Anybody Replace Bottom Panels?

[SteveOhh]

So I pick up this free 60 gallon hex, stand & canopy last weekend. Looks in good shape, but dirty & bottom of tank is still filled w/ sand. I take the tank outside today to clean it & once I remove the sand from the bottom, I see the bottom of the tank cracked thru & thru!! Looks like the bottom is either 7/16" or 1/2", but there's no way it'll hold water w/ this crack.

Question is ....................does anybody here replace bottom panels in tanks? If so, it'd give me a nice opportunity to turn this into a RR tank. OR would it be more cost effective to just buy a new tank. I was looking forward to shutting down the 29 gallon & transferring everything to the 60 hex. Thanks in advance...

Steve

 

[818]

get some acrylic and Weldon at Home Depot. We have some very handy people here who Im sure will hook it up

Sam

 

[SteveOhh]

It's a glass tank........................sorry if I didn't mention that before.... :eek2:

 

[818]

O cr@p.

 

[tptp279]

you can try siliconing a piece of thick acrylic ontop of the bottom where the glass is now. if it is good enough, it may and probably will hold.

 

[wsun083]

it was cracked?

 

[SteveOhh]

Yep. good size crack too........................there's no way that thing could have held water...........

I like the thick acrylic idea, but isn't the structural integrity of the tank affected? If someone could help me put in a new bottom panel, it would make me sleep better at night!!

Steve

 

[Bebo77]

try posting in the DIY forum... i am sure someone there knows what to do