Drilled and cracked 5.5 gallon fixable?

[Gordonious]

Iââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢ve been working on plumbing together several salt systems I have had running and part of that set up I am trying to accomplish includes a small display tank. A 5.5 gallon all glass tank sits under my display tanks which drain into it and then it drains into the sump.

I drilled the tank fine and attached and sealed PVC fittings to it, but when I went to attach the drain tube to lead to the bottom sump the bottom of the tank cracked.

Could I just patch it up with a bead of all-glass aquarium glue on the bottom as well as the top? Do I need to lay another sheet of plastic or glass on top of it and glue it down? Or is there no way I should try and repair.

Yeah itââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s not that expensive of a tank, but Iââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢m broke and it took me forever to drill the hole in the bottom of it, I really donââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢t want to do it again. What do you think?

Jonathon

Here are a couple of pictures to give you an idea of what the crack looks like:

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[zeblisik]

it looks like the crack goes all the way to the seam which makes covering the crack w/ silicone difficult if not impossible. i did the same thing w/ a 10 gal whose side was cracked, it worked out fine except there was a tiny drip up at the top, where i couldnt put silicone.

 

[Gordonious]

Where could there be a part you couldn't put silicone on? One side of the other there had to have been a spot you could have put it. Was it just that you had it filled and didn't want to empty it again?

 

[humbugy]

price of a 5.5 gallon tank vs. 5.5 gallons of water on your floor, what would bother you the most?
if buying a new tank cringes your wallet, glob it on and try it outside and hope for the best
if not, buy a new tank and try to drill again.