How to Repair and Reassemble a Leaking Aquarium: Resealing a Split Seam with Silicone
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
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Easiest way to split the seams is with dental floss!!! Especially on the smaller tanks where the silicone is thin between the glass and a knife won't go through it. That trick has helped me out no end, lol. Thank you for everything you do, and it's so good to see you back 🙂
Oh now that is an awesome tip thank you very much for sharing iot with me! 👍
Why you splitting the seems ? Are your fish tanks just silicone and no cemet ?
@fishtropiccanada4747 Yes, they are just silicone bonded glass, and I only split the seams on second-hand tanks that I get as you never know how long they will last though I do seal mine as it goes together for the extra security between the glass
I’m relatively new to this amazing hobby and your channel is brilliant. Fingers crossed for the leak test and I look forward to binge watching your videos. Very friendly, welcoming and knowledgeable channel. Take care.
Welcome aboard and thank you for the kind words!
Mark is great 🎉
Mark is a wizard ❤
You’re supposed to put silicone on the edges when you put the glass together first and then you seal the inside corners as well.
That’s a lot of pressure on the inside corners to assume that the tank won’t push out.
All the tanks I have reaealed , I just remove the inside caulking and reseal it that way but my tanks have never split apart like yours did.
Hopefully all goes well.
Yes, couse now its just sealed. not "glued" Together. i think its gonna seperate in a short time.. sorry Mark, but thats true.
Wonderful seeing you and your new setups Mark. Always my favorite Shrimp Tank Channel.
I appreciate that!
Good job thanks for sharing I've got a 45g that has a pin head leak i need to fix
Better doing it sooner rather than later
Thanks. Now im not as worried having to do this my self in the future.
IM SURPRISED TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW :) , A NEW WAY TO CUT A SILICON TUBE-NOZZEL :)
SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING AND HOPE IT IS ALL GOOD :)
THANK YOU FROM ISRAEL :)
Nice a long video, just made caffee so i am ready to sit back relax and enjoy an other man working
I am going with less editing more content its easier for me to do. My most watched video ever had no editing so 😂
Loved the new video although it has brought you some frustration!! But atleast we got to see a curved tank being resealed.😂
I had a 300l tank and in South Africa i can tell you even on the smaller tanks we do not put silicone in between the glass. It is done like you have done it. We do however place strips of glass across to brace the tank.
If you look at the older ADA tanks u won't find any sealant between the glass..
I always say take advise and try it if you want to only if your previous methods didn't work...
You keep doing you!!!
Thank you for the nice comment, the bowfront will get a brace i have just to find a thick peice of glass for it to use.
hold on! Did you just put the glass sides together without any silicon on the contact surfaces? And then just trusting the silicon which you slap and press into the corners? that wont do!
silicon connections are strong tension-wise, but weak when it comes to shear forces ... you not having nearly enough silicon on the actual contact surface (only what managed it a few mil into gaps you had) means your glas holds together mainly thanks to silicon battling shearforces.
I strongly advise to redo this, especially given the size of the tank ... you need an unbroken siliconstring in between the glas as you put them together and as you press a side on the silicon has to form a complete layer in between, no direct glas on glas and ideally not a single airbubble in that layer.
here a video from a professional aquarium builder on how it should be done: ruclips.net/video/Xh7M66iGyig/видео.html
There was no silicon bead on the seams apart from the front. We will see how it goes.
Thank you for the link. 👍
@@MarksShrimpTanks I wish you luck with it, it probably will hold up for a while but I fear that it will age badly. Good that you have a room which can handle a leak without taking damage, that way you can risk keeping it as it is ... but consider that you already got lucky with the leak being high up in the tank, next time a leak might drain the water completely.
thank you for learning Mark. 😊
Thats unkucky
@@MarksShrimpTanks 😃 unlucky, but why, for learning, or because your tank was leaking.
Enjoy every video from you and have learned most of fish and shrimp keeping from you. Mark, you even saved my tank some times.
Thanks for all. 👋
I think that reply was meant for another comment but youtube put it on yours :)
@@MarksShrimpTanks ;-)
Fingers crossed. I dont think I've ever seen someone not put silicone along the seams as they put it together. Watching your process I want to run out to IKEA to follow Sherpa Designs IKEA tank build.
I was in Ikea yestarday looking at the glass but the wife said no because i got another tank in a deal on black friday 😂
Mark it is absolutely necessary to glue the windows together before making the interior joints.
