should I be worried?

[dmopar74]

almost all the seams in my 100g acrylic have white "bubbles" in them, mainly along the inside. i bought the tank used and it has held water for 2 days now with no probs but should i be worried? this tank was a SW tank so i think its salt/calcium that has crapt into the voids of a poor bonding job. should i dry it out and try some weld-on for good measure?

 

[dmopar74]

bump

 

[milkman407]

as long as 75% of the joint is sealed, and you dont have huge air bubbles your fine. that looks like it should be fine.

 

[Wolf3101]

If I just picked that tank up and noticed that I'd probubly reseal it. It's a sign that the thin edges of the seal are starting to pull away from the glass. It may well hold for a number of years without a problem so this is a judgement call on your part. It's a marginal problem at this point.

 

[dmopar74]

If I just picked that tank up and noticed that I'd probubly reseal it. It's a sign that the thin edges of the seal are starting to pull away from the glass. It may well hold for a number of years without a problem so this is a judgement call on your part. It's a marginal problem at this point.

its acrylic, not glass or i would just resilicone it.

 

[Wolf3101]

This is what happens when you miss one word in a post....LOL Disreguard my previous post....fill the tank and enjoy it. I've seen quite a few acryllic joints like that on salt tanks. and I've never heard of one failing.

 

[milkman407]

the joints on this acrylic tank, are what most acrylic tanks end up looking like. about 90% of the joint is actully sealed amazingly well and there seems to be no huge bubbles. if it would make you feel better theres something called acrylic cement # 14, you could always put that on the inside of the tanks around the joints, let it dry for 2 hours. but that tank wont leak.

 

[ziggy2]

Just give it a test fill outside to ease your mind.