Fullmoonnight
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Okay, so as some of you may know, I took on a 90 gallon touch up project where I ripped off the old dingy silicone and replaced it. It took countless hours (actually it took me about a month of continous work), lots of cuts,blisters and lots of climbing in and out on top of a ladder. After I placed my fish in they began getting sick and most of them have "gone to a better place". I had 14 fish and now only have 4. Some of these fish I've had since 2008 and some were newer but I loved them all. I had to watch and try so hard to save them and yet they died one after the other, 2 a day. I figured that it was my fault for using "goo gone" [it's a petroleum based "goo remover"] and not washing all of it out. I did rinse and soak multiple times but I suppose that wasn't enough because when my mom suggested I soak the tank with some dish soap ( I did it because I'm at my wits end) the tank became clearer,less slippery and less smudgey looking.
So after rinsing out the tank another 12 times to make sure the soap was gone ( for sure it's gone. I quadruple checked.) I decided to let it sit for a few days and then I refilled it this morning and added all the dechloronizer ,etc. It looks good.
Then my cousin came over and he was kinda trying to pin point why almost all my fish are dead. Then he asked me which silicone I used. So I brought him the tube. I recall that everyone had said that it should be GE 1 100% silicone. Which is what I have. Then he read it carefully to me. "Kitchen/bath/tile". I used the wrong one! The tube does NOT say ANYTHING about mildew resistance,bioseal or any of that stuff. I used maybe 1/4th of the tube in my 90 gallon in total, so I don't know if that would make a big difference in comparison with someone who uses alot? It does say that it releases Arsenic acid WHILE curing but I waited a week after it cured before I even began rinsing. The tube is GE 1 100% Silicone but for Kitchen and Bath.
Do you think that the "Goo gone" is the criminal here? (well actually, I'm the biggest criminal here for being an idiot) Or do you think it was the silicone? What should I do? I REALLY REALLY REALLLLLLYYY don't want to rip of the silicone and redo it.(Please keep in mind that it took me a month last time when half of the silicone was already coming off. I'm very short and 'weak' so a tank like this is difficult to work with. Plus my remaining fish are living in a bucket right now.) I can't just sell off the tank either because what if another fish meets this poisonous fate? I've heard of some people who have spread a thin layer over the top of their "bad" silicone with a "good" silicone and had success.
Also, has anyone used GE Bath/kitchen with a successful story? I was reading online and apparently, there were some people who used it but somehow ended up okay?
*sigh* R.I.P. Fishes, all your scaley butts will be missed.
BTW Sorry this was so long
So after rinsing out the tank another 12 times to make sure the soap was gone ( for sure it's gone. I quadruple checked.) I decided to let it sit for a few days and then I refilled it this morning and added all the dechloronizer ,etc. It looks good.
Then my cousin came over and he was kinda trying to pin point why almost all my fish are dead. Then he asked me which silicone I used. So I brought him the tube. I recall that everyone had said that it should be GE 1 100% silicone. Which is what I have. Then he read it carefully to me. "Kitchen/bath/tile". I used the wrong one! The tube does NOT say ANYTHING about mildew resistance,bioseal or any of that stuff. I used maybe 1/4th of the tube in my 90 gallon in total, so I don't know if that would make a big difference in comparison with someone who uses alot? It does say that it releases Arsenic acid WHILE curing but I waited a week after it cured before I even began rinsing. The tube is GE 1 100% Silicone but for Kitchen and Bath.
Do you think that the "Goo gone" is the criminal here? (well actually, I'm the biggest criminal here for being an idiot) Or do you think it was the silicone? What should I do? I REALLY REALLY REALLLLLLYYY don't want to rip of the silicone and redo it.(Please keep in mind that it took me a month last time when half of the silicone was already coming off. I'm very short and 'weak' so a tank like this is difficult to work with. Plus my remaining fish are living in a bucket right now.) I can't just sell off the tank either because what if another fish meets this poisonous fate? I've heard of some people who have spread a thin layer over the top of their "bad" silicone with a "good" silicone and had success.
Also, has anyone used GE Bath/kitchen with a successful story? I was reading online and apparently, there were some people who used it but somehow ended up okay?
*sigh* R.I.P. Fishes, all your scaley butts will be missed.
BTW Sorry this was so long