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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / June 2007Leak!!!!!
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 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 Wayne@WaynesPets.com 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 [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Thanks, Mike Your so FULL OF sh.t Wayne, I can smell that crap form here. Yea a bristle worm dug through yada yada yada......you are a real f.cking trip wayne, lies and all.....no wonder yu had to get out of the LFS business, the lies you tell caught up to you. <<>>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 <<>>Wayne@WaynesPets.com <<>> <<>>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 <<>>> <<>>> ------- I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know! 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. >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 [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> >> 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 <<>>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" <Wayne@WayneSallee.com> wrote in message <<>>news:f4hekb$e6r$1@registered.motzarella.org... <<>>>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 <<>>> Wayne@WaynesPets.com <<>>> <<>>> 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 <<>> ------- I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know! |
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