Aquarium Girl
Aquarium Advice Freak
I recently bought a 36x18x18 tank on EBay as an upgrade for my goldfish and discovered on closer inspection that the seal was compromised. The bead of silicone I removed was about the thickness of a piece of spaghetti and shoddy in parts.
Not wanting 200L of water in my lounge room, I decided to strip and reseal.
Unfortunately on my first attempt I removed the masking tape too late and ruined the whole job.
So after stripping it again (which was so much more time consuming argghhhhh!!!) I decided that this time I would only mask the vertical seams as the bottom would be covered with substrate and didn't need to be pretty.
I started with the bottom and I removed the tape immediately after I finished each vertical seam but the tape still lifted the edge very slightly despite pulling it off at an angle away from the seal and now as it's curing, the lifted edge has curled around.
Can anyone tell me if it would be safe to simply cut the lifted edge off with a razor blade?
It is a very hot Aussie summer hence the silicone forming a skin so quickly and I honestly don't think I could do a better job than I did, but I also don't want to be dealing with leaks down the track.
Does anyone have any experience with this?
Not wanting 200L of water in my lounge room, I decided to strip and reseal.
Unfortunately on my first attempt I removed the masking tape too late and ruined the whole job.
So after stripping it again (which was so much more time consuming argghhhhh!!!) I decided that this time I would only mask the vertical seams as the bottom would be covered with substrate and didn't need to be pretty.
I started with the bottom and I removed the tape immediately after I finished each vertical seam but the tape still lifted the edge very slightly despite pulling it off at an angle away from the seal and now as it's curing, the lifted edge has curled around.
Can anyone tell me if it would be safe to simply cut the lifted edge off with a razor blade?
It is a very hot Aussie summer hence the silicone forming a skin so quickly and I honestly don't think I could do a better job than I did, but I also don't want to be dealing with leaks down the track.
Does anyone have any experience with this?