Dan Feller;1484459; said:
I acutally used GE Selicone 1. Mine was a insert for a sump and got support from the sides of the tank it was in. Also, how I desired it, there was very little stress on the seams since they all were vertical.
Anyone ever built a tank with polyucarbonate acrylic?
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I acutally used GE Selicone 1. Mine was a insert for a sump and got support from the sides of the tank it was in. Also, how I desired it, there was very little stress on the seams since they all were vertical.
born2lovefish;1486057; said:
Yeah but silicone won't maintain a bond to acrylic/poly that needs to withstand any stress at all. I tried to patch a pinhole with silicone in an acrylic sump. Lasted about a month and then resumed leaking.
I wonder if you built a fish tank out of it....would it take a bullet and hold water??? maybe something to consider if you live on the rougher side of town.
sillicone on acryic does not work, sillicone goese not bond to acrylic as it dose to glass... it will peel right off in a matter of weeks.
TRUST ME I TRIED as a small shortcut on a small project. waisted $50 in acrylic.
TRUST ME I TRIED as a small shortcut on a small project. waisted $50 in acrylic.
cvermeulen;1486199; said:
It worked for what I needed it to. I used it because I had never worked with polycarbonate, and I got it free because work was cleaning out a warehouse that had a couple pieces in it.
born2lovefish;1488449; said:
I'm not suggesting you did anything wrong. Just trying to prevent any confusion about the use of silicone to hold together plastics in an aquarium
Agreed. Actually, right now probably is not the best time to build your own tank due to oil prices.
born2lovefish;1489029; said:
Ever thought of glass? It doesn't fluctuate with oil prices like plastic. Also, GLASS IS BETTER. I'm sure a lot of people may disagree, but I have a thirty year old 110 long that I have resealed twice. It looks great, I have never seen an old acrylic tank look very good.
