Should I be taking this tank back?

[Goaway]

I circled the parts that would make me hate my life. IF That is part of the tank. I would not be able to live with it.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Hey if it’s hidden then that’s just extra leak protection……. Way too much extra “but hey the warranty guy got canned last week. So we’re taking extra precautions”…that was 5 years ago and they haven’t had a leak since hahajk

 

[NowGlazeIT]

I circled the parts that would make me hate my life. IF That is part of the tank. I would not be able to live with it.

I see the top where the silicone is oozing out the seam. That would bug me too right away. The bottom looks like you circled the trim, maybe the angle of the picture?

 

[Gtinnel]

I see the top where the silicon is oozing out the seam. That would bug me too right away. The bottom looks like you circled the trim, maybe the angle of the picture?

That what I thought it was also. The bottom and top rim.

 

[Goaway]

I see the top where the silicone is oozing out the seam. That would bug me too right away. The bottom looks like you circled the trim, maybe the angle of the picture?

Bottom could be trim. A different view of the glass would be nice, but he may have went for an exchange.

 

[Goaway]

Hey if it’s hidden then that’s just extra leak protection……. Way too much extra “but hey the warranty guy got canned last week. So we’re taking extra precautions”…that was 5 years ago and they haven’t had a leak since hahajk

The inside is never an issue. I don't worry about the globs. You only see those looking for them,

 

[Goaway]

That what I thought it was also. The bottom and top rim.

On the glass at the top. you can see the silicon is poking out. It's a difficult spot, but I see it. Not the rim either.

I did a yellow line

 

[Gtinnel]

On the glass at the top. you can see the silicon is poking out. It's a difficult spot, but I see it. Not the rim either.

It's hard to tell but I don't think that's silicone that has squished out. It looks to me that the way the glass is lapped into the corner any silicon that squished out would come forward toward the camera and not sideways to where it would stick out to the left of the tank.

Unless you're talking about the silicone that is sticking out under the top rim which is what I think that is. I doubt it goes down farther than the rim though

 

[Goaway]

It's hard to tell but I don't think that's silicone that has squished out. It looks to me that the way the glass is lapped into the corner any silicon that squished out would come forward toward the camera and not sideways to where it would stick out to the left of the tank.

Unless you're talking about the silicone that is sticking out under the top rim which is what I think that is. I doubt it goes down farther than the rim though

It's very displeasing to see, I don't have the ability to see it in person. That top portion would cause me to throw a fit if the glass is off, or silicone is squished out. The companies say "any modification removes warranty". Even if you paint the back of the glass.

 

[bert236]

Bottom could be trim. A different view of the glass would be nice, but he may have went for an exchange.

No it’s still in my garage. I will try to get some better angles after lunch but the side you pointed out has a bit of silicone on the outside smeared. I’ll get better pics of that to.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

It's hard to tell but I don't think that's silicone that has squished out. It looks to me that the way the glass is lapped into the corner any silicon that squished out would come forward toward the camera and not sideways to where it would stick out to the left of the tank.

Unless you're talking about the silicone that is sticking out under the top rim which is what I think that is. I doubt it goes down farther than the rim though

I also thought it could have been from under the trim but the glass has silicone between panes so I think it could be either or

 

[Gtinnel]

I also thought it could have been from under the trim but the glass has silicone between panes so I think it could be either or

The OP seems to have confirmed it was silicone on the outside of the glass. Which I agree would bug me. Seems like it'd be easy to scrape off with a razor blade as long as you don't cut into the silicone in the joint. It is sad though that someone who bought a new tank would then need to scrape away extra silicone to make it somewhat presentable.

 

[bert236]

It's very displeasing to see, I don't have the ability to see it in person. That top portion would cause me to throw a fit if the glass is off, or silicone is squished out. The companies say "any modification removes warranty". Even if you paint the back of the glass.

I haven’t done anything but remove the cardboard so they shouldn’t try and pull that one lol. Silicone definitely squished out then was wiped flat. I hope they are able to just swap it for a better one or take is as a return. If not hopefully it looks decent when the tank is full because I don’t really want to buy another new tank. Everything looks good other than the silicone, they would be really nice tanks if they took a few mins extra on each one.

 

[bert236]

The OP seems to have confirmed it was silicone on the outside of the glass. Which I agree would bug me. Seems like it'd be easy to scrape off with a razor blade as long as you don't cut into the silicone in the joint. It is sad though that someone who bought a new tank would then need to scrape away extra silicone to make it somewhat presentable.

I don’t even want to risk that. Considered it but I don’t think it would be worth the risk honestly. Even if it’s a 1% more chance of failure or leaks after doing that it’s not worth it to me. Gonna go take those pics in a min and report back.

 

[Spieg]

Just bought a Aquion tank at Petco last weekend. They had over a dozen tanks of the same size and every one had silicone like that. You can try to exchange but you may end up with something the same or even worse. Seems like that is standard quality for the company.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

It is sad though that someone who bought a new tank would then need to scrape away extra silicone to make it somewhat presentable.

Could not agree more, they say you get what you pay for but this is a large company. That overspray would take all of 5sec to clean off during fabrication.

 

[Goaway]

I don’t even want to risk that. Considered it but I don’t think it would be worth the risk honestly. Even if it’s a 1% more chance of failure or leaks after doing that it’s not worth it to me. Gonna go take those pics in a min and report back.

How about the other side? I mean, you could have one side that is sloppy and a presentable other side.

 

[bert236]

Here are better pics of that corner

 

[Goaway]

Oh man. They have gotten really lazy.

How about the other sides? Are those nice?

 

[bert236]

Oh man. They have gotten really lazy.

How about the other sides? Are those nice?

That side would be the short side of the tank but the one you would see as you walk up to it from the kitchen because out of the two that look the nicest for the front that’s how it lands. If it was the opposite corner it wouldn’t have mattered because it would pretty much be up against a wall. At the end of the day it’s still gonna look awesome once it’s stocked and that’s that goal but a bit of a bummer to start out like this if it can’t be remediated somehow.