tank leak

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  1. oldfishkeeper

    oldfishkeeper Giant Squid

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    I think I may have a small leak in my left front corner of my tank. There is salt creep there so I leave it alone, is there something I should do to fix this?
     
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  3. Daniel072

    Daniel072 Giant Squid

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    question, have you been messing around in the tank at all where it could have dripped there? The only way I can think of to fix a leak like this is to drain the tank and re-silicone it.
     
  4. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    Upper or lower corner?
     
  5. Moxtrain

    Moxtrain Peppermint Shrimp

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    Wipe off the creep. If it reforms tomorrow you probably have a leak.
     
  6. Nuebie

    Nuebie Peppermint Shrimp

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    You just did a lot of work on your tank. Hopefully it's just creep from that. Wipe it down and hopefully it's gone for good ( fingers crossed!! )
     
  7. oldfishkeeper

    oldfishkeeper Giant Squid

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    It's lower. Isn't there something I can put on the outside to stop the leak?
     
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  9. diverdan

    diverdan Bangghai Cardinal

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    Plugging almost anything with pressure from the outside is not a good idea. It won't work. It has to be done from the inside. Hopefully it is just from working on the tank.
     
  10. oldfishkeeper

    oldfishkeeper Giant Squid

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    Unfortunately, it's been there a while........Is the only solution to actually drain the entire tank to resilicone? OMG
     
  11. Todd_Sails

    Todd_Sails Giant Squid

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    Is the floor damp?

    Do any of your fish ever splash?

    Have you dripped anything over it there?
     
  12. sailorguy

    sailorguy Torch Coral

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    Wow sooo sorry to hear this.If you do have some seapage I'm afraid there's no easy fix.My corner tank did last quite awhile,maybe two years,with the same thing happening before it sprang it's fatal leak,but there's no way of knowing what may happen or when.