Sigh....

So my family and I come home and I noticed a small dried water spot on the corner of my 110 gallon tank. I check the right rear corner of the tank an sure enough it's wet. Clean it up an I put a peice of paper towel in that corner. Have dinner then checked the corner. Sure enough the paper towel is soaking. It looks like the wood stand the tank is on has absorbed alot of the water. Race to the LFS get some silicon.

Tair down the tank and re home my 2 oscars in a rubermade contaner and my JD an pleco in another rubermade. Both have thermometers an a aqua clear 70 HOB running.

Got 2 corners scraped free of the old seals. Need to get more razor blaids tomorrow.

Going to be a long day tomorrow.


Any tips or tricks for this job?

Good luck and make sure it is all covered well!! And let it dry completely!

If the seal had gone in a part of a tank then reseal ALL of the tank. years ago i had a leak near the top of a tank, so i drained some water and resealed around the leak. Next day it started leaking further down, so completely drain the tank and reseal all of it

be care full and don't be stingy with your silicone, i have tried to reseal a tank before, with no luck, but i wish the best of luck to you!.

delboybully wrote:

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the new silicone will not stick to the old stuff, so take it all out and then reseal.

well it took me a week, but i took out the old seals and re-siliconed the tank. Tank is back up and running with no leaks so far!

good to hear Nightowl. post some pics of the tank up and running so we can all smile and take a sigh of relief together.

hope i stays none leaky lol