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75g tank with leak
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:38 pm
by The Bruce
Well I got a 75g leaky tank from my cousin, it seems that it's leaking because he decided that the middle brace was blocking the light to the middle of the tank so he cut it out, a week later it was leaking from the bottom, i was just wondering if anyone knows of a good way to re-brace it? I was going to just silicone the hell out of the bottom but then my brain started working and i realized it would just leak again.
Re: 75g tank with leak
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:39 pm
by The Bruce
whoops, maybe i should have put this in the DIY section......
Re: 75g tank with leak
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:24 pm
by crazedpuffer
Moved to tricks of the trade
Re: 75g tank with leak
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:15 am
by flash.dan
empty the tank completly! rebrace the top obfviously. then buy another base and silicone it to the original base. then put a lot of weight in the tank leave and reuse
Re: 75g tank with leak
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 3:24 pm
by Pufferpunk
You must remove all internal silicone from the tank (scrape every bit with a razorblade & clean the rest with alcohol. Then reseal with new silicone. I have resealed many, many tanks.
Re: 75g tank with leak
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 6:30 pm
by The Bruce
ha! i gave up on this post, well i see what i did wrong the first time, i left the old silicone on, i'll try again thanks much
Re: 75g tank with leak
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 6:32 pm
by The Bruce
but....i still don't know how im gonna re-brace
Re: 75g tank with leak
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 10:46 pm
by jmbishop
you can brace it with a piece of glass and silicone at the top. After removing the silicone its a good Idea to clean with alcohol.
Re: 75g tank with leak
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:19 am
by The Bruce
ahhhh glue a piece of glass across, i'll have to use something stronger than silicone but thanks for the idea, when it comes to building crap my brain shuts down, thanks
Re: 75g tank with leak
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 5:22 am
by flash.dan
whenever ive built tanks i run a lip of glass about 3" from the top of the tank (which the sliders can rest on) i then rest + silicone the braces to these makes the tanks very very strong