How easy to fix leak in tank

[Brighteyes_13]

been watching a possible leak in the bottom left front corner of my tank. been noticing salt creep along the edge, and now have noticed a bit of dampness on the wood of the stand.

is it possible to fix leaks? or is it a waste of time, and worth it to use it as an excuse to upgrade? (geesh i only started it less than 3 wks ago!)

if possible, how would one go about fixing a leak in the bottom?

[04scoobysti]

I don't think there is an easy way to fix it. Probably would have the tear the tank down and re-silicone. If you have a reciept for it you could try to return the tank and get credit towards a larger one :mrgreen: The last time this happened to me i chose to upgrade... but my tank had been running much longer than 3 weeks:cry:

[Brighteyes_13]

to resilicone it, do i have to strip all the old silicone off? how long of a procedure is this? how dificult is this?

[04scoobysti]

you could just find the area where the leak is ( the silicone is probably discolored and lifting at this point) cut off the effected silicone and a little past it, clean it with rubbing alcohol and resilicone. Then let it cure for a day or 2 then leak test.
My 2cents

[Zylumn]

I see your in Calgary so I have a 50g tank I'm not using you could borrow while you re-silicone yours. Let me know I live in the NW.
Kevin

[Chin_Lee]

Clean off the salt creep and try applying marine goop on it first. Spread a thick layer over a much as possible without making your tank look nasty. Goop has helped me with leaks on fittings and piping for years. Don't see why it wouldn't work on the tank.

[Brighteyes_13]

ive decided to upgrade the system and fix the tank!

i bought a 90g from a local with a stand. i will transfer everything over,incl current 20g sump. empty the 60g, resilicone it, remove the overflow and plug the bulkhead, add a few chambers and make it into a sump/fuge setup.

right now the 90g is watertesting in the basement... the thing i should have done in the first place with the 60g.

thank you for all the input. and thanks for the offer kevin.