I picked up my two used 65 gallon tanks & stands this past weekend. I know they were fine when we picked them up cuz they had water in the them and he was just emptying them when we arrived. We filled them up and the one was cracked so we had to empty it.
We think it cracked because we didn't put any styrofoam down. The reason I didn't was because I was told by someone else that we didn't need to use the styrofoam with the metal type of stands. Anyway, I contacted the guy I bought them from and he agrees that it probably cracked cuz we didn't use the styrofoam. We did use the styrofoam on the one cuz the foam was pretty much melded right into the stand so rather than removing it we just put the same tank right back onto that styrofoam.
So, the guy that I bought them from told me not to worry and that he would come and patch the crack. He said he has done it many times with lots of tanks and they never leak.
I'm just wondering if you feel this is a safe option or should I be throwing this tank away. The crack is not that big, maybe about 2 inches and it's right in the back corner of the tank.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
We think it cracked because we didn't put any styrofoam down. The reason I didn't was because I was told by someone else that we didn't need to use the styrofoam with the metal type of stands. Anyway, I contacted the guy I bought them from and he agrees that it probably cracked cuz we didn't use the styrofoam. We did use the styrofoam on the one cuz the foam was pretty much melded right into the stand so rather than removing it we just put the same tank right back onto that styrofoam.
So, the guy that I bought them from told me not to worry and that he would come and patch the crack. He said he has done it many times with lots of tanks and they never leak.
I'm just wondering if you feel this is a safe option or should I be throwing this tank away. The crack is not that big, maybe about 2 inches and it's right in the back corner of the tank.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
