Thats Snapped it..

[Don636]

Hello

I have the aqua nano 40, for those that do not know if it, its a 40cm cube, hidden compartments to rear for filter, heater and such, glass lids etc. The compartments have a single piece of black plastic sheeting to cover the whole of the compartments so when viewed from the front..the tank simply appears to have a black rear wall.

Bought it 2nd hand year ago, and found then it had a crack in the panel behind which the filter sits..anyhow...last night, I managed to follow through on the original crack and snapped a section of it trying to get a filter sucker off the tank floor...there isn't a lot of room to do such a thing ..as I have have now discovered. The piece is about 4" x 3" in old money.

Tempo fix was to place snapped section back in place and with water in situ in front and behind the section, and a handy sponge between rear of the snapped section and rear wall, to stop the larger volume of water pushing the broken section into the rear wall..its holding.

Longer term...Super glue gel the way to go?..to fix broken section back into place and then what... a further bigger piece to act like strengthening bars to bridge from good section.. over the broken section ..to good section?

Something like 3mm or so acrylic do? Like a sticky plaster as it were..it would be out of sight from front of the tank..

Any thoughts pls..
Ta much in advance.

Regards

 

[Dominic]

I have this tank spare at home, I dont see why it wouldnt work as long as it is sealed. 🙂 But it sounds like a good DIY project to replace it- a stanley knife blade should take the back off with a bit of work, and you should be able to get a piece of black acrylic to fit the dimensions really cheaply on sheetplastics.co.uk... around a tenner... but it might be a pain to cut out the inlets and a hole for the outlet.

Just a thought 🙂 Hope it goes well 🙂

 

[Don636]

Heading to your link to have a look ..thanks. 🙂

Even to cut an over sized bit to cover the broken part and secure it to the rest of the backing plate would be worth it.

 

[Dominic]

That's alright mate, and yeah if you did that, it would be even cheaper because it wouldnt really matter on thickness.. I'm assuming it has split vertically down the pump section on the left? But like i said i dont see how it would effect the tank too much as long as it has been sealed 🙂 A crack seems like too small a gap for enough water to get through that would affect filtration 🙂

 

[Don636]

A bit about 4" x 3" broke off and yes from top down to the outlet hole..soon as it happened the fish were investigating..lol...

Its all sent to try us right..)

 

[James D]

Hey Don, if you can send me a technical drawing or trace around the offending piece on a bit of paper, scan it and send it to me I can laser cut you a bit of acrylic no problem.

Cheers

 

[Don636]

Hi James,

What a kind thing to offer, I have super glued the broken piece into place and ''so far' its holding, its couple of acrylic strips to go like a plaster over the rear which would help secure it in place that would help. Two strips 5" long and 1" wide would bolster it nicely top and bottom.

Regards

 

[James D]

No problem, I'll get you a couple of pieces this week sometime, will clear do you or would black be better?

 

[Don636]

Many Thanks..but fingers crossed...its all holding well so far.

Kind Regards.