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Brooklyngal

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Brooklyngal

I'm setting up a nano reef in my room from my old equipment and am jumping around with what tank size I want to setup. really I'd like to setup my old 29g. I have 2X 2 bulb T5 Nova Extremes that I can use for lighting, I'll probably get a glass top to cut down on evap. I have an Octopus HOB 100F skimmer that I'm going to use and should have an ATO sitting around somewhere.

 

my dilemma is that the 29g I have has an imperfection on the glass. I've had it setup before with this, but it was a planted tank then and there was less money at stake if it did break (plus I was less worried about what happens it the tank cracks/water get everywhere).

 

its a chip that is inside the glass- the crack doesnt show up on the outside; its about two inches above the bottom seam, you can't feel it if you run your fingers along corner seam, its smooth.

 

here's some pics:

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how concerned should I be? I can see the area from across the room, which is the only thing that makes me worry about it.

 

I have a 40g breeder that I could use but that's kind of a big tank (really not much bigger than the 29, I know, but its a bigger footprint); also if I go with the 40g I have to get a new light which I'm not thrilled about.

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I'd never use a tank with any kind of chip/crack in it. Why risk it? If you really don't want to use the 40b, why not just get a new 29g? I think petco has a dollar per gallon sale coming soon.

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I'd never use a tank with any kind of chip/crack in it. Why risk it? If you really don't want to use the 40b, why not just get a new 29g? I think petco has a dollar per gallon sale coming soon.

 

Agreed why take the chance?

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buckeyereefer

honestly think it will be fine. I know of two 120G tanks now that have been running cple yrs with similar issues. BUT I would not personally run the risk. WAYYY to much money in livestock to risk it IMHO.

 

in my area the dollar a gallon sale at Petco is going on. so I am not sure if sale is regional or national.

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A terrarium is better use for that tank ;)

A couple clubmosses ferns, and maybe a few spiders, wolf spiders are probably the funnest and most containable native spider I've kept.

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I wouldn't use it... I had a Nuvo 16 and it had a small chip on the top rim... 3 months later it cracked - the crack started where the chip was.

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Nuvos did that becuase of their thin glass and shitty Chinese manufacturing.

 

 

That is a deep chip. No way, you're risking so much for so little gain.

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Nuvos did that becuase of their thin glass and shitty Chinese manufacturing.

 

 

That is a deep chip. No way, you're risking so much for so little gain.

I will never, ever use a Nuvo again. Ever.

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They don't make them any more so the decision has already been made for you ;)

I will never, ever use a Nuvo again. Ever.

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