Chipped glass. What do I do?

[Saruty04]

I was moving this tank into my garage and noticed that there’s a chip on the bottom glass. I have attached some photos, I will try my best to describe it. Basically it’s on the bottom glass edge, so the chip is on the outside of the tank. The chip is on the edge and it’s penetrating about a third of the thickness of the glass into the silicone, so there is a small bubble. Like I said it’s penetrating from the outside towards the inside so from the inside of the tank it’s still completely sealed. There are no cracks or micro fracture spreading from the chip. Is this tank still usable? If not, is there any way to fix it? Thank you all so much for your help in advance.

-Sam

 

[richiev]

Tank size?

 

[Saruty04]

Tank size?

76 gallon. 4x2foot foot print

 

[richiev]

Might help to have a full context picture so the location can be seen better.

That being said, if the question is "would this be super safe to put in a living space", having a compromised seal on the bottom of a tank seems like a non-optimal situation. Usually convos about chipping have the gray area being high on the glass or chips on corners where it's the part away from the seal.

You're never going to get a conclusive answer on if it being safe, just people guessing ways it isn't. You're likely going to have to make your own gut call on this, or take the safer and standard way and say it's not. I personally wouldn't take that risk.

Brand?

 

[Saruty04]

Its a fiji cube. Picture attached. Thanks for the detailed explanation. Its basically in the center of the edge where the side and bottom meet. On the outside of the tank

 

[SupraSaltyReefer]

Personally I would not risk it. 76g+ of water on your floor will cause thousands of $ of damage. Not to mention the headache of cleaning up the mess. Peace of mind is priceless!

 

[newfly]

I have a tank with the exact same footprint for sale. Make me an offer! See the Buy/Trade thread