Oh oh...trouble..

[KahluaZzZ]

Ok i had a 3 inch scratch on my front panel since some acropora skeleton felt from the top months ago. I checked today, the scratch is 6 inches long...mhhh...
is my crappy perfecto just too weak to handle the pressure ?? The "not very deep but visible" scratch is actually transforming into a crack ??

here's a pic :

This sucks...there's no other 55g like mine available except thin glass perfectos.

When i check my tank from the left panel, i can't see the scratch, but with mh and looking at the front panel, it's pretty obvious

 

[OCCFan023]

Do you think pefecto would replace it if you said the crack just appered?


Id be a little worried about it, but thats just me being overly cautiouse. Maybe this can be an excuse to upgrade to a bigger tank?

 

[aresgod]

yea, contact perfecto, but definetly do something, the outcome is just not worth ignoring it.

 

[KahluaZzZ]

90 days for refund. Bought this one in june 2004. Gasp.

 

[OCCFan023]

hmm, thats rough. Any possibility at even considering a new 55 or upgrade, or is that not feasible?

 

[KahluaZzZ]

another perfecto ?? Gotta find a better one. Hagen are thicker, Oceanic are hot but $$$ and what i really want is a AGA twin-flo pierced 55g...this would fit on my stand.

 

[allybanana]

you could do the glass splice it would look rough but you might be able to but corals in front of it bassicaly get a strong piece of glass a bit bigger than th crack clean both surfaces withacetone and stick the glass patch over with silicone

 

[1979camaro]

the AGA 55s are "only" about $200...might just be the way to go. i really like mine

 

[KahluaZzZ]

*cough*
well my 2nd MH will wait...if i change, i'll take a pre-drilled one

 

[wayne]

How thick is the perfecto glass. I think the second MH needs to wait .....a predrilled tank is a much better investment

 

[KahluaZzZ]

it's like 3 mm..

 

[wayne]

3mm - you have got to be kidding. That's ludicrously thin. I'd feel uncomfortable with a 10 gallon that thin

 

[KahluaZzZ]

actually...i measured now...almost like 5mm..

 

[wayne]

still very thin, thinner than mine. Yuk

 

[KahluaZzZ]

yep...well last year i got caught in a newbie trap, buying this and the seaclone..
time to pay..again

 

[S.Reef]

Ouch....i would get a new tank asap.