What to do? Trash it or try to be an aquarium builder?

[riioKen]

Hi guys,

I've ordered a 120p and it arrived next day. The delivery guy was alone, I was in office and only my mother was at home. Instead to cancel the delivery for that day, the guy, he smuggled the package with the aquarium inside from the truck to my house (caught him thanks to the security camera), breaking left side both short and long panels.

I immediately contacted the shop explaining what happened and with the video attached. They'll give me a full new aquarium for free (unavailable till mid November...).

Here's the idea, the tank cost is 450€, what if I contact a glassmaker, ask them to tear down (or disassemble myself), give it to glassmaker, cut the glass at measures and the reassemble it?

Or trash and forget...
The tank is a 120x50x50cm, i plan to obtain 90x45x45, 100x45x45 or similar.
The glass is 12mm.

 

[Koan]

I think it's a great idea to salvage the low-iron panels that are not damaged, and use them to build up a new tank. If the cost works out

This is my fave how-to video on siliconing up an aquarium out of glass panels




FYI a recent discussion on chipped glass

Post in thread 'Just chipped the glass. Do I need to immediately drain and replace?'

Aug 22, 2026

This question gets asked a lot.

Remember that the glass panes of your rimless aquarium are constantly subjected to flex stresses. Bending stress from the weight of the water, and thermal expansion stress from the heat differentials between the water temperature and your air temperature changing over time.

Here's an interesting discussion about edge chips in terms of the risk of cracking and shattering :

Glass Breakage and Pre-Existing Damage

Each year hundreds of people are injured or killed by glass breakage, whether by falling through glass, or by having glass fall on them.

chicagowindowexpert.com

"Chips, flaws and scratches act as “stress concentrators”. To best understand this, take a piece...​

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