Tank Build - Bad News

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by philg3

Got some bad news from the glass shop working on my aquarium.

I dont have any pics, so paint will have to do while im at work.

While making the notch cut for an external overflow box, the glass cracked and went lower than the 3/4" that i had planned. Now it almost steps down another 3/4" which makes the overflow 1.5" deep and not uniform in shape, ie:

my thoughts.. how did you order this? did you supply the glass and have them notch it or are you buying a finnished product? if you supplied the glass and it cracked then yes you have to make due but if you phone up and go a quote on a chunk of glass cut to your spec, then they need to fufill the order and there mistake is on them, not you.

in my opinion 1.5" is hugeand unless you realy crank up the flow you are only going to have 1/4" of water above that. to me gluing a chunk of plastic or glass on the inside is just going to be ugly, but that is my opinion.. see what it would cost for a new pane of glass with the notch, then decide which way.. mind you if it is a big chunk could be expensive so that might make up your mind right there. but it would also give you the opertunity to go to a bigger glass thickness which would reduce the chance of breakage due to the cutout.

Steve