Starfire is not supposed to be drilled.I've drilled quite a few holes in tanks and counter-tops. And yesterday was the day if finally went wrong and I popped an inside the tank piece of glass out and the bulkhead doesn't cover it.
I'm currently going to increase the size of the hole from a 1 1/2" bulkhead to a 2" bulkhead in hopes it can be saved, but I was wondering if anyone else has had this issue and how they fixed it.
I feel like using black silicone wouldn't be a good idea. We'll see after today if the larger hole allows for a good seal. Otherwise, it's a loss of a 150g starfire tank :\
It finally happened. Drilled hole goes wrong
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I would call a glass company and ask their opinion before you fill the tank, it may be fine, then again could be fine until it's not fine. Trying to save a 1000.00 tank only to lose thousands in livestock if it fails down the road doesn't sound like much of an investment to me. Like I said contact a glass company or aquarium builder before filling. Good luck.
Sean Clark
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According to whom? Starfire is just a brand name of low iron glass.
Glass is always weakest at its edge. If you hadn’t gone at that hole a second time you’d been fine. When I ran into a similar issue I wrapped grit paper around the Bit and widen the hole by sanding it down. Good luck, you still got a nice tank btw
homer1475
Figuring out the hobby one coral at a time.
Read that comment too, and was like HUH?
Starfire is just a name brand of low iron glass. Starfire the name brand of glass is not tempered either, so it can be drilled.
OP:
Second hole looks much better. I've had scalloped edges worse then that, that sealed up fine with the gasket. First hole would have never sealed.
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