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    125 gal reseal. To completely tear down or not?

    Well, all the silicone and trim is gone. I'll have to wait til tomorrow to get some fishing line or something similar to seperate the panes. I also took bill's suggestion on the foam. I cut some 3/4" plywood to top my stand and a piece of 1/2 foam will be going on top of that. I'll definitely...
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    125 gal reseal. To completely tear down or not?

    Well, it's coming apart. While stripping out some of the last of the silicone this morning I found that a gap that starts about halfway along the bottom/front joint and slowly widens to about 1/16" on the side. The previous owner had pressed some silicone in there on his last reseal (I'm...
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    125 gal reseal. To completely tear down or not?

    Thank you for the response. I'm definitely removing every last bit of silicone from the corners. Is there any way I can post more pictures or give a more detailed description of the seams so that I can get some advice on whether to tear it apart or not? I'd really hate to reseal this whole tank...
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    125 gal reseal. To completely tear down or not?

    Hello, I just picked up a used 125 gal the other day that had been sitting for a couple years. The seals were still blue and pliable but the resealing job that was done previously looked flat out horrible and it's better safe than sorry imo. Anyway, I've scraped out most of the old silicone...
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