Repairing a cracked tank?

Gfort04 · Sep 19, 2016

It's not a JBJ but I'm hoping someone in the AIO community here can help me out. A over a year ago I purchased a Nuvo 30, but was unable to set it up due to a military reassignment.
Fast forward to two weeks ago I was finally to set the tank up but unfortunately the tank only last a week before the bottem cracked. The tank was fully supported on a leveled stand so I'm not sure why it cracked.
I contacted IM and they said there's was nothing they could do because I was outside the one year warranty regardless of the tank not being set up. Since I can't get a replacement I was wondering if there was any way to simple replace the bottom glass?
I was considering removing the glass and replacing it with a piece of plywood treated similarly to the ones used in the plywood aquarium projects. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

Bob Escher · Sep 19, 2016

First off as VEt, Thank you so much for your service.
I supposed that you could take non tempered glass the same size as the old and re silicone it back it.
I'm not a expert on them. I don't know about plywood although I would think that you would need at least 1/4 to 1/2 in to be safe.

jsker · Sep 19, 2016

Thank you for your service,

Please post up a picture and we can better evaluate it.

By the time one tears down a small tank and reseating the glass, it would be best to get a new tank.