Recent content by jackk1992

Ive emptied the tank too start work on removing the silicone When removing my sand and plant substrate from the bottom though its now basically just become one big soily sand mix. Trier my best to keep it separate. Will it be okay to put back in or will the soil parts on the surface affect the...

Yeah..good point...just annoying that I've got it all set up now and probably won't get the substrate and sand to separate probably when removing it from the tank. Any tips on the best way to do this?

To be honestly, there isn't a huge amount in it and its a 132L tank

I think I used the wrong silicone in my tank, just round the base. Only now I have learnt there are different types I have found out there is fungicides in the silicone I used. What should I do? The tank already has all the substrate and sand in and I have had plants in it for a few days now

I recently purchased a second hand 3ft fish tank and decided to re-seal the base so I was confident it was water tight. I used just what silicone was in my tool bag as I was unaware of such thing as "Fish Safe" silicone. The product I used was "Bostik Bond-Flex 100HMA Silicone Sealant Black"...