Gary's right (sorta).
The real meat of the silicone that's holding your tank together is in between the glass plates. The little flaps you can see in the tank aren't doing too much. If you cut all that off, the tank would very likely still hold water (so goes the theory, lord knows I wouldn't tempt fate). But if you can cut away the visible stuff (don't dig the blade in between the glass plates!), prep it with some acetone or alcohol to remove skin oils, and reseal it with silicone, you're not really repairing the glass joins, but you're creating a perfect moisture seal for that small leak you currently have.

That leak you have *does* mean that your tank has a structural weakness, but I wouldn't think that a tiny separation of the silicone is something to be too worried about. Long term? Hmmm.

If the silicone between the two peices of glass is in realy bad shape, you can also cut that one pane out and just repair that side of the tank.

No need to tear apart the entire tank like some people say you should unless the silicone is very old and detereated.

whats with the digs dude? thats the 3rd one tonite.

I have done many a tank this way as well. No leaks after the surgery!! :cool:

Thanks for all of your suggestions... :)

Well, first of all I am going to call the moron who sold me the leaky tank. See if he is willing to do anything about it.

And I looked at a 90gallon tank today at a friend's place, So I am going to take that one. I don't want to have to go thru this again, re-seal it ect... and it leak again.
I wanted a bigger one anyhow...just not to go about it this way.
It's going to be a pain transferring all the equipment and everything though! :mad: Water and sand...

But hopefully, it will be done right this time.
I'm still mad because I was excited on purchasing the Live Rock this week, and now it's going to have to wait a few more weeks :cry:

Not a dig willow. :smile:

Just a clarification to let someone know that there some other options that don't include buying new or tearing apart.

I too agree that the whole tank does not have to come apart. I have made many custom tanks and every one that I have built using black silicone I glue the glass together first letting the silicone dry cut off the excess outside and inside the tank and than put a nice bead on the inside to seal it and to make it loook good

Well, in the attempt to avoid more frustration in setting this system up, I bought a new tank. Having it brought over to our house tonight. It's a 90 Gallon. I wanted to go bigger anyhow, but still.
Not sure what we'll do about the 66 Gallon... I'm going to call the guy I bought it from. If he won't take it back and give me the cash back, I'll figure out what to do then..

Anyone want to buy a 66 Gallon?.. :) Needs re-sealing inside one end.

Randi just strip the silicone off the tank with a blade wipe it down with alcohol and fire in a bead of silicone. Its really easy to do.

some one already stated so that here i think.


mike

Well, I called the guy I bought it from.
He basically said "well it didn't leak when I had it..".. and that he wouldn't give me the money back because he didn't have it anymore. He said it was my fault that it leaked, and moving the tank would make the calking freeze by being in the cold for a few minutes?.. BS....

NICE to see we have such honest people out there! What a jerk. Especially since he works in a large pet store here.