How seal overflow?

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I had the silicone on my internal over let go. I need to reseal the whole side and one side of the bottom seam. I know that the ideal way is to drain the tank and reseal the internal overflow Has anybody done this without draining the tank?
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Is it possible to get the water level below the overflow line and do it from the inside? Keep in mind most silicone have a couple day drying periods.

If it was my tank, as much as it would suck I would set up another tank to transfer livestock into to fix the current issue, but I'm OCD about stuff like this.
 

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Silicone takes at least a week to fully cure.
 

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