Received acrylic tank with small seem separation advice?

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I bought this off eBay about 3 weeks ago from luckreef. The tank arrived however it had a small crack so I opened a dispute with eBay and tried to return the item. After 2 weeks of getting the run around Ebay just refunded me all my money and told me I could keep the tank. Been this is a farm tank and not really concerned about the looks I just want to get functional do you think a bead of acrylic glue might fix this? What looks like a crack in the acrylic can not be felt on either side.

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That is one gnarly crack. Have you done a water test? Just filled it with water from the hose to see where any water may leak and if the water pressure creates any further separation? It's still like 90 in Florida, who doesn't want to hang out in the driveway with a hose and an empty fish tank?
If you can identify the stress points, you can see what the next step is. You may find that if you black silicone the edge where the corners meet, the horizontal crack may be tight enough to hold water. Perhaps wishful thinking but you never know.
 
I think you're going to have to do a lot of sanding and buffing to get that thing out of there if it can come out
 
But hey if it does you got yourself a free tank you're one up on me already
 

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