Chipped glass - problem

[ctopal]

Working on rebuilding my 90. Just built a stand, and I'm having oh so much fun sanding it flat and getting it level :angryfire:

On a corner of the tank, the glass is a bit chipped and flaking. It's staying on because of the silicone between the two panes. It's very thin, so I wasn't concerned. My husband thought I should share and see what others thought. Should I be concerned over this?

This is the side view, so you can see how thick the glass still is that's intact.



This is from the other side, probably a useless pic.

 

[Tweaked]

I would not trust it, and most will agree. 90 gallons on the floor is allot to think about.

 

[ca1ore]

It's one of those 'probably will be OK' situations, but I agree not to trust it.

 

[Chriskid]

well I hate to be the one to say its fine and its not, however I don't think I've ever owned a tank that didn't have a chip in it. By 90 ran for 3 years with a bigger chunk out of the corner than that, and I cut the center brace out. Currently my 210 also has a chip in the corner, and one of the two center braces has also been broken and reinforced. 2 years on that. I have to say the chip on yours looks awfully miner.

 

[ctopal]

So I had him take another look. He didn't realize how thick the glass was and feels much better about it. The glass is 3/8 in thick. The flakes of chip hanging off are about 1/16th of an inch. Is that sounding better?

 

[Chriskid]

So I had him take another look. He didn't realize how thick the glass was and feels much better about it. The glass is 3/8 in thick. The flakes of chip hanging off are about 1/16th of an inch. Is that sounding better?

I seriously don't see this as a major engineering Flaw..

 

[gmate]

My 30 gallon is up and running with a chip in it at the moment.

I had my 48 cube running with a chip, it will be running again by the end of the year.


It depends on how bad it is, but yours doesn't sound too terrible. I'd have to see it to give you a definite yes or no, hard to tell from the pictures. It's possible, though.

 

[ctopal]

Thanks all. I know it's hard to tell through pics. That's actually one of the edges I thought I should re silicone as the edges are a bit ragged. Is it ok to put a new bead of silicone on top or am I supposed to remove the old and start over?

 

[Tweaked]

Thanks all. I know it's hard to tell through pics. That's actually one of the edges I thought I should re silicone as the edges are a bit ragged. Is it ok to put a new bead of silicone on top or am I supposed to remove the old and start over?

silicone does not stick to silicone

 

[GaryLCrouch]

You should remove the silicone and reapply new if you wanted to do that. Though I have never done it I have seen videos on it and it looks farily simple to do.

 

[phillrodrigo]

I think most people dont want to say yea its fine and it leaks a week later or blows out. Personally I think I have a bigger one on mine and its fine

 

[thoughtIKnew]

If you are worried about the chip and the piece is still there buy some ultra clear glass epoxy and glue it back it in

 

[ctopal]

LOL - I'm just going to leave the darn thing alone and put some water in it Glad I asked about the silicone, what a waste of time that would have been!

Although the glass flakes are still partially attached, so I will glue them back up as suggested.