So after letting it sit in my garage for a year I decided to finally start working on the 150 gallon (72x20x24) tank I got for free.
The tank sat empty and in storage at a friend's house for over 10 years and was used for an unknown number of years before that. It is etched with hard water, has some scratches, needs to be resealed and needs a new overflow as the existing is too small for what i want to do.
However, even with all that it was free, so i figured I'd use it. After filling the tank to see how it looked with water it in and to make sure it didn't immediately start leaking water I noticed that the silicon actually holding the panes together look like they have some discoloration to them and possibly air bubbles. Do these look ok, or are they bad enough where a reseal isn't enough and I would need to completely disassemble the tank?
To be honest, with the shape the glass is in and other fixes needed, if it also needs to be rebuilt I'd probably scrap the project and just get a new tank.
http://imgur.com/a/JywQV
The tank sat empty and in storage at a friend's house for over 10 years and was used for an unknown number of years before that. It is etched with hard water, has some scratches, needs to be resealed and needs a new overflow as the existing is too small for what i want to do.
However, even with all that it was free, so i figured I'd use it. After filling the tank to see how it looked with water it in and to make sure it didn't immediately start leaking water I noticed that the silicon actually holding the panes together look like they have some discoloration to them and possibly air bubbles. Do these look ok, or are they bad enough where a reseal isn't enough and I would need to completely disassemble the tank?
To be honest, with the shape the glass is in and other fixes needed, if it also needs to be rebuilt I'd probably scrap the project and just get a new tank.
http://imgur.com/a/JywQV
