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08-25-2008, 05:57 PM
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| | Dragon Wrasse
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Shelton, Washington Age: 44
Posts: 2,184
     |  I have a LEAK!!!
OK, I have a leak in the upper front corner of the tank. It is coming from underneath the rim. In the picture below, you will see two places on either side of the corner where the silicone has been eaten away. I am presuming that this is where the problem is (99%). I can see where the silicone of one side of the corner is not looking smooth, but channelled and bubbled. When I drained the tank (10g) down past this 'mark', the leak stopped. 
So there is the problem (or in the land of corporate bigwigs "opportunity"). I have two courses of action here as far as I can see.
1.) I can get a new one. $150
2.) I can try to re-silicone it.
In the meantime, I am going to keep the flow going and move my heater to the main tank from the sump. If I need to, I can rig the skimmer, but I just did a 30% water change yesterday so I think I can probably get away without it for the time being. I'll just dose with Prime.
So guys and dolls.......what do you think? _________ 90g HW: 20g Sump, ETSS PSw/Mag9, CPR OF/Rio 2100 RTN, MJ AC 2K3 PH's (2800GPH ttl flow), 300W htr, Gnd Prb, Denitrator, UV, PCs: 2x65,4x55 Fish: Ylw Tang, LM Blenny, Hmbg, Y-T, Ylw dmsls, Mrn Clown, Coral Beauty, Red Crs Wrsse. Inverts: Snls/HCs, CBS, P-mnt shrmp x2, Sandstar, Condy Anen, Tbe Wrm, Sea Apple. Frags: Frgspwn, Kenya Tree. Corals: Doughnut Coral, GSP, Zoos, Shrooms, Lobo Brain, Turbinaria, Mshrm Lthr, Fngr Lthr. Other: 127# LR, 1-2" LS DOB 5/7/08  | 
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08-25-2008, 06:02 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: North Wales, PA Age: 19
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just seal it its cheap and quick its just not water tight for a couple of days _________ Born 7/12/2008 Hardware: 125 aga with two overflows, current sunpod 14k hqi metal halide, phosban reactor, aquaC EV-240, 30 gallon custom sump, plumbed in custom 10 gallon ref, Buckeye field supply 150 gpd RO/DI unit, 115 lbs fully cured live rock, live sandLivestock: 6 Blue line damsels, cleaner goby, snails, hermits, 4 pepermint shrimp,kole tang, true percula clown, red mushrooms, star polyp, ricordea, yellow tang, skunk cleaner, montipora
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08-25-2008, 06:02 PM
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| | Bangghai Cardinal
Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Chesterfield, VA Age: 21
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buying a bigger tank is always a good option lol. seriously i think if you have the money i would buy a new one it would be better for the inhabitants to get them in a set up tank faster(if you try to fix it you would have to wait atleast 24 hours thats if it works the first try). then after you have the new one up and running you should try fixing the old one. you can sell it or use as a sump or just setup a second tank lol
all this is assuming you would have to completely drain the tank
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08-25-2008, 06:14 PM
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| | Bikers are a dying breed!
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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Try and seal it first, what do you have to loose??? _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 Parameters My 265 Gal. Tank Thread   | |
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08-25-2008, 06:16 PM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Quebec City
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I think that you should try to seal it up . sound like its going to be just the top of the tank so you dont need to drain the whole thing and it will only take a couple of days to fix and you can just set your tank to run with a power head and air stone till all is set to replenish the water. _________ http://www.3reef.com/forums/image.ph...ine=1200113573
55gl skimmerless, 80lbs live rock, DIY wavemaker running 3x MJ1200 with hydor deflector.
2 DIY fluidized reactors Carbon & ROWAphos
LIghts- 2x 50/50 atinics T10's , 2x life gro T10's ,
1x20,000K T12, 1x6,000K T10.
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08-25-2008, 06:23 PM
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| | PICTURE POLICE
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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Just silicone it and let it cure, I had the same problem once. Luna _________ 9YR OLD 90G/55g custom sump/refug Mag18 Aquac 180skimmer 692w MH AC jr,yel&kole tang,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Acropora(2) Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, xenias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew..  | |
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08-25-2008, 06:23 PM
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#7 (permalink)
| | Dragon Wrasse
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Shelton, Washington Age: 44
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How far do I have to drain it down? I am presuming that i should cut the old silicone about an inch or two below the leak and go up from there. | |
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08-25-2008, 06:27 PM
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#8 (permalink)
| | Stylophora
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Quebec City
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sounds good to me  | |
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