Leak!!!!!

Thanks Wayne. I'll save the info for the future. I got lucky this time.
Drained the water down to about 5 inches (reserving a lot in a plastic tub I
where I also put some live rock) and the leak stopped. Dried the ouside and
siliconed the seal all the way to the top. Siliconed the inside seam from
1/4 inch above the "drained" water line to the top. Let it dry and replaced
the water, changing about 30 gallons to fresh. No leak so far.


"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
...
I had a small bubble in the silicone in between the glass on the front left
corner, that was fine until a bristle worm dug through the outer silicone
making a path to the bubble.

So, using a hypodermic needle, I inject potassium silicate (sodium
silicate would work too) [preferring that it be on the high Ph side with
the addition of potassium hydroxide, or sodium hydroxide] into the corner.
A little fine silky beach silica sand helps improve the effects of the
silica jell.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


August West wrote on 6/10/2007 10:38 AM:
Hi all, my tank just sprang a leak. It is in the bottom rear corner,
where the side and back glass come together. Maybe 1/2 inch from the
bottom of the tank. Does anyone know of a way to fix this without
draining the tank and removing everything in it? I have no practical
place for the live rock and sand, although in theory, the fish could hang
in the isolation tank for a few days.

Thanks, Mike

Tis but a freaking band aid you applied, and I hope the hell it lets
you down at the most inoportune time....for taking such an
inappropriate shortcut. Even a dumb assed ponder knows silicone does
not stick to silicone.....DUMBASS!....Then again thats what you get
for lisitening to dumbass Wayne Sallee


On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:34:27 -0400, "August West"
wrote:

Thanks Wayne. I'll save the info for the future. I got lucky this time.
Drained the water down to about 5 inches (reserving a lot in a plastic tub I
where I also put some live rock) and the leak stopped. Dried the ouside and
siliconed the seal all the way to the top. Siliconed the inside seam from
1/4 inch above the "drained" water line to the top. Let it dry and replaced
the water, changing about 30 gallons to fresh. No leak so far.


"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
. ..
I had a small bubble in the silicone in between the glass on the front left
corner, that was fine until a bristle worm dug through the outer silicone
making a path to the bubble.

So, using a hypodermic needle, I inject potassium silicate (sodium
silicate would work too) [preferring that it be on the high Ph side with
the addition of potassium hydroxide, or sodium hydroxide] into the corner.
A little fine silky beach silica sand helps improve the effects of the
silica jell.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


August West wrote on 6/10/2007 10:38 AM:
Hi all, my tank just sprang a leak. It is in the bottom rear corner,
where the side and back glass come together. Maybe 1/2 inch from the
bottom of the tank. Does anyone know of a way to fix this without
draining the tank and removing everything in it? I have no practical
place for the live rock and sand, although in theory, the fish could hang
in the isolation tank for a few days.

Thanks, Mike




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