Acclimation box, use solvent or not?

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I decided to make one last attempt to get my clown into a community tank. I bought a snap together acclimation box for her and an anemone.
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It came with a bunch of little pins to hold it all together.

Wouldn't I be better off of I grab a can of acrylic solvent out of my shop and put this together permanently?

With the exception of ease of storage; can any of you come up with a downside to this?
 

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I don't see any downside to your plan. I would guess they made it that way to ship flat or decrease chances of breaking during shipping
 

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I decided to make one last attempt to get my clown into a community tank. I bought a snap together acclimation box for her and an anemone.
Screenshot_20231014-203642.png

It came with a bunch of little pins to hold it all together.

Wouldn't I be better off of I grab a can of acrylic solvent out of my shop and put this together permanently?

With the exception of ease of storage; can any of you come up with a downside to this?
Ive used silicone to hold one together but the other two i have are very secure
 

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It came with a bunch of little pins to hold it all together.

Wouldn't I be better off of I grab a can of acrylic solvent out of my shop and put this together permanently?

With the exception of ease of storage; can any of you come up with a downside to this?
Use whatever glue you have.
If you have acrylic solvent, use that, silicone use that.
If you want the acclimation box to be permanently setup, then I see no reason not to.
 

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I have the same or similar that uses those locking tabs and small rubber bands. Sometimes falls apart during cleaning. Lost a few bands. I will probably glue mine with acrylic cement as well.
 

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