Does this seam look ok?

[The.Seabeast]

Hey guys,

I recently bought a used Innovative Marine 50 AIO. When I brought it home I noticed there is some dry salt creep under a portion of one of the seams. See picture below. The rest of the seams are flawless, but would you be worried about portion of the seam in the picture? Thanks!

 

[smitten with ocean life]

@UncommonSense ?

 

[JumboShrimp]

Does it look to you as if that's an area when an algae scraper (blade) was used aggressively?

 

[The.Seabeast]

I would say that is what happened since the edge of the seam is rough only in this location.

 

[JumboShrimp]

That's kind of what I thought. I'm super careful to stop my blade short of the silicone.

You might have adequate silicone left to keep a good hold-- you are probably in the best vantage point to know. Generally the smaller the tank (water weight being held), the better. What are your tank dimensions / gallons? That is a side panel in the photo, right?

 

[Troylee]

It’s fine.,

 

[rayadog]

Looks fine but shine a light in/out to see if there’s any light showing through the actual corner

 

[UncommonSense]

When I brought it home I noticed there is some dry salt creep under a portion of one of the seams.

This definitely does look like over-enthusiastic algae scraping, followed by coralline algae filling in the crevice!

Thankfully, this damage is only to the cosmetic interior fillet of silicone, and not the structural glass:glass silicone seam! (you can see these structural seams when viewing through the long front glass pane)

The rest of the seams are flawless

This said, this tank should indeed be fine to fill and use!

 

[The.Seabeast]

That's kind of what I thought. I'm super careful to stop my blade short of the silicone.

You might have adequate silicone left to keep a good hold-- you are probably in the best vantage point to know. Generally the smaller the tank (water weight being held), the better. What are your tank dimensions / gallons? That is a side panel in the photo, right?

Innovative Marine 50 gallon AIO roughly 16” tall, 30” wide, 23.5” deep. That spot is about 2/3 up the left side panel

 

[JumboShrimp]

Oh, sorry-- you mentioned that in your first post. You're probably good. They are nice tanks. I'd just keep an eye on it periodically since the tank is 'new to you,' and definitely do a more careful job with your scraper than the previous owner. Enjoy your tank! Send a photo when you are wet & fishy!

 

[The.Seabeast]

Thanks all! I will move forward with the build.