I bought a used tank, and after getting it home, I noticed that silicone had been added by the previous owner. I fear that they may have used the kind with anti mildew chemicals. Has anyone had a problem with silicone poisoning fish? Should I try to dig it all out and replace it with the aquarium safe kind? Or is this going to be a reptile only tank??
Silicone toxicity
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If your worried about it cut it out and reseal it with GE silicone #1 or set it up as is and put some cheap fishes in it.
There has been people who have used the wrong one and it was fine. Search some threads. IMO I would reseal it.
Be VERY careful..............If it is that mildew resistant stuff scrape it all off and re-seal the tank.
I used that stuff once for a repair. It was all I could get my hands on over a long weekend and I needed to do an urgent repair, it wiped out all of my fish!!!
I used that stuff once for a repair. It was all I could get my hands on over a long weekend and I needed to do an urgent repair, it wiped out all of my fish!!!