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08-12-2008, 10:36 PM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish  Join Date: Apr 2008
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|  Repairing aquarium Hi Everyone, I have a small 10 gal tank that began leaking through the bottom seals. Can I just go to a Home Depot and purchase a clear silicon? Or what can I use? I have a small 3 gal. bowl holding 7 adult platies !!! My Chinese algae eater already died. And I am hoping to keep that same fate from happening to my platies  !!Thank you
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08-12-2008, 10:42 PM
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| Super Fish Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
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|  Aquarium sealant is what you want to get..walmart sells it in the fish section. But the silicone costs about 5 bucks here and a new 10g is 10bucks.
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08-12-2008, 10:50 PM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Apr 2008
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| Thank you so much! Will go to Walmart tonight  .I have asked my husband to get me a new 55 gal. tank for my birthday a few weeks from now. So I was just looking for a quick and very cheep fix. Here a 10 gal. would cost $20.00. I am so hoping that the silicon does not cost that! Of course, my tank had to leak NOW  !!!!!!Thanks
__________________ 70 gal. freshwater aquarium, 28 Red Platies, 1 fancy gold fish, 2 male guppies, 4 Zebra Danio, 1 pleco. 3 Gal. glass bowl; 1 male Betta (Blue Lighting). Proud parent of 120 platy fry, so far! |
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08-12-2008, 11:01 PM
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| Super Fish Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
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08-13-2008, 12:45 AM
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| Medium Fish  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Texas
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| I reseal tanks all the time, well not all the time, but more often then I'd like. I just get some ge silicone from the hardware store, 100% silicone, make sure it doesn't have any extras like mildew protectant. The best way to do it is to strip out all the old silicone using a razor blade, then reseal it with the new silicone. But I will say I do find free 10g on craigslist all the time.
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08-15-2008, 11:40 AM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Apr 2008
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| Thank you Brian 1973, and Lakea , Brian 1973, YOU were right about the 10 gal. at Walmart. They were $10.58 !!! Thank you for bringing that to my attention. Now for the aquarium silicon, my Walmart said they discontinued it ! And they were out of the 10gal. ,of course at $10.00 each. Just my luck ! I am going to go out and try Lakea's suggestion of the plain silicon. My platies are doing good, so far! I am doing 50% water changes daily. I have retired my turkey baster to the fish. Because I have so many fish in a small bowl there is a lot of waste. So I use the turkey baster to suck out the stuff on the bottom of the bowl. It's what I had, I have not purchased a siphon yet.
__________________ 70 gal. freshwater aquarium, 28 Red Platies, 1 fancy gold fish, 2 male guppies, 4 Zebra Danio, 1 pleco. 3 Gal. glass bowl; 1 male Betta (Blue Lighting). Proud parent of 120 platy fry, so far! |
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08-15-2008, 02:33 PM
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| Large Fish  Join Date: May 2004 Location: Baltimore, MD
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| Lowes sells "aquarium silicone". It is with the glue.
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08-15-2008, 02:42 PM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Jul 2008
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| Iam going through this now too with a 30 gal tank. all my seals and black trim is leaking. So I never done this before but any help on walmart silicone if they dont got the aquarium stuff? Or if lowes dont got that we just got a menards.. so any help. On any plain jane silicone to use  |
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08-15-2008, 04:51 PM
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| Moderator  Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Kentucky
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| Like was said in your other thread, 'GE Silicone I for Windows and Doors' will do the job. Don't get Silicone II, or the kind with any anti mildew or mold agents in it, as those are toxic to fish. I've seen this at just about every hardware store I've ever been too, and walmart most of the time unless they are out. It's 100% silicone and it's safe to use in aquariums. I would 'assume' that any 100% silicone with nothing added might be safe, however the GE silicone I is the only commercially, easily available product that I know of that's safe and does a good job of holding. It's been tested by hobbyists for years.
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08-17-2008, 03:23 AM
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| Little Fish  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Savage, MN
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| I would recommend geting the tube that fits in a caulking gun. I find that the small tubes you squeeze by hand are hard to squeeze and can be quite messy
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