Upgrading my tank by 1200%

[jason.kennedy.98478]

Went outside for a few and came back in to a possibly leaking tank. After frantically wiping up all the water and checking all the seams I noticed a wet cat :mad:;Cat no pics or video of the incident unfortunately, but no leaking tank so even better

 

[mattgsa]

Shaping up to be great build, and a the cat found a new place to swim.

 

[Texas Reefer]

Went outside for a few and came back in to a possibly leaking tank. After frantically wiping up all the water and checking all the seams I noticed a wet cat :mad:;Cat no pics or video of the incident unfortunately, but no leaking tank so even better

OMG! Silly cat. Glad he was able to get out on his own. A video would have been hysterical! Your first fish was a catfish!

 

[markstubb]

Just some friendly help, but either change that flexible pipe to something that light won’t penetrate or wrap it in some electrical tape (or the like). It will clog up with algae at some point due to the natural light and your flow will go to crap.

 

[Tokash23]

Nice looking build so far I may have missed it in the beginning but what are the dimensions of the tank? Probably going about this size when i upgrade sometime hopefully within the next year or so. Also the logo on the glass is a nice touch, not much of a college sports fan myself, but nice touch non the less.

 

[zcedric]

Following along.

 

[Adele]

Keeping the floor for the stand

Before

After

I wouldn't stop there on the carpet removal.

 

[Adele]

Nice Lunch time thread to read. Looking forward to continue watching your progress! You might want to go ahead and build that screen top now in case kitty wants to take another swim. lol

 

[Mark Gray]

Went outside for a few and came back in to a possibly leaking tank. After frantically wiping up all the water and checking all the seams I noticed a wet cat :mad:;Cat no pics or video of the incident unfortunately, but no leaking tank so even better

I used to have a cat that loved to try to fish lol

 

[jason.kennedy.98478]

Nice looking build so far I may have missed it in the beginning but what are the dimensions of the tank? Probably going about this size when i upgrade sometime hopefully within the next year or so. Also the logo on the glass is a nice touch, not much of a college sports fan myself, but nice touch non the less.

Its 48x24x24. And I'm a Penn state alumnus that's why the logos there

 

[jason.kennedy.98478]

I wouldn't stop there on the carpet removal.

Yeah the rest is coming out when I have time and a place to dispose of it

 

[jason.kennedy.98478]

Oh the humanity

 

[jason.kennedy.98478]

So finally got water up to the overflow



I was all like but then the elbow on the overflow piping started to leak

So now I'm all like :mad:;Blackeye;Drowning and have to figure out a way to fix the leak

 

[Mark Gray]

Oh Man that sucks Hope it's not to hard to take it out and re-glue it

 

[jason.kennedy.98478]

Gonna try that self bonding silicone rubber tape first

 

[markstubb]

Gonna try that self bonding silicone rubber tape first

Oh man. Fix it the right way now while you don't have anything in there!

 

[markstubb]

And I'm honestly surprised to see a leak on the overflow piping at a joint, that's not under pressure right? Seems crazy to me.

 

[jason.kennedy.98478]

And I'm honestly surprised to see a leak on the overflow piping at a joint, that's not under pressure right? Seems crazy to me.

just the head pressure from the stand pipe from filling the overflow chamber

 

[jason.kennedy.98478]

so after consulting with the all knowing oracle, google, i sacrificed all my personal information to the web and was granted access to the chamber of the plumbing gods. must not have sacrificed enough because i only got to talk with some demigods.
so as it turn out there are various "right ways" to fix this leak ranging form putting the pipe under a vacuum and sucking more dope into the joints to tape, epoxy and using a needle and syringe that would have the DEA kicking down my door with a fake search warrant if i bought them.
i elected to just add more primer to the joint and let it soak in then coat it in a thick coat of dope. so in about an hour ill find out if it works and since this is the internet if that doesnt work i will change this post with what did work, thus for ever altering the permanent record of my existence and making the archaeologist that reads this in a couple hundred years awe at my total awesomeness

 

[markstubb]

so after consulting with the all knowing oracle, google, i sacrificed all my personal information to the web and was granted access to the chamber of the plumbing gods. must not have sacrificed enough because i only got to talk with some demigods.
so as it turn out there are various "right ways" to fix this leak ranging form putting the pipe under a vacuum and sucking more dope into the joints to tape, epoxy and using a needle and syringe that would have the DEA kicking down my door with a fake search warrant if i bought them.
i elected to just add more primer to the joint and let it soak in then coat it in a thick coat of dope. so in about an hour ill find out if it works and since this is the internet if that doesnt work i will change this post with what did work, thus for ever altering the permanent record of my existence and making the archaeologist that reads this in a couple hundred years awe at my total awesomeness

aaaand quoted for posterity's sake hahaha