(I got the silicon out well 99.9%) Throwing in the towel

Rock was dry rock I had no problems till I switched sump tank had been up for 5 months with this rock in it with no problem. And for feeding I used the frozen cubes. Thawed and put Alittle in with selcon and what ever I didn't use within 3 days after thawing I through out

 

I read that to but also read that it don't and I did read the label and ingredients only thing diff is what is used to make it cure from what I read

 

I used GE I on my sump... tank is just fine.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showpost.php?p=14417037&postcount=5

Picture of GE I above.


This is the GE II label.


You see that label on the left that says "Bioseal, mold/mildew protection"? That's the stuff that killed your tank.

 

Well then maybe it should be on all of them cause Im looking at my get silicone 2 and it don't have that on there any where on my tube
So now that tank is dead and my new tank when I go to set it up everyting will die cause that crap has leached into the water and has now been absorbed into the sand, rock and other such crap so now that tank is screwed to. Because they didn't put that on all thier tubes. So I guess I will throw the towel in on my pred tank and forget about completeing it cause I don't have the money to start over and buy all new rock sand another set of ro/didn't filters for when im done filling it
All because I got bad infom from multiple places

 

Ok how to fix this on my tank that isn't rdy yet but it does have waterms in it. Ik the 29g is screwed but maybe I can save the 72g tank maybe the little time I had the tank running didn't allow it to leach out maybe just pull the sump out that will be a pita. Get allk the silicone out and put new silicone in and run carbon during cycling just in case

 

One of the confusion points is there a GE I Kitchen & Bath AND a GE I Window and Door. Same with the II. Both the IIs have the mold stuff in it.

Sorry. :-(

 

I still don't know what to do cause then my other tank i was setting up used the same thing but Idk im at the point of saying screw it and just break them both down and walk away for ever being able to doing this
Cause like I said the other tank used it in the sump and ran with just fresh water for a few days. Idk if it would leached out and poisoned everything in there and will have to replace it all or if all I need to do is pull sump take the bad silicone out and re-silicone it and just run carbon during the cycle just to be safe and how can I get the sump out cause the tank is full and the front lf the stand has a center brace that keeps me from pulling it out.

 

Don't do anything right now. People have built tanks with II and they say it's been fine. I see one guy said he's been using it for years.

 

It's not the "end of the road" so to speak. The issue wasn't the leaching into your display tank, it was the leaching into the water that was in the display. The concentration that will adhere to your display tank after a good cleaning is rather minimal.

 

That's what I think cause some said they used it ran it for a few months and then finallying put somthing in it and no bad side effects