Help Needed For Re-caucing

[fishfishfish]

what are the steps or what ever on doin this.i have recently bought a 55 gal and i need to seal it up better in a corner. anything helps and ty

 

[xJake]

Buy some aquarium sealant. Squirt it on. Spread it. Let it cure. Test for leaks. Repeat if necessary.

 

[raptorrex]

what are the steps or what ever on doin this.i have recently bought a 55 gal and i need to seal it up better in a corner. anything helps and ty

top or bottom corner? more pressure on the bottom!!
i would be inclined to remove the old sealent, with a knife. clean the edge with viniger to remove old silicone. though it would depend on how bad the leak was. it may be better to remove the smallest adjoining bit of glass, and reseal the whole lot. though this sounds extreame, it is often no more difficalt to do that than try, to remove the silicone from a small area. it is a sod to get inbetween the sheets, and has a high risk of breaking or chiping the glass.

 

[fishfishfish]

its in the bottom.and i heard about cutting it all away.but it also has to hold alot of weight because its going to be a malawi with lots of big rocks

 

[raptorrex]

its in the bottom.and i heard about cutting it all away.but it also has to hold alot of weight because its going to be a malawi with lots of big rocks

well to be fair i have only done a few, so am no expert, but a leak at the bottom, would "seem" (lol pun) to be the place where a full reseating would be a must!!

 

[fishfishfish]

so can i use a exacto knife and cut around maybe up a say 6 inches on all sides