Tank worth salvaging?

"Lily" wrote in message
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Needing your extensive experience!
I have the chance of getting (free) a 4ft tank and stand.
Problem is, tank has a crack on the bottom panel.
My question is - is it worth the trouble to see if it can be fixed? 4ft
tank means a helluva lot of water pressure/weight for this tank to deal
with - should I forget about it? My understanding is that it is a
plastic-framed glass tank - would it be a matter of replacing base panel,
or
is it still going to be too dodgy?
Cheers
Lill


Price out a piece of glass the same size as the bottom panel. I would
certainly be looking at fixing it. I repaired one last year, although the
glass was not broken it developed a leak. As it was an older tank and the
silicone was suspect along all the seams I removed it all , scraped the
residue with a razor blade, cleaned it up with rubbing alcohol and re
silicone it using aquarium safe silicone. No problem, a bit labor intensive
but hey its your time.

Rick