tanks are epoxied now???

[treesprite]

I was trying to take apart this 10g I just bought and have discovered that it is actually epoxied (clear glass epoxy or glue) together rather than having just silicone sealing it together. Are all manufacturers doing this on all tanks now? I have never run into this problem before, and I've taken apart numerous tanks.

 

Is there a way to get through the epoxy? Some way to dissolve it or something? I have to get this glass apart. Now I'm thinking I won't be able to do my overflow project because if the tank has epoxy holding it together, I can't take off the back glass.

Edited June 29, 2012 by treesprite

[BowieReefer84]

Cut the glass?

[zygote2k]

call glassholes.com and be done with it.

[treesprite]

call glassholes.com and be done with it.

 

Be done with what? They don't make this type of overflow. I also like playing with glass.

 

As far as cutting it, can't very well cut it if I can't take it apart. I'm trying to decide whether I want to re-seal the tank or what. I broke the trim when trying to remove it, so if I re-seal it, I would end up taking the trim off the old 10g I used to use for a sump for a 40 hex. I wonder if the old 10g was glued as well.

 

I mean I can understand wanting to make sure a tank won;t come apart, but doesn't the manufacturer understand that sometimes tanks need repairs or whatever? Or do they just figure it's advantageous for them to make people replace entire tanks when a pane gets cracked or something?

[L8 2 RISE]

They probably make their tanks so that they dont need to be repaired... And I doubt they would expect anyone with a 10g tank to go through the trouble of trying to repair it.

[hypertech]

A brand new 10g is what $10? I don't think repairability is a concern. If something happens to one of them, its far easier to scrap it and get a new one.

[treesprite]

A brand new 10g is what $10? I don't think repairability is a concern. If something happens to one of them, its far easier to scrap it and get a new one.

 

I got 2 of them to play with, not set up a tank I really should learn how to work with glass for real. I was thinking of using the glass for re-doing dividers in my refugium or sump, or perhaps build an overflow for a tank I'm not using... I just like doing it.

 

I might make a couple pilot holes and then cut the glass between them... that's really the only way to do it if I can't get it apart. But I'm not that great at cutting glass.

Edited July 4, 2012 by treesprite

[Tink]

I don't know about drilling holes in them, think I read somewhere that all sides are tempered on 10 gallon tanks. I also had a friend of mine try to drill a 10, and he exploded it in 5 seconds.

 

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[treesprite]

I don't think these are tempered. People drill 10g tanks all the time... I have drilled 10g tanks (and 15, and 16, and 40, and 65, and 75) and they were not tempered.

 

By pilot holes I mean very small holes put there so the glass cut tool has an ending and a beginning besides the very ends of the glass. I've actually never done it, but that is how the glass shop told me a piece of glass can have shapes cut out of them.

[Jon Lazar]

I was trying to take apart this 10g I just bought and have discovered that it is actually epoxied (clear glass epoxy or glue) together rather than having just silicone sealing it together. Are all manufacturers doing this on all tanks now?

 

I just bought 3 40 gallon breeders from Petco, and they have silicone seals.

 

You could take your dremel and cut slots in the glass of your 10 gallon tank on either side of each epoxied seam.

[treesprite]

I just bought 3 40 gallon breeders from Petco, and they have silicone seals.

 

You could take your dremel and cut slots in the glass of your 10 gallon tank on either side of each epoxied seam.

 

They are sealed with silicone, but also glued where the 2 edges come together.

 

Just to clarify, I was not using the 10g to make an overflow for another tank, I was going to use it for a test run with itself.