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So this just the clear version of the black silicone I ordered?

Yea. I’ve been reading that about a 1/16” is where you wanna be. So when I’m making the tank for the masking tape I’m also going to be putting makes on the out side that will make a 1/16” gap for the silicone bead. So as I’m holding the 2 pains of glass together I’ll take a square and make a...

Another hour down and a long side is cleaned up By fare these 1/2” edges are the hardest to clean. The silicone on the bottom where the overflow was, was super easy.

Well another hour into this project and I got one 30” side of the bottom cleaned up. Yea this is going to be a tough project lol

Man nice dimensions. So after noticing the silicone flaws yesterday I went on OfferUp and there’s a local guy with a 300g brand new that 3k I wanted to pull the trigger so back. But here’s the dims 60”l by 30” wide by 36” tall. I’m was like man that deep af. I know I’d have to swim in that to...

Does it not allow as much water flow through it as you like?

Thanks for the heads up. Maybe the torch is out of the question then. I may try it on one of the Eurobrace small pieces tho to see if it helps identify any of the silicone pieces I missed.

So me and the miss went harbor and got the blades and scraper, as I couldn’t wait for Amazon to deliver. Found these 3” corner clamps that should work nicely to hold the tank together while the silicone cures.

So my plan is scrape off as much of the silicone as I can see, If its like the 30 gallon then I can get it pretty much bare glass. Then I’ll take the torch and slightly run it over the edges where the seams will be. The torch will show if there’s still silicone on the glass. I’ll continue...

Razors, heat from torch, acetone and a magic eraser(if it doesn’t deteriorate from the acetone), and rubbing alcohol.

Thanks for the offer I may, but I seen harbor had 36” bar clamps for $10. I may not even use the clamps. I have seen that I need to leave about a 1/16” bead of silicone in the joint. So tape may be enough to hold the pains in place during the curing. I’m going to rebuild the tank on top of my...

Thanks for the props and info guys. I’m not going to lie I’m a bit nervous. I did rebuild a 30g about a year ago and it’s still holding up. It’s what I use for my fish qt. I figured I was going to take it as a $300 learning lesson. I thought about selling the tank as a reptile tank if I cut out...

In all it took me about an hour 15 min to break down the aquarium. But I know that was the easy part. Cleaning the edges is going to be a pita for sure.

I placed an order for 4 of these

After getting the overflow box out it was time to break down the sides. Again I started with the back wall, then the front, and sides last Now on to cleaning and preparing. I placed an order for a 100count of straight edge blades, a new scraper, 3 rolls of masking tape, and four 10.1oz tubs...

So I got a really good deal on a 187g lee-mar. But sometimes things look better then they appear. After cleaning the tank up a bit I started noticing so minor flaws in the silicone bead. So after a lot of elbow grease and cleans the coraline algae off the 3 starphire side I noticed theat...

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I have one you can have. Wanna come over Saturday and pick it up?

I as well