This is what ensures the resistance of the aquarium.
there wasnt any silicon on any other joint apart from the front, ive taken apart bigger tanks than this with no silicon in the joint.
Okay, I'm very surprised but hey if it was like that before there's no reason why it wouldn't work then 🙂
I use Mitre & Corner Clamps it helps to hold the corners while you tape it . just buy some rudder tape sticky on one side to put on the clamps so you don't have metal on glass it helps so much
OMG, I never thought of using Mitre & Corner Clamps for taping! That's such a cool idea! And the rudder tape trick is genius. Gonna try this ASAP! Thanks for sharing!
love the new shrimp room
Thank you :)
i hope the tank stays sealed. i am sure someone is screaming mark you did it all wrong.
now i have seen others do it differently. but if your way works it's not wrong. so i will look for your next upload to see how resetup the tank. stay well
First off love the channel!! Been binge watching lately.. secondly I pour concrete for a living and have poured ALOT of slabs with underground heating.(I live in Minnesota so gets very cold here) it looks like your tile joints has cracks in it… I bet all that water went under your floor… sorry to be the bearer of bad news… but the tubing that runs the warm liquid through your floor to heat it should be resting on top of 2”inch styrofoam. Then below that either concrete, crushed rock or sand. So you might be lucky and it could have been absorbed. Be careful and conscious of mold now.
yes the floors uneven and has cracks etc all over the place but its like that in other places inthe house where the prevouse owner just did bad jobs, i literally tripped on a tile in the bathroom the other day, we have plans to change it all next year, the shrimp rooms not so urgent and the heats been fine on the floor for about 5 days now so I take it it hasnt done any damage.
Your room is already awesome, I really enjoy the way you keep everything. Clean, organized, things made from thinking and planning. Looking forward to following your journey. I am trying to make my room like yours! Keep the videos coming. Favorite shrimp channel on RUclips by far!
Thank you Kevin. 🥰
I wont run bowfronts anymore- I've already had a couple blow out on me, not just split the seams but blow out, as has many others over the years. I'd quit messing with it and find a standard rectangular tank to replace it.
Its to late I already rebuilt it, it will be fine I will add a centre brace to it as well when I can find glass.
@@MarksShrimpTanks should get a couple more years out of it before it blows out again, but I would still seriously consider finding a replacement and eventually retiring that tank. Doesn't matter how you brace them they're just a very poor design overall.
Its a good topic of a poll actually, I will see what other people say. 👍
Oh no Mark you never want glass on glass contact your supposed to always have silicone between the glass I hope everything holds up okay. love your videos and a huge fan.
Thanks for the feedback! I'll definitely keep that in mind for future videos. I appreciate your support as a fan!
I wonder if tanks with a curved front like that put more stress on the seams? I just had a similar accident a couple of weeks ago. Never had a tank split for me before but then suddenly my 180L with a curved front started to leak rapidly from the exact same seam as yours.
they probably do, thats why I went with a thicker bead of silicon on it this time I didnt actually do it in the video but i will add a centre brace once i find a thick enough peice of glass.
Bowfront tanks have been notorious for blowing out seams for the last couple of decades- why they come and go out of the hobby. I see them as another gimmick in the hobby just to get your money. They're all ticking time bombs.
@@ONEFUNFONE Hmm... Maybe I get rid of that tank instead of fixing it. It has always been annoying to scrape algae off the curved front anyway. 😝
They for sure create uneven pressure on the front seams… there is more water in the front of tank compared to the back… how ever far that bow sticks out past the seams is how much more pressure you are getting there opposed to the back seams…
@@MarksShrimpTanks❤
You got to clean it all
is there still netlemix for sale? it is the best food for shrimp
No i dont have a store any more or make food for sale.
Like til. Bra jobba. 👍
Thank you sir :)
Put silicone on the edge of the aquarium of glass first. Push it together and tape it after that's done put silicone inside of it
Wow frustrating. Moving probably paid a big part.
I've had one tank split, many years ago. Like yours I was lucky there was enough water left not to affect my fish.
yeah probably, it was my bad for not putting anything under it in the first place.
what is your air pump ??? I dont listen anything from it !!! I need one !!!
Hailea V60
You got too put silicone one the on it first. Then put silicone on it for leaks
probably big part of leaked water is under your floor... home version dehumi can take about 6-8 liters /24h
yeah probably, humidity went upto 50% but then went back down again a day later so I think its all out of the ground.
You sound like Jim Browning?
I sound like every Scottish person then?😂
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It is not going to hold long
Just get new tank it’s old 😂
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