Chipped Corner Concern (60g Cube)

[The Grizz]

That looks a little nasty to me, I personally would replace the piece that is chipped. Have you filled it to see if it leaks?


Stay clear..... this Bear bites off limbs!!

[balistidae]

[quote=The Grizz;834463]That looks a little nasty to me, I personally would replace the piece that is chipped. Have you filled it to see if it leaks?


No it doesnt leak but I am just worried about the long term.

Does anybody here have any experience with running a tank with similar damage?

I will contact Concept Aquatics as well as BowValley this week to see how expensive it will be to just replace the back pane.

[e46er]

60 gal of water on your floor will mean new flooring at the minimum and more than likely drywall paint baseboards I'd replace it glass isn't that expensive

[kien]

Wow, that doesn't just looked chipped to me. That looks like it is cracked all the way through the glass pane! I would definitely lose sleep over it. Even if it holds water now I would definitely do something about it, regardless of how successful someone else may have been at running a similarly cracked tank.

Better to adress it now than after you've filled it with rocks, fish, coral and salt water.

[frizzo1983]

+1 Replace it

[balistidae]

Thanks for the replies everyone. I totally agree that it just isnt worth the risk. I know it would definitely always be on the back of my mind. Its such a nice tank too so it is definitely worth it to make it perfect.

I have sent emails to bowvalley and concept aquatics for quotes. Hopefully it will still be cost effective to replace that pane.