How to seal a tank?

[Moloch]

Haha good luck.

So did you reseal the entire tank to fix the one vertical seal?

Hopefully the next time I have to do this I'll be in a house with a garage or something better than the second bedroom in my apartment to work in And have the couple extra bucks to go buy the right tools & everything.

Fishkeeping on a budget blows.

 

[Dis]

Is it ok to use rubbing alcohol? Does it just get rinsed off after resealing the tank......then its safe for the fish?

Thanks

 

[andyroo]

Great thread. Half-way through my own dramas, including reenforcing/restrengthening as it's in glass that's on the thin side (3/8ths for a 6'x24"x14" 100Gal). Cheap-junk silicone is all we can get around here, too. Might not be junk, but I don't have a lot of trust/faith.

Now, my question: does a little blood do anything bad to sealing and/or strength? I probably should have sanded the sharp edges off before I started smoothing around the triangular reinforcing plates with my finger...
No, I'm not "handy"
Yes, nearly could have said this literally.

 

[andyroo]

Silicone is curing weird. All from same tube, some parts curing properly and others still tacky and smudgable after 3days.
Do I cut out and redo, or will it continue to cure so I should wait?
Pretty sure it's not the blood mixed in- there wasn't that much
A