I bought this 2nd hand tank ages ago which developed bit of a leak from the centre when full. I stripped out the old sealant and slapped in heaps of new.
The blasted thing leaked again.
So I got in stripped out the sealant, cleaned it really good, resealed it and used a silicon spatula to make sure the seal was good. I left the tank for 2 weeks to set and filled it up.
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My daughter chucked in a couple of goldfish and was gonna have a swim but the water would have been about 10deg. It was freezing.
30 mins later..........
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Couldn't believe it........ Time to call in the experts.
Got the glass guys in and had 10mm straps cut to glue the sides to the base. Even got him to drill the first hole in it so I could see how it was done.
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Giving it a good clean prior to gluing in the straps.
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Edited by Midnite76, 30 August 2011 - 05:47 PM.