TheClark Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Taking pictures last night of Jrs tank, noticed this: Is this from the original manufacturing of the tank, or is water actually getting that far into the seam? Should I worry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Pic??? sent from a Samsung note 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted October 9, 2015 Author Share Posted October 9, 2015 Pic??? sent from a Samsung note 4 You are too fast! I post, then edit, then add pic from tapatalk. Should be a pic now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exodus Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 looks like air bubbles in the glass or Silicone, I would definitely keep and eye on it till your sure what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted October 9, 2015 Author Share Posted October 9, 2015 looks like air bubbles in the glass or Silicone, I would definitely keep and eye on it till your sure what it is. I thought the same, quite concerning. Not sure how i missed this before, ugh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefnjunkie Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 It is from the building of the tank- should you be worried, not yet but time will tell. You could always drain and put a bead of Weldon 42 in the corner. It's a 2 part polymer ( I think polymer) that basically fuses and is used for joining pieces of acrylic. If you did that you wouldn't have any reason to worry. Not saying you should be worried now, you've a long way to go before it's even a potential issue, but you'll be watching that area and it'll be in your head- 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bevo5 Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 I've seen plenty of bubbles in seams but that's a lot. Just keep comparing the picture to what it looks like in the future. If here's any change I'd say you need to seal it up. A dynamic seam is going to fail eventually. But I've never had a bubble cause a problem. It's acrylic? If so there are other signs you will see to worry about. Like crazing. Imo if that seam started to fail you would see crazing along the stress points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted October 9, 2015 Author Share Posted October 9, 2015 I've seen plenty of bubbles in seams but that's a lot. Just keep comparing the picture to what it looks like in the future. If here's any change I'd say you need to seal it up. A dynamic seam is going to fail eventually. But I've never had a bubble cause a problem. It's acrylic? If so there are other signs you will see to worry about. Like crazing. Imo if that seam started to fail you would see crazing along the stress points. Thank you. Yes, it is acyrlic. I will take another picture in a week or so and compare, good idea. Will watch for crazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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