Glass Aquarium Silicone Reseal

Fixing 150 gallon aquarium, basic overview of the process I employed.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Silicone Aquarium
• Fix Aquarium
• Build Aquarium
• Fish Tank
• Glass silicone

[Shinie877]

hi there, so this movie was great. but i have a few questions to ask..i recently resealed my 120 gallon and followed the directions given on here.. but after filling up the fish tank with water.. about 3 -4 days later it started leaking again.. i had to redo it again? and again it leaked! im getting really frustrated with the tank.. i was wondering if you may know what the cause is and could you give me some pointers.

[blakereport]

@Shinie877 You've been busy! Some might suggest redoing the entire tank instead of resealing just the inner seal, as it sounds like there may be a flaw or split beyond what a reseal can fix. If you do want to try it again I would use RTV 100 series silicone, search web, and allow it to dry for at least a week. Some tank manufacturers wait longer - the larger the tank the thicker the silicone. Additionally I would ensure your stand is perfectly level. Hope this helps, cheers

[xhorxhbush]

hi can you tell me the dimensions of your tank and how thick the glass is? im building my own tank and i want to make sure the glas holds (163cm/50cm/75cm high)

[blakereport]

@xhorxhbush this tank is 48x24x31(t) with 1/2" thick glass. If you search the web there are calculators for building your tank that produce thickness and appropriate safety levels. best of luck

[diezeled]

nice video, I have stripped out all the silicone (for me it took more than 2 hours on a 125g tank). I have RVT 100 Series Momentive/GE (2 tubes) ready to go. How wide were your beads/seams? 3/8" 1/2" or 3/4"? I've heard that most do narrower seems on the vertical seams and thicker seams on the bottoms since it usually covered by substrate.

[blakereport]

@diezeled RTV is strong, although this part of the seam is often seen as a protector for the structural seams. I think it's probably up to your aesthetic likes as long as you don't make it too thin. I'll have to measure to see what mine was. Did you finish it up? how did it go? I just bought 8 tubes of the stuff and will be completely dismantling a 240g and redoing it, adding euro-bracing too, video to follow.

[elijahxxx100]

can i waterproof my reptile viv like this

[leela302]

12

[210482fmj]

i would of thought good quality pvc is the way forward these days and lighter and safer

[usernamemykel]

Nice vid. Well photographed, well scripted, good audio.

They should all be like this, it would be more of a pleasure viewing YouTube videos.

Thanks for a great job.

[Imursay]

Лохи.)))) На улицу банку вынесли от страха)))))))