cracked bottom glass

[Conquest]

have a red sea 170 that i bought for 30 bucks but the bottom glass is broken, whats the cheapest and smartest way to fix this issue? thx in advance

 

[Impala67]

have a red sea 170 that i bought for 30 bucks but the bottom glass is broken, whats the cheapest and smartest way to fix this issue? thx in advance

Well cheap and smart rarely meet each other in the same sentence lol. I’ll give you some options
Remove bottom panel glass and replace it cost is about $40

Use a pice of plexiglass on the top and bottom, sandwich the area of the crack together and seal it using clear silicone price is about $20 but will last only about a 3 to 4 years

Use just silicone on both sides use a generous amount to try and seal it but the problem is there is not guarantee that it will hold!! Price $10

I strongly recommend just replacing the whole panel it’s a much better option!!

 

[YOYOYOReefer]

ive fixed worse than that with flex seal

 

[BZOFIQ]

Frank's RedHot sauce - I put that $h!T on everything!

 

[Conquest]

Well cheap and smart rarely meet each other in the same sentence lol. I’ll give you some options
Remove bottom panel glass and replace it cost is about $40

Use a pice of plexiglass on the top and bottom, sandwich the area of the crack together and seal it using clear silicone price is about $20 but will last only about a 3 to 4 years

Use just silicone on both sides use a generous amount to try and seal it but the problem is there is not guarantee that it will hold!! Price $10

I strongly recommend just replacing the whole panel it’s a much better option!!

still cheaper than a new red sea so ill just replace the whole buttom glass as you say its a much better option, 40 dollars i still a cheap amount since i bought it for 30 dollars so i can defiently live with spending another 40 dollars :) thanks for your help

 

[Conquest]

Frank's RedHot sauce - I put that $h!T on everything!

is Sriracha alright?

 

[mdb_talon]

is Sriracha alright?

Only on freshwater tank

 

[Sean Clark]

 

[BZOFIQ]

When I was a kid and we were broke we used to fix tanks like that with a strip of glass smothered with silicone and pressed in. We'd then silicone around the edges. It was cheap and it worked and allowed us to be in the hobby with multiple tanks.

 

[ZoWhat]

have a red sea 170 that i bought for 30 bucks but the bottom glass is broken, whats the cheapest and smartest way to fix this issue? thx in advance

Smartest plan is to make it a tank for a Bearded Dragon

Unless you want to do this at 3:42am some morning in the future

 

[SlugSnorter]

have a red sea 170 that i bought for 30 bucks but the bottom glass is broken, whats the cheapest and smartest way to fix this issue? thx in advance

did you do it or did it come this way? maybe still under warrenty even if you did. Can be returned and replaced if broken on arrival