Hello fellow MFK DIYers,
I have a bit of a dilemma here. I went to check out a 125 gallon aquarium yesterday for a really good price. Problem is, the inside of the tank is not lined with silicone. In fact, it looks as if someone did a super great job taking it off, or it has never been lined with silicone before. The guy made no mention of this, and when I mentioned it to him he told me that he used to have the tank filled with water with no problems. He was iffy on filling it up for me because "were in a drought and water prices are high" lol yea right.
Anyways, the glass panels are siliconed together, its only missing the inside silicone lining. I have never siliconed an aquarium before. Here comes my question....Is this an easy repair?
I was watching this youtube link and was wondering if this is all I would need to do to get this tank up and running (the first half of the video is peeling the old silicone off, so you can skip this).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3nNJ0PRhB0
Should I pass up this great price, or go ahead and resilicone the inside using the method in this youtube video?
I have a bit of a dilemma here. I went to check out a 125 gallon aquarium yesterday for a really good price. Problem is, the inside of the tank is not lined with silicone. In fact, it looks as if someone did a super great job taking it off, or it has never been lined with silicone before. The guy made no mention of this, and when I mentioned it to him he told me that he used to have the tank filled with water with no problems. He was iffy on filling it up for me because "were in a drought and water prices are high" lol yea right.
Anyways, the glass panels are siliconed together, its only missing the inside silicone lining. I have never siliconed an aquarium before. Here comes my question....Is this an easy repair?
I was watching this youtube link and was wondering if this is all I would need to do to get this tank up and running (the first half of the video is peeling the old silicone off, so you can skip this).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3nNJ0PRhB0
Should I pass up this great price, or go ahead and resilicone the inside using the method in this youtube video?