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06/24/2007, 06:20 PM | #1 |
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Acrylic seam - opinions
Long story short, after tank was setup I noticed half way down the right front side a small area where the outside edge had a tiny chunk missing. This was on the side panel. It was barely a dent so I didn't think much of it. It is not through the entire acrylic sheet. Long story short, I hadn't had any issues for 6 months and today I looked and notice some tiny spider cracks, that I think is on the side panel, again visible from looking through the front seam. They do not appear to be from the outside to the inside, but maybe small stress cracks on the edge of the side panel where it's joined at the front. It's kinda hard to example, I attached some pictures. I filled in the hole w/ super glue but now I am pretty worried that this could be a big big problem (especially since I leave for Vegas on July 5th and just noticed this)
Tank 20x20x24 5/16" acrylic I did my best to get a non blurry picture. It's still blurry of course. the right edges of those stress cracks do not appear to go to the outside edge
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06/24/2007, 06:22 PM | #2 |
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this being said, what's a good 30g or 40g commercial cube w/ a built in overflow...I might just go ahead and swap the tank out anyway for the piece of mind.
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06/24/2007, 06:34 PM | #3 |
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I don't think you need to worry. The nature of acrylic is stretch marks over time. The don't look like cracks to me, but an acrylic fabricator can tell you for sure.
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