leak test & freezing nights

I know it's hard, but I would wait. I doubt it would freeze and bust but why take the chance.

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I was curious about this too- I'm going to reseal a 30long and I'm dying to get on w/ it! I guess i'll have 2 b patient!

fishorama said:

I need to leak test a tank outside but it gets below freezing at night & while warm this weekend it's still winter here. Will it wreck the seals? Can it stay outside empty after testing a few days full?

Or should I wait for warmer weather? I don't want to have to carry it down to the basement again & there isn't a good way to test indoors.

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Well.. how big is this tank? What kind of condition is it in? Are you reasonably comfortable that it's going to pass a leak test or doing this to find out where a leak might be?

This is probably rotten advice for me to give anyone, but I live in an apartment where there IS no basement, no garage, and nowhere I could do this outside. I ended up having to leak-test a very large tank indoors if I was ever going to have this thing setup at all. I happen to have two large wet/dry shop vacs, if need be, and knew I could rent a blower to dry out the carpeting. Made sure everything was unplugged in surrounding rooms and then just filled it. Let it sit like that for 48 hours to make sure it would hold.

Don't know if that's an acceptable risk for you to take in your home, but it is another option.. albeit, not a very sensible one.

Kashta - you daredevil, you! The tank in question is one that Fishorama might be trading to me, and I certainly wouldn't ask her to risk flooding her house on my account. If it would fit in a bathtub or something, maybe, but otherwise no.

Sounds like it's best to just wait. It has been warming up, so hopefully it won't be too long.

cellodaisy said:

Kashta - you daredevil, you!

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LOL.. I know. I was worried about it, too. But what else could I do?

I should probably add that to our confessional thread - worked for me but might not for you. lol.

In my defense, I was very careful about it. Filled it up 1/4 of the way and waited a few hours before filling it to the half-way point. Waited again before going all the way.

............ Fishorama could always test this in your house, then? :evil_lol:

Kashta said:

Fishorama could always test this in your house, then? :evil_lol:

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Oh, I'd be all for it! I'm an apartment, too (well... sort of...) and have no place outside, but I have a giant stock tank in my pantry (long & funny story) that I could set it in for testing. The problem is that it's several hours drive between the two of us, so I'm hoping to test before we meet up.