Thoughts on a small crack

[MikeyZo]

I ordered a new Maxspect Dice AIO from BRS and it came with a small crack in the upper corner. I contacted them and they are sending me a replacement. I offered to send the broken one back and they told me no, dispose of it or use it for whatever you want. Just wanted thoughts on if this was a detrimental crack or not. It doesn’t look like it goes all the way to the outside. Thoughts?

 

[Ziggy17]

Never worth the risk. IMHO

 

[MikeyZo]

I figured. At least Im getting a new one. I thought I could water test it and maybe use it as a spare hospital or QT tank.

 

[Ziggy17]

I hear ya. I just try and imagine how P’d off I’d be (at myself and anyone that happened to be near me) if the tank leaked and I was stuck with tens of thousands of water damage in my house.
If that happened, you would literally do anything to go back in time and not take the risk.

 

[UncommonSense]

I figured. At least Im getting a new one. I thought I could water test it and maybe use it as a spare hospital or QT tank.

That crack is likely to propagate and spread…

You could try literally bonding a second equal thickness pane of glass on the outside of that cracked pane with aquarium silicone; but it wouldn’t be pretty!

Alternatively, you could replace that pane completely!