DIYMatt
11-25-2003, 12:26 PM
I went away for the weekend and I came home to 20 gallons of water on the floor below my 45 gallon pentagon corner tank. The inside of the stand was very wet and the filter intake was above the water line so I thought it was the canister that leaked. I started to refill the tank and noticed it was coming out of a specific spot on one of the front seams. The Flora and fauna were moved to unused 30 I had, luckily. I was going to reseal the tank. As I was scraping off all the silicone I noticed the pieces of glass were square on the edges, not mitered to fit each other. Kinda scary??. I planned on doing all the vertical seams one at a time since time is not really an issue and to make sure the rest of the peices stay square. My questions are:
1. I understand new silicone will not bond to cured silicone. Thats why you have to get it ALL off. What about the bottom horizontal seams? The new silicone on the vertical seams will have to bond to that old silicone there. Will this work and can I trust it? Or do all the seams have to be done at once so that it will all bond to each other???:confused:
2. Does anyone have any experience with these tanks, I bought it used for cheap. I can't find a tag on it, but I have seen similar tanks in LFS's sold under the names perfecto an perfectflo. Is it worth repairing or is this just a cheap tank that could possibly cause more problems in the future?
3. What about the non-mitered edges on the glass? Is this normal for hex/pent tanks? Its my only non rectangular tank.
BTW- My Rena Filstar XP1 could have been "running dry" for up to 48 hours. The automatic overheat protection or whatever it is must have worked. I cleaned the impeller, hooked it up to another tank, it siphoned beautifully, plugged it in and it is running as silent as ever. Another Kudos to Rena for designing a true value!:D
Thanks in advance for any help you may have.
1. I understand new silicone will not bond to cured silicone. Thats why you have to get it ALL off. What about the bottom horizontal seams? The new silicone on the vertical seams will have to bond to that old silicone there. Will this work and can I trust it? Or do all the seams have to be done at once so that it will all bond to each other???:confused:
2. Does anyone have any experience with these tanks, I bought it used for cheap. I can't find a tag on it, but I have seen similar tanks in LFS's sold under the names perfecto an perfectflo. Is it worth repairing or is this just a cheap tank that could possibly cause more problems in the future?
3. What about the non-mitered edges on the glass? Is this normal for hex/pent tanks? Its my only non rectangular tank.
BTW- My Rena Filstar XP1 could have been "running dry" for up to 48 hours. The automatic overheat protection or whatever it is must have worked. I cleaned the impeller, hooked it up to another tank, it siphoned beautifully, plugged it in and it is running as silent as ever. Another Kudos to Rena for designing a true value!:D
Thanks in advance for any help you may have.