Bubble in silicone okay or not?

[Fat Homer]

I had a slight accident that required me to tear down my 50G tank the other night... So now that im in the process of re-setting it up, i noticed the silicone on the fromt glass panel seems to have some air bubbles in it (pls see pic below)



So what i want to know is, will these air bubbles cause problems? Or will my tank be okay to run long term?

Last thing i want to do is setup the whole thing just to need to tear it down again...

Thanks for any help...

 

[Fat Homer]

Forgot to mention, i was thinking of adding another thin layer of silicone over the top after i drain the tank again and give it a clean...

 

[tlindsey]

Personally I would reseal all sides of the aquarium, that's if your comfortable doing it.

 

[Fat Homer]

^ yeah the more i've been examining it, the less comfortable i feel with the tank, considering when i push down on the area, i can see the bubble move, and there seems to be water inside...

Now im thinking i might just get a new one since honestly they arent too expensive, and i dont have much faith resealling this one...

 

[convict360]

^ yeah the more i've been examining it, the less comfortable i feel with the tank, considering when i push down on the area, i can see the bubble move, and there seems to be water inside...

Now im thinking i might just get a new one since honestly they arent too expensive, and i dont have much faith resealling this one...

I'd buy a new one, re-seal that one; and sell it

 

[Fat Homer]

^ not much of a 2nd hand tank market here for these tanks since they so cheap to start off with, plus, dont think i would want to re-seal to sell when i wouldnt even use it myself...

Might see if i can sell the glass panels separately for recycling or somehing...

 

[Woefulrelic]

I would keep them maybe. I feel like glass can always be repurposed eventually.

 

[Fat Homer]

I might store the panels, since either way i will have to literally tear the tank down, since cannot store it anywhere, and it would be too large to dispose of as is...

 

[xraycer]

Is that between the glass panels, or the layer you can actually feel?

If its the portion you can feel, the there's no need for concern. If its the layer between the glass pane and that's the only area(in the pic) you should still be fine.

BTW, silicone doesn't bond well once it cures. So applying another layer over the cured, existing layer is useless

 

[Fat Homer]

^ thats where the problem lies, originally i thought it was the surface, then later realized its actually between the panes of glass and reaches down a little past the half way mark...

To make matters worse, when i press against the glass, i can see there is a bit of water trapped inside, and that it moves around quite a lot... There also seem to be other bubbles as well, and while not as bad, may not be worrh the risk in the long run...