My 55g is leaking... AGAIN! and from the side this time....

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Garrett.turbo

Garrett.turbo

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Okay so I went and bought some silicone, and a storage tote from home depot. I have a question about the storage tote though. I have a peacock eel and a BGK along with my other fish. Should I take some rocks out of my 55g and put them in the tote for my eel to hide in, and should I take the deco from my 55 and put it in there too so fish and my BGK have a place to hide? Heres some pics of the leak and the storage container.

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I would not worry about all of that. I would only be concerned with what I need to do so I can reseal that tank as quick as possible so I can return my fish to the tank. You are only going to housing them a the tote for 2 days max.
 
I would honestly pick up a new 55. Tank only shouldn't cost much. The big chains have the $1 per gallon sales occasionally too. But good luck on the reseal!
 
If it's leaking from the top by the trim, just lower your water level. I couldn't tell from the pics.
 
It takes a couple hours to clean and reseal a 55, that and 2 tubes of GE silicone 1 and a bottle of denatured alcohol
 
lipadj46 said:
It takes a couple hours to clean and reseal a 55, that and 2 tubes of GE silicone 1 and a bottle of denatured alcohol
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ahem... you know that aquarium specific silicone, its about 5$ more than GE 1... Its the same stuff. All your going to need is a razor scraper, and GE1 trace your finger on your bread, in and out, no need to buy a new tank, the only wait time is the cure time.
 
yeah Im going to start doing it now, I just dont trust my convicts cuz my male goes after my BGK and I figured if there were some things for them to hide in itd make it less stressful on them
 
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