Can you use flex tape in tank?

Can you patch an aquarium up with flex tape?

"Now that's a lot of damage!"
-Phil Swift

 

If used flex glue to patch up a plastic tub pond

 

Oh, how has it worked out?

It doesn't seem like a bad idea. Would anyone recommend this for a crack?

 

I'd be worried about the adhesive from the tape leaching into the aquarium.

 

Yeah I fixed it to house some turtles but you jusy need a couple layers of it

For a plastic tub yes for a glass aqarium I would rather use aquarium silicone

 

Just think...
If they made this stuff "clear", you could make an aquarium out of a screen door.

 

Actually, they do make the tape in a clear form. The ad above is for one of the liquid products, as they sell it like paint, in a can and a spray can. A more updated commercial shows him in a boat with a hole cut in the bottom, and they used clear Flex Tape to turn it into a viewing window like a glass bottom boat.

The stuff is ridiculously expensive. However, I have a 4o gallon breeder tank where I broke one end glass and it has serious cracks all the way across. I was going to silicone another piece of glass to the inside surface, as I have had other tanks repaired in this way. Perhaps instead I'll get some Flex Tape and see if it works for an aquarium repair. The ability to continue holding while submersed would be key here, as the repair would have to be from the inside. The glue would have to be completely insoluble. From their ability to slap a piece of tape on underwater, this appears to be true, as most glues lose their adhesive qualities as soon as they are submersed, while this stuff still works underwater. Very curious about it's qualities, whether or not it would be toxic to fish, and how long it would hold.