Aquatic Silicon

found this threw a show guppy website they had a top bar link to it.... sounds interesting but there is no way to actually buy it? i guess you have to e-mail or call whick kinda makes me uneasy about it. What do you guys think?

http://www.fullredguppy.com/silicone.html

check out dap 100% silicon a little more expensive than GE1 but comes in big tubes and is safe for aquariums...says it right on the label. I called customer service just to make absolutley positive it is good for fish tanks and the answer was yes...they recommend an additional 24-48 hours of curing than that of average household usage. Only place I have found it is at ACE hardware

Cool! i dont need a big tube though though maybe a big tube would be helpfull for others i have a very small shatter spot in my tank but maybe i will buy a bigger tube and then i wont have to worry about silicon for probably the rest of my life.

Silcon tubes go bad in about 1 year after they are opened ...with a cap on they still seem to harden...they also sell the smaller 4oz tubes like you see at the LFS

just use GE1. it is 100% silisone and half the cost. do not get the one with bioseal in it tho.

Remember also shatters well spread and they weaken the glass so you can have a blow out ( that side of the aquarium will burst and the whole inside will be all over the floor) I recommend replacing the glass.

good catch vixen. i would not even chance it if it has shatter spots!!!

Some spots like that are ok..... can you get a good pic of it?

75% of my tanks have dings in the corners, it all depends on placement and severity.

I 2nd the GE I window and door, its what I use.
I put a tight fitting screw in the opening and that makes for an excellent seal and it will last much longer.

yeah the shatter is pretty small in length and about halfway thre the glass on depth its on a corner. I think it will be fine if i cake on the silicon and be gentle with it aka no banging on the glass if i get excited

hope it's not a bottom corner. It's the pressure from water that makes the m continue to spread. Just watch it closely take this from some who had a bedroom full of water.

Hey ive had alot of the same advice already:) i think it should be fine and i will watch it close. Its not a bottom corner, what i ment by corner was where teh glass meets its about mid tank i bought it like this but petco told me that they wont take it back if its been "used". I didnt realie the crack at first or i wouldnt have bought it. Even if they would take it back i dont know where i could store my gravel plants and fish so im chancing it and going to cake on that silicon :)

What size tank is it? I myself wouldn't chance it if it is indeed shattered. I have alot of tanks that are chipped with no issues. Better to be safe than sorry.

one word solves all this> Acrylic <

acrylic is safe? i wasnt sure i can get some free from my husbands work.

Edit: husbands not home to talk to him about it but just wandering will i need to remove the fish and water before filling it in with acrylic?

be careful with acrylic be sure they is no additives. You're going to have to lower your water level at least 4" below where you are going to seal and not get any product in the water.

acrylic will not bond with the use of silicone tho.

LOL no no people lol i meant forget glass aquariums and go with acrylic aquariums LOL

Again, can you take a pic of it? A pic is worth a thousand words.
Heck both of my 90g have a chip but there is a limit on what is usable and what is not.
I also have a cracked 10g in use but it is the very top corner so I just don't fill it all the way. But we wont know if yours is usable or not without a pic of it.

Ill take pics after the baby goes to sleep. Shes 15 months and thinks she should have the rights to play with everything and if she cant she throws a fit :P would rather just avoid the fit today and just wait till shes in bed. you can kinda see it in my other pics ive posted on the show and tell its on the left corner side a little below mid tank you can kinda see the indention. Ill take a close up for sure though!

Oh yes then defiantly wait!!!

But ya a close up of it from both sides would help a bunch. If it is a minor one just globing some silicone on it is what I have done with many of mine, adds some structure and covers the sharp edge.

I think it looks worst than what it is becuase the shattered glass is stuck to the silicon and it jsut looks bad but you can see its only half way threw the thickness of where the glass meets and its not very big maybe as long as the tip of your finger to the first joint :) im pretty confident its fine unless i feel liek it would have shattered already becuase when i first set it up and before i realized it was like this my daughter was banging stuff against it like her sippy cup and her small blocks.

so heres a pic i couldnt get a good angle becuase my dad bought me a 1600 camera that i cant figure out how to use so i cant turn the flash off. This pic makes it look horribly bad and the lighting i think makes it look longer than it really is but here you go this iwas the best i could get out of liek 50 lmao!



The lighting even made my table look worst than it is! lmao

Just glob some silicone on it, you are fine!

okay a chip not a shatter. Silicone will be fine.

GE water proof silcone from Walmart!! <====Fern's idea