candymancan
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- 8 Nov 2014
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luckily it happened when I was in my room.. I was at my desk on my computer and I felt water on my leg and looked over at my discus t ank and it was shooting water all over my desk... The leak wasn't large probably would have taken hours to drain... But its lower on the tank...
I don't want to have to remove my discus and place them in my 55g and possibly spread disease... The tank is a 44g pentagon I bought it on craigslist and its about 10 years old made by perfecto.. The silicon on it actually looks in good shape, compared to my other two perfecto tanks which are around 15 and 23 years old.. both which have never sprung leaks...
But the previous owner did mention this tank was sitting dry for many years... Soooo like I marked where the leak was coming from drained the tank, rushed to petco and got 3 tubes of aquarium safe silicon.. I lowered my heater in the bottom of the tank and put in an air stone... But the tank has only like 6 inches of water in it.. the leak was pretty low in the tank..
I use a box cutter and cut off an inch of the silicon, cleaned it up with antiseptic wipes and im waiting for it to dry.. Im going to try patching this spot and see if this works... Will this work ?? Or do I honestly have to tear down the entire tank, and remove all the seals and start over ??
I don't want to have to remove my discus and place them in my 55g and possibly spread disease... The tank is a 44g pentagon I bought it on craigslist and its about 10 years old made by perfecto.. The silicon on it actually looks in good shape, compared to my other two perfecto tanks which are around 15 and 23 years old.. both which have never sprung leaks...
But the previous owner did mention this tank was sitting dry for many years... Soooo like I marked where the leak was coming from drained the tank, rushed to petco and got 3 tubes of aquarium safe silicon.. I lowered my heater in the bottom of the tank and put in an air stone... But the tank has only like 6 inches of water in it.. the leak was pretty low in the tank..
I use a box cutter and cut off an inch of the silicon, cleaned it up with antiseptic wipes and im waiting for it to dry.. Im going to try patching this spot and see if this works... Will this work ?? Or do I honestly have to tear down the entire tank, and remove all the seals and start over ??