help please

I bought a fish tank on craigslist yesterday and I was told it would hold water but when I filled it up it started leaking can some one help me reseal the thing or tell me how to do it thanks

Get a razor blade and scrape off all the silicone on the inside of the tank, leave what wedged in between the glass alone though. Wipe it down well with alcohol and make sure its nice and clean. Use GE silicone I window and door to re seal it, just run a bead all along the inside and run over it with your finger. Let dry for 48hrs and then leak test it.

Fern said it thats the way to do it!

And I also moved this to the right place....

How did this work out for you?

yeah resealing is not hard but you have to let it cure for a couple of days and a would leak test it outside before setting it back up.

i just resealed one at our local club meeting with the help of stroseken, im anxious to see if its going to hold. good luck with yours.

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How did this work out for you?

i had finished and let it sit for 2days and when i filled it up it leaked from one corner but it wasnt much since it leaked less than half an inch over night

That should be an easy fix. I'd say you did well for your first try.

yeah i guess 1/2 " overnight is more than evap. it is is a bottom corner i could glob the silicon on there thick. no one will see it.

So I redid the whole thing with a little more silicon than the first time and put extra on the bottom and cornors

Good to go?

Good to go?

Did it work?

I should be filling it up today I thought about yesterday but desided one more day

Good idea. Did you have clamps when you re sealed it?

I hope it works fine luis, good luck..!!

Ok I'm about to start filling it up hoping it doesn't leak......the measurements are 71" long 18" wide and and 27" deep can anyone tgell me exactly how many gallons it is

LXWXH divided by 231 will give approx gallons.......Your tank is about 150 gallons

Oh ok he had told me 155

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KMX wrote:

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so far things are really looking good no water leaking

sweeeeet