New Tank Delivered Today..Need Help...Cosmetic or Bad seams

[rayn]

Sucks, but better air and paper then water.

Hope they take care of you.

 

[visioned]

Really?

i'm trying to make sense of this picture; is that a piece of paper in between the seams? lol

 

[justingraham]

O man sorry for ya I'm in south jersey hope all turns out well

 

[Robert Vacchiano]

I am in Pa. if you are not to far and need help or advice with it let me know

 

[Robert Vacchiano]

There is no way a seam should open up or split open when they put the solvent on the seam it reacts with the acrylic and melts it together .There could not have been any solvent on that seam that opened up

 

[Flippers4pups]

There is no way a seam should open up or split open when they put the solvent on the seam it reacts with the acrylic and melts it together .There could not have been any solvent on that seam that opened up

I agree completely, it would be fused at the seam if done correctly. It would have to delaminate/ crack under the fused seam. Doesn't look fused. Not enough solvent / not kept together long enough to fuse or no solvent!

 

[Robert Vacchiano]

When the solvent is used it makes the seam stronger than the acrylic if you were to say smack the tank with a hammer at the seam it would crack the acrylic and not the seam

 

[Flippers4pups]

The more I look at the pictures, especially the third one, it looks more like a impact/hit. The front panel of the tank looks fractured width wise, not length wise, on its edge. Little fractures one after another.

 

[Y2KReef]

I did inspect the tank. There was one issue with a seam and I texted pics. He said didn't look like a problem. Then when I got it in a fully lit room I found more faults in the seams. One of the shock sensors did pop and minor damage to the crate but no evidence of damage to the tank.

 

[Rick.45cal]

The more I look at the pictures, especially the third one, it looks more like a impact/hit. The front panel of the tank looks fractured width wise, not length wise, on its edge. Little fractures one after another.

Those particles look to me to be shavings of acrylic produced by the cutter. It looks like a lack of solvent too me. Looks like someone starved a glue joint in woodworking!

Not discounting the idea of an impact, just stating my opinion of the particles in the picture

 

[Robert Vacchiano]

You could be right I first thought it was bubbles on the seam Could that tank have been dropped

 

[Rick.45cal]

You could be right I first thought it was bubbles on the seam Could that tank have been dropped

It could very well be a lack of solvent as well as an impact. The combination would likely explain why panels are seperating at the joints but also why there is fractures (partially glued joint seperating)

 

[Robert Vacchiano]

Right

 

[Y2KReef]

The more I look at the pictures, especially the third one, it looks more like a impact/hit. The front panel of the tank looks fractured width wise, not length wise, on its edge. Little fractures one after another.

This and the last pic of my 2nd post are the same seam, just a different angle. There was no damage to the rest of the front panel or the front of the crate.

 

[Robert Vacchiano]

I know you don't want this problem but better you caught it now because if you filled that tank with water it would of had a major failure and I can tell you that is worse. I had a 300 marineland fail a year ago and what mess besides the loss of fish and corals

 

[Flippers4pups]

The more I look at the pictures, especially the third one, it looks more like a impact/hit. The front panel of the tank looks fractured width wise, not length wise, on its edge. Little fractures one after another.

I did inspect the tank. There was one issue with a seam and I texted pics. He said didn't look like a problem. Then when I got it in a fully lit room I found more faults in the seams. One of the shock sensors did pop and minor damage to the crate but no evidence of damage to the tank.

Doesn't take much to fracture. There's your answer.

 

[Robert Vacchiano]

Yes when looking at pick I could not figure out why tank looked cloudy in seam area. It must have been hit

 

[MaddyP]

The more I look at the pictures, especially the third one, it looks more like a impact/hit. The front panel of the tank looks fractured width wise, not length wise, on its edge. Little fractures one after another.


Doesn't take much to fracture. There's your answer.

I'll play devils advocate! From the pictures I'm seeing little lines that appear to be the pattern left by a router. Perfectly perpendicular to the panel of acrylic, I don't think "natural" fractures would be as perfect. Also, if there had been any solvent in the seam, the router lines would not be visible as it would have bonded and deformed the micro surface of the edge...

 

[Y2KReef]

I'm not ruling out impact. The split seam is right where the crate was damaged. There was solvent on the edge of the seam but not sure if it was "in" the seam. Plus it was not crated well. No protection on the panels except for plastic wrap and 2, 2x2 strips of wood. No plywood or foam.

 

[Y2KReef]

more pics, This is looking down at top panel edge. To the right is inside of tank, left is outside