Failing silicone seal (or "The things that keep me awake at night")

[Aquattro]

I wouldn't use a clamp that applied a single point of pressure. Maybe shim it with some hardwood.

[ScubaSteve]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

I wouldn't use a clamp that applied a single point of pressure. Maybe shim it with some hardwood.

Ya, I've thought of that too. I don't have anything at the moment, so right now the clamp is on there without a ton of force, just enough to take some stress off. I'll be putting a piece of hardwood in tomorrow.

Thank god for the new tank!

[RedCoralEdmonton]

Go get a cloth ratchet strap and go around the entire tank, it will hold for quite some time, I've used this on a customers tank when it failed and had to get a tank built quickly, it held 9 inches out of 18 inch seal that had come completely apart.... On a 6 foot 120 gallon

Steve

[ScubaSteve]

Originally Posted by RedCoralEdmonton

Go get a cloth ratchet strap and go around the entire tank, it will hold for quite some time, I've used this on a customers tank when it failed and had to get a tank built quickly, it held 9 inches out of 18 inch seal that had come completely apart.... On a 6 foot 120 gallon

Steve

Wow, great idea. Don't know why I didn't think of that.