3 month old acrylic sump cracking?

[bellasdad0911]

Was cleaning my tank and saw that my sump is showing many signs of cracking! Is this normal should I be worried of failure? Never had this happen.

 

[Big G]

Is your sump completely and evenly supported underneath?

 

[bellasdad0911]

Yes totally supported by the stand base and level. I thought these stress cracks are odd. It's a ruby trigger 30 from bulkreefsupply

 

[Big G]

I would call the guys at BRS in the a.m.

 

[bellasdad0911]

Update, called brs and they contacted the vendor and agreed it needs to be replaced under warranty. Most likely a bad sheet of acrylic from the factory. Free replacement. Thanks brs and trigger reef for your great response

 

[Dsnakes]

Glad they are going to take care of it. Those are good sumps. That is the one I plan to use for my upgrade display.

 

[Big G]

BRS is a standup outfit.

 

[bellasdad0911]

Brs is amazing. Excellent customer service and quick responses. I am glad I found that site years ago. I recommend them to all. The sump is a great sump! Not sure what happened in the case. Had to have been a bad piece of acrylic.

 

[Go.Big.Reef]

I realize this is an old thread, but....I have a buddy who's Bashsea acrylic sump started cracking randomly just like this. He was wondering if it could have possibly been caused by either 1) cleaning with vinegar/water solutions or 2) potentially from UV (he has a UV light sitting in his sump that he uses for sterlization). Any thoughts from anyone?

Or maybe it was just a bad piece of acrylic when the sump was manufactured as the thread says above.