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So I scored this little gem for free. It need resealed so I took on the task. There was no stand, no equipment or anything with the tank, so I am getting creative. I have had this frame for awhile that was meant for a stack on garage tool unit. I took that, tossed some bracing underneath it added a center (front and back) support legs and 3/4 pine for the top. The tank will be freshwater and house my juvenile plecos. I’ve added a 20 gallon sump (homemade) and a vision 660gph pump.
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I’m not in a rush to get it running so I’ll let the new silicon set for about 4 days while I work on making a decorative box with doors to slide over the stand.
 
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Looks good… start strippin again tho… looks like u used mold inhibitor silicone… ?. GE silicone 1 is what ur lookin for…
 
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I did a lot of reaching and the only difference was the curing agent. I have the time to wait so that’s why I went with this one also it’s the only one in black.
 
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I did a lot of reaching and the only difference was the curing agent. I have the time to wait so that’s why I went with this one also it’s the only one in black.
Hope the ladder is infact true for ya man ?… maybe something has changed since i used the ge 2 with mold inhibitors back in 06’… it took around 6 months for there to be a problem. My tank was constantly cloudy even after w/c’s, fish were lethargic and it eventually turned into red skin lesions/burnt off catfish whiskers. Fish losing balance, flipping in circles, etc…
I removed the fish into a different tank and they returned to normal within a few days. I stripped the tank and switched to ge1 and never had a problem. Since then ive never seen a similiar type of issue in any tank ive ever ran. I used window and door also… i will note this new stuff does say “advanced” and the label looks a tad different then when it first came out but IME i had bad results and dont trust it ??‍♂
 

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Hope the ladder is infact true for ya man ?… maybe something has changed since i used the ge 2 with mold inhibitors back in 06’… it took around 6 months for there to be a problem. My tank was constantly cloudy even after w/c’s, fish were lethargic and it eventually turned into red skin lesions/burnt off catfish whiskers. Fish losing balance, flipping in circles, etc…
I removed the fish into a different tank and they returned to normal within a few days. I stripped the tank and switched to ge1 and never had a problem. Since then ive never seen a similiar type of issue in any tank ive ever ran. I used window and door also… i will note this new stuff does say “advanced” and the label looks a tad different then when it first came out but IME i had bad results and dont trust it ??‍♂
Yeah I have since stripped the tank (again) and ordered Aquascape black silicone from amazon it will be here Tuesday. I’m not really willing to chance it. I’d rather be safe than sorry.
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Yeah I have since stripped the tank (again) and ordered Aquascape black silicone from amazon it will be here Tuesday. I’m not really willing to chance it. I’d rather be safe than sorry.
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Nice… wasent tryin to b “that guy” … just been there before and had a bad time lol. Glad to hear u stripped er again for another round just to be safe ?.
 
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