Wet/Dry Filter for 180 creating FOAM?!
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CrystaliZed;5132577; said:
If you're building a background or something similar, where there will be certain areas with very thick coverage, then a week is reasonable.
Be patient.
Give the silicone a week.
Give the silicone a week.
I'll say it again,
give the silicone a week.
I completely agree with Cody's recommendation for allowing the silicone to completely cure for a week.
Silicone cure time is usually dependent on the bead thickness, air temperature & relative humidity. Of course, this will vary depending on the type of silicone you are using. The thicker the bead, the longer the cure time.
Silicone cure time is usually dependent on the bead thickness, air temperature & relative humidity. Of course, this will vary depending on the type of silicone you are using. The thicker the bead, the longer the cure time.
Yes... we made sure the silicone had time to dry... when we had issues w/ the other silicone we used leaking into the water, we did a complete clean of everything, pulled the rock wall & rebuilt the entire thing with Aquarium Silicone... we made sure not to use real thick beads of it and smeared it around a lot so it was more of a thin, complete coat, instead of random thick beads along it...
We did fill it some to see if the water quality was as crappy as before and it doesn't look near as bad nor is the sump filling w/ foam like before... we haven't put any chemicals to treat the water or anything obviously b/c this is just a test run to see how the wall is holding up... I believe we're gonna go to RO water for this tank & the 55 that I currently have up & running...
We did fill it some to see if the water quality was as crappy as before and it doesn't look near as bad nor is the sump filling w/ foam like before... we haven't put any chemicals to treat the water or anything obviously b/c this is just a test run to see how the wall is holding up... I believe we're gonna go to RO water for this tank & the 55 that I currently have up & running...
CrystaliZed;5133299; said:
No, you didn't make sure the silicone had time to dry, because it hasn't been a week yet. You are not a good listener/reader.
Why are you asking for advice if you are just going to do the opposite? We should be advising someone who will actually apply the advice that they've been given....
RO water is pointless if there is nothing wrong with the water from your tap....whoever told you otherwise was mistaken. 100% RO water is THE recipe for fish death, but you'll probably do that anyway, too.
Your other tank has ammonia because your filter turnover sucks and you are overstocked.... Get more filtration. Your stock will be fine with enough filtration & light feeding, meaning DON'T FEED SO MUCH.
Piscine;5133339; said:
Ripping me a new one was pretty much uncalled for... I AM listening to what people are suggesting here... I have no idea if the water from my tap IS bad... their is .5-1.0 ammonia from the tap which is what's also in the tank and I had never made the agreement to get 100% RO water... It's really difficult to figure out what to do when everyones saying something different as well!!!
