HELP??? (1 Viewer)

[xskyzx]

as you can see in the pictures, my front is a lil bended (acrylic tank)

is that normal or should i do something about it?


thanks in advance...

 

[Reefaddict79]

any leakage? The acrylic looks thick enough not to do that. Was it flat yesterday and bowed today? What about the back pane?

 

[xskyzx]

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The back is straight, I just got the tank for bout a month, so I didn't really pay attention till I saw the bow today, tank is only 15 gal .

What should I do to it now or leave it and see?

Thanks a lot

 

[steved350]

That picture is very deciving. It makes the tank look very large. What size is the acrylic? You can always put a small crossbrace on it. If it were me until I found a fix I would go buy a clamp that spans the distance and bring it back into shape, aslong as it doesn't start to bow the back pannel inwards. Good luck, lets us know how it goes.

 

[xskyzx]

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Would the clams bring it back to shape? If so I will do that.
I think the tank is 1/4 in acrylics.
Thanks guys.

 

[steved350]

I would put a straight piece of wood or something across the back where you put the clam so that when you pull in the front the back stays flat.

 

[m109r]

I have a 13G acrylic that does the same thing. I was worried about it as you are when I first got it but after a little bit of research I found this to be normal.

Mine is 3/8" thick and it bows out at least 1/4".

 

[AquaNerd]

you could drain the tank, then attach a thin piece of acrylic and use weld-on to join the pieces. it would act as a eurobrace and would take away from the rimless look, but you would fix the bowing.

 

[Reefaddict79]

not to scare you more but, my previous frag tank was 1/4 acrylic started to bow then started to leak at the seams. Just keep an eye on it

 

[xskyzx]

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Thanks guys for all the advice.

 

[xskyzx]

From what James(Envision Acrylics), if there is an issue from an acrylic tank bowing, you will probably never lose the seems; rather what will happen is it will crack at the top corners.

what he mean by this? thanks

 

[AquaticExperience]

He means that due to the stress of the bow pulling on the corner seams, it will cause the top of the seams at the corners to crack and then a leak will begin. Now, in my experience, once the top of a seam cracks it is only a matter of time until the entire seam splits open, or slowly cracks and gets worse. I hate to tell you that but it is, in my experience, what will happen IF the corner seams crack. There is no guarantee that they ever will. But, it is a dangerous game of what if.

 

[xskyzx]

i see, thanks AE.