I am about to reseal a 450 gallon tank. It doesn't currently leak, but the silicone seals look awful. I bought the tank used and have had it full of pacu for 9 years. I want to reseal it BEFORE it leaks. Its a time bomb. The fish are out and I am currently in the process of emptying and cleaning the tank.
I have resealed a lot of tanks over the years, but nothing larger than 125 gallons. Is there anything different about sealing a really big tank I should know? Clean it up and use LOTS of GE Silicone 1 (All purpose).
The tank is 8' x 3' x 28". There is no trim on it anywhere. Its just a glass box with an overflow. I put decorative trim on the stand that covers the bottom edge when I built the stand 10 years ago. Now I want to put some sort of a rim around the top. Mostly I want to stack the odds in my favor that this tank isn't going to bow out when a 25 llb pacu gets spooked and decides it wants to be on the other side of the living room (which happens about 3x a day!) I also need to redesign the lid system for the tank as what I have now has done the job, but its awful. So I am looking for ideas of how to rim the upper surface and include a method of building a lid into that. I will probably use plastic lumber as I am a pretty good carpenter and that stuff doesn't rot when it gets wet. I will post pics of the current top when I get closer to that stage of this project, right now I need to get it sealed.
I have resealed a lot of tanks over the years, but nothing larger than 125 gallons. Is there anything different about sealing a really big tank I should know? Clean it up and use LOTS of GE Silicone 1 (All purpose).
The tank is 8' x 3' x 28". There is no trim on it anywhere. Its just a glass box with an overflow. I put decorative trim on the stand that covers the bottom edge when I built the stand 10 years ago. Now I want to put some sort of a rim around the top. Mostly I want to stack the odds in my favor that this tank isn't going to bow out when a 25 llb pacu gets spooked and decides it wants to be on the other side of the living room (which happens about 3x a day!) I also need to redesign the lid system for the tank as what I have now has done the job, but its awful. So I am looking for ideas of how to rim the upper surface and include a method of building a lid into that. I will probably use plastic lumber as I am a pretty good carpenter and that stuff doesn't rot when it gets wet. I will post pics of the current top when I get closer to that stage of this project, right now I need to get it sealed.
