Des Moines Glass Shops

Does anyone know good glass shops that might be willing to work on a tank? My Miracles 180 (ish) external overflow started leaking last night... fun night transferring discus to a Rubbermaid 150, thank goodess I had that.

I sent Derek at Miracles videos and he replied this morning and we chatted, he 1st wants to see if there are local shops that are willing to repair it, at Miracles expense and parts of course. Any ideas???

 

Good to know somewhere that will cut baffles even if they don't repair the tank! I will call them here in a bit, thanks for the lead!

 

Hmmm, that is a good theory. I did use the black acrylic and when taking it out it was very hard to remove. I couldn't do it by hand, and I had noticed how much it bowed due to pressure.

Derek said they have changed the design and now put a support strip of glass across the length, although I couldn't tell over the phone exactly what he was describing.

The overflow itself is really solid so it is strange and that seems like it might be the case as I sure don't know what else would cause failure esp after only 11 months. I am curious what they will do as no glass place here wants to touch it.

 

I dont know exactly what they provide now, just they made changes and I didn't follow it all that well.

Edit: read Adam's post. Think that was the 1st bad review I have read of them and customer service.

 

I do have that insert on the 120 too. Can anyone trim it for me? I don't have a table saw but figure should trim it and maybe sand down the edges where it slips in?

 

Luckily the 120 insert lifted right out so I just took my belt sander and took off a bit on each edge and thickness and length as it wasn't too tight. Now has some wiggle room.

 

Sweet, just some piece of mind.

Now back to the current crisis, haha.

 

Just FYI, sounds like he will be flying out to personally fix the overflow mid March. Yay for not moving tanks!

 

I have bought German stendker from discus hans and asians from Tony Tan via discus USA. The Tony Tan have been far superior in my experience. Some of the best fish I have ever had.

 

He is flying out on March 22nd!

 

Just FYI he flew in yesterday and out today. Tank should be ready to fill in a week. Really nice guy, fun to hear about all the gigantic projects they work on like 12ft plus tanks that get moved in with a crane and people taking off the back of their house or 8ft deep aquariums in strip clubs! He did say it as the insert that expanded that caused the issue.