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is this little chip worth taking everything out???
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 1:09 pm
by hadla
bought the 10g tank alone about 10 days ago from petco, made sure there were no big visible flaws, but didnt bother to check for little cracks or chips cause i was in a hurry to get it fixed up to move my dps and eel loaches out of the 20g... it is covered by the silicone on the inside... could i just seal up that corner on the outside with my aquarium silicone without having to worry about it later on? or should I just exchange it for another? its about half an inch big
edit: heres the link to the full pic if its cutting off the rightmost part...
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/h ... uarium.jpg
Re: is this little chip worth taking everything out???
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 1:13 pm
by xrayjeeper83
exchange, dont take the chance
Re: is this little chip worth taking everything out???
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 1:16 pm
by hadla
yeah i had a feeling thats the response id get... just didnt feel like having to move everything again. now i know to fully inspect every little inch on a new aquarium!
Re: is this little chip worth taking everything out???
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 1:34 pm
by Arny
I did something similar to the corner of my tank when I was laying it down. I filled the whole corner with silicone on the inside and haven't had any problems
Re: is this little chip worth taking everything out???
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 1:38 pm
by jus85411
xrayjeeper83 wrote:exchange, dont take the chance
definitely. hell i would tell the store manager you lost all water and fish and see what you can get from them
jk you can try if you want though, i really dislike them and petsmart
Re: is this little chip worth taking everything out???
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 1:45 pm
by Pufferpunk
Be grateful it's only a 10g!
Re: is this little chip worth taking everything out???
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 2:19 pm
by hadla
jus85411 wrote:xrayjeeper83 wrote:exchange, dont take the chance
definitely. hell i would tell the store manager you lost all water and fish and see what you can get from them
jk you can try if you want though, i really dislike them and petsmart
lol, i don't like petsmart, but petco is ok since they stopped selling big parrots. and since i got my current cockatiel from them 5 years ago, i cant complain... i just buy supplies there though, not anything living anymore.
Re: is this little chip worth taking everything out???
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 2:20 pm
by hadla
Pufferpunk wrote:Be grateful it's only a 10g!
lol, yeah... ill be really careful if i ever uy any really big tanks from a store
Re: is this little chip worth taking everything out???
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 3:31 pm
by jus85411
this small incident is going to affect you buying tanks from now on, you will always look lol
Re: is this little chip worth taking everything out???
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 3:58 pm
by hadla
jus85411 wrote:this small incident is going to affect you buying tanks from now on, you will always look lol
yep so i guess it was a good thing... cause its a PITA to move everything from a set up aquarium to a new one!
Re: is this little chip worth taking everything out???
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 5:50 pm
by xrayjeeper83
Heck this is going to make me check every little spot of a new aquarium
Re: is this little chip worth taking everything out???
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 6:59 pm
by hadla
rotfl! you're welcome
Re: is this little chip worth taking everything out???
Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 9:42 am
by jus85411
i had a tank that the seems were off. luckily like yours it was small and only a 20 high and it was towards the bottom so as soon as i started filling it up it came right back out slowly! i got it from the pet store i worked at so i had no problem trading it in and the owner threw me some gravel
