Hello everyone!
I did a thing, a crazy thing.
I've purchased 2 Red sea tanks, one is the 750xxl and the other is the 525xxl.
Both tank had a leak at the same area, the front middle.
I have couple of questions about the repair process.
I know that it's recommended to remove all glass panels and redo the entire silicone, but since we know that the reason that the silicone at the front failed is due to the unsupported center of the stand, I was wondering if I can get away with tearing all panels apart and re silicone the front panel only.
I found this guy in YT that managed to get away with only fixing the failed silicone:
My plan, if you guys think it can work, is to remove the front glass, the silicone from all other seals (not the seams), polish the front glass and redo the front glass and all seals at the same time.
The next step would be to reinforce the stand with middle support and maybe a metal bar to make sure the tank won't fail again.
My questions:
1. Do you think the plan for removing the front glass only is safe? Based on the fact that the silicone on the other seams is still good.
2. Can someone please show me some pictures of the way the red sea solved the center support issue with the stand?
3. Red sea used a long gusset thingy in the bottom front of the aquarium (you can see it here ) , I'm not sure why, my guess it to prevent leaks caused by the user banging the magnet razor on the bottom / spacer, to me it looks like it's only weakens the bottom silicone area and I think that rebuilding it without it will do only good. Does somebody has a different opinion?
My plan is to use the black ASI silicone, that has a strong tensile strength.
I know there is a lot of hate towards Red Sea and their failing tanks, but I'm trying to build it better to get many years out of it.
Any advice will be good, but let's try to keep it positive!
Thanks!
I did a thing, a crazy thing.
I've purchased 2 Red sea tanks, one is the 750xxl and the other is the 525xxl.
Both tank had a leak at the same area, the front middle.
I have couple of questions about the repair process.
I know that it's recommended to remove all glass panels and redo the entire silicone, but since we know that the reason that the silicone at the front failed is due to the unsupported center of the stand, I was wondering if I can get away with tearing all panels apart and re silicone the front panel only.
I found this guy in YT that managed to get away with only fixing the failed silicone:
My plan, if you guys think it can work, is to remove the front glass, the silicone from all other seals (not the seams), polish the front glass and redo the front glass and all seals at the same time.
The next step would be to reinforce the stand with middle support and maybe a metal bar to make sure the tank won't fail again.
My questions:
1. Do you think the plan for removing the front glass only is safe? Based on the fact that the silicone on the other seams is still good.
2. Can someone please show me some pictures of the way the red sea solved the center support issue with the stand?
3. Red sea used a long gusset thingy in the bottom front of the aquarium (you can see it here ) , I'm not sure why, my guess it to prevent leaks caused by the user banging the magnet razor on the bottom / spacer, to me it looks like it's only weakens the bottom silicone area and I think that rebuilding it without it will do only good. Does somebody has a different opinion?
My plan is to use the black ASI silicone, that has a strong tensile strength.
I know there is a lot of hate towards Red Sea and their failing tanks, but I'm trying to build it better to get many years out of it.
Any advice will be good, but let's try to keep it positive!
Thanks!