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Woke up this mornin to a leaking tank. ughhhh!
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Knucklehead
it's flat and level I checked it myself the tank and wobble on it when I put it on there empty. I'm hoping my stuff can survive in the Rubbermaid tubs until Monday because that's the earliest I could find for someone to cut me a piece of glass to go in the bottom of this tank. I have heaters in the power heads in each one of the tub so circulation and heat so let's hope they'll survive until Monday.
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Knucklehead
Im in north Reading. I was quoted a price of,$35 for quarter inch plate cut to twenty three and one eighth by twenty three and three sixteenths.
Are you saying the top of the stand was flat and level, but the overall stand had a wobble to it?
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Knucklehead
Everything was level level level.Being that its a rimless tank I layed a straight edge across the surface in all directions including corner to corner. Sorry that was a typo. It should have said it had no wobble. I had shimmed the stand level. I called Blake glass and they've already cut the glass for me, just gotta pick it up in the morning. Also I have not cut the silicone. When I saw the glass cracked acoss the entire panel I just rinsed with fresh water and wiped everything clean.
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So your plan is to lay the 1/4" sheet over the cracked bottom, correct?
For the silicone, you don't want to use anything from HD/Lowes or a fish store. You want to use G&E SCS1200 series, Momentive RTV100 series, or another quality adhesive silicone. You could probably get away with a regular sealant type silicone, but if it were me I would definitely want to use a proper adhesive silicone. You can order the momentive from mcmaster and it will arrive in just a couple of days.
Also keep in mind that this will need to cure substantially more than the 24 hours that it says on most silicone tubes.
For the silicone, you don't want to use anything from HD/Lowes or a fish store. You want to use G&E SCS1200 series, Momentive RTV100 series, or another quality adhesive silicone. You could probably get away with a regular sealant type silicone, but if it were me I would definitely want to use a proper adhesive silicone. You can order the momentive from mcmaster and it will arrive in just a couple of days.
Also keep in mind that this will need to cure substantially more than the 24 hours that it says on most silicone tubes.
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Knucklehead
It's probably two years old. Marineland is the manufacturer. It was purchased privately.He had bought it but never filled it. I inquired with the party I bought it from to see if they had a sales receipt so that I could try to get it under warranty, but he had lost it.
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Knucklehead
Yes it is. It's a sixty gallon rimless cube. I would have taken advantage of Petco's dollar a gallon sale but I have limited space because I rent a room, and don't have space enough for a forty eight inch tank.
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Knucklehead
Everything is in totes with light powerheads and heat. Looks like its gonna be that way until Monday maybe Tuesday.
I picked up the glass this morning from Blake glass in Billerica.
John K reccomended s couple of different brands of silicone, but it would add a couple more days to the process. I should send him a pm to see if he has any in his possession.
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Knucklehead
John K told he has some of the RTV 100 he said then I can go and pick it up. maybe I can get this done and over with by Monday afternoon.
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Knucklehead
everything's done the tank is repaired its on top of a half inch sheet of foam board insulation. nothing to do now except for wait for it to cure. I turned on the halide to keep things nice and warm, and help expedite the curing process. thank you everybody for the advice, I'll let everybody know how it goes when I put everything back in the tank.
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