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I just noticed this chip when I went to fill up my tank. Had been stored for 2 years before I bought it off someone. Would this chip alarm anyone?

I cannot feel the chip.


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As long as you dont see little spider web cracks growing from the chip. It’s probably 90% ok in the area that it happened. 10% anything can always happen.
Fill it up and let sit for a while to see if anything happens? Better to just get a new one? There are other chips but not on the silicone side and on the top rear.
 
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I would also use the resin they use to fix car windshield (buy from Autozone/O'Riellys etc)....just for aesthetics.
Ok thank you. It is a Nuvo 20 that I removed the aio and drilled for a sump. Same tank on sale for $200 so considered just buying new if that is most people’s advice.
 

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I just noticed this chip when I went to fill up my tank. Had been stored for 2 years before I bought it off someone. Would this chip alarm anyone?

I cannot feel the chip.


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Based on size and location, I would deem this safe as its surface and not structural however periodically check on it to assure its not widening which it should not
 
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Based on size and location, I would deem this safe as its surface and not structural however periodically check on it to assure its not widening which it should not
Excellent. Thank you very much for your reply!

I did a fill test to make sure my pump was ok head wise. Filled to 6 gallons and only sat for 5 minutes or so before I pumped it all out.
 

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Well, I'm very conservative and wouldn't use it. But I've got PTSD from a tank swap I had to do with a leak (75g to 90g). What you have in your favor is that the tank is small. So not as much pressure per square inch compared to my old 75.
 
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Well, I'm very conservative and wouldn't use it. But I've got PTSD from a tank swap I had to do with a leak (75g to 90g). What you have in your favor is that the tank is small. So not as much pressure per square inch compared to my old 75.
I am too. Took me 5 years to get my wife to allow me to get a small tank. We just put new floors in this month hence the nervousness.
 

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I am too. Took me 5 years to get my wife to allow me to get a small tank. We just put new floors in this month hence the nervousness.
well....that's pretty much your answer right there........
$200.00. happy Wife Happy Life and you won't have any sleepness nights.....
and turn the tank into a terrarium for her.....win/win
 

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well....that's pretty much your answer right there........
$200.00. happy Wife Happy Life and you won't have any sleepness nights.....
and turn the tank into a terrarium for her.....win/win
It is the answer. I live by the acronym NPOTOL. Never **** Off The Old Lady.
 
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well....that's pretty much your answer right there........
$200.00. happy Wife Happy Life and you won't have any sleepness nights.....
and turn the tank into a terrarium for her.....win/win
True that
 

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