times , so looks like I'm ok. Thanks ya'll ;)
 
You can fill tanks with very hot water. You just don't want to put in very cold water on a hot glass surface because it will cause it to crack. Glass heaters can break that way too.
 
Brooks74;5089572; said:
Just fill it up with cool water outside or in the sink and make sure it doesnt leak.
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No, that temperature difference would crack it much sooner
 
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