aquarium reseal

[reefnewb1982]

What is the best most durable silicone you guys recommend to reseal my tank its a 120gallon rescently sprung a leak and going to repair

 

[Reefing Madness]

Aquarium Silicone
GE Silicone 1
GE Silicone 2- But must be left to dry for a week to let the fumes out.

Also, the silicone the beads on the outside of the panes of glass isn't a sealer, to do it correctly you need to remove the panes of glass, clean them off then put them back together.

 

[reefnewb1982]

So I do have to remove the panes dam. If I do im thinking of taking it to a glass shop to reseal

 

[reefnewb1982]

So I do have to remove the panes dam. If I do im thinking of taking it to a glass shop to reseal

 

[pickupman66]

Yes proper way is to remove the panes and then completely rebuild the tank.

 

[rollo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKactsdPpO8&list=PLcWeEm9w62mb8IKzbKIihTf59T1COF3wb

This guy has a lot of info on aquarium repair, from resealing to complete rebuilds. Might be helpful. Good luck. I am resealing mine.

 

[Eric B]

I would order some RTV108 which is way stronger and probably what your tank was assembled with from the factory. RTV108 is clear and I think RTV104 is black and its made by Momentive. I use it when building all my glass sumps and I am working on resealing a tank now but just the bead inside the tank as it was not leaking before but the silicone looked damaged in places (Probably from cleaning glass with a razor blade) so don't want to take the chance. Just make sure you clean the glass really good with Acetone before applying the new silicone.

 

[HumanMachine]

I never gamble on the GE stuffs. There are conflicting accounts of it having moldicides and other things that would be harmful to our animals. Even the stuff that says 100% silicone supposedly can have a formulation with moldicide.

 

[reefnewb1982]

I have yet to start on the reseal im really nervous about doing it again and having it screw up I honestly dont want to remove the panels let me post a pic

 

[reefnewb1982]

Hey guys long time since last post but here's the update finally got the 120 back in action and used api quick start and so far so good parameters are great and stil holding a

 

[reefnewb1982]

here's the pictures

 

[mrcoffee2]

Looks good, I like the toadstool in the middle. Doing the same on my DT.