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- Sun Apr 16, 2023 9:14 am
- Forum: Aquarium Decor, DIY and Equipment.
- Topic: Juwel 240L Re-Seal the tank help and advice
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Re: Juwel 240L Re-Seal the tank help and advice
I am very tempted after wathcing a few aquascape videos to do away with the trim top and bottom and just have a bare glass tank, as long as its sat on a piece of carpet/foam or something to distribute the weight across the new top it should be ok shouldnt it? As long as you don't remove structural ...
- Sun Apr 16, 2023 8:45 am
- Forum: Aquarium Decor, DIY and Equipment.
- Topic: Juwel 240L Re-Seal the tank help and advice
- Replies: 20
- Views: 933
Re: Juwel 240L Re-Seal the tank help and advice
I am very tempted after wathcing a few aquascape videos to do away with the trim top and bottom and just have a bare glass tank, as long as its sat on a piece of carpet/foam or something to distribute the weight across the new top it should be ok shouldnt it?
- Sat Apr 15, 2023 19:25 pm
- Forum: Aquarium Decor, DIY and Equipment.
- Topic: Juwel 240L Re-Seal the tank help and advice
- Replies: 20
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Re: Juwel 240L Re-Seal the tank help and advice
I've never done it myself but a few of the DIY sump videos I watched said leave it a week. Yeah i read HA6 silicone website and it says leave it 24 hours upto 48 hours to fully cure so hopefully that will be good, ill at least lift it up and put it on the stand, I have just got rid of the old swoll...
- Sat Apr 15, 2023 13:32 pm
- Forum: Aquarium Decor, DIY and Equipment.
- Topic: Juwel 240L Re-Seal the tank help and advice
- Replies: 20
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Re: Juwel 240L Re-Seal the tank help and advice
I have also managed to save the top trim peice, cleaned the miters up and superglued them back together and added the right angle plastic pieces all held together with tape, should work a treat :D I turned the trim round so the pipe holes are at the old front which is scratched so this will be the b...
- Sat Apr 15, 2023 11:52 am
- Forum: Aquarium Decor, DIY and Equipment.
- Topic: Juwel 240L Re-Seal the tank help and advice
- Replies: 20
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Re: Juwel 240L Re-Seal the tank help and advice
OMG ive done it... I couldnt breathe with my head in the tank kept gagging and nearly being sick with the fumes... I ran a bead along the removed piece of glass, then one along the bottom of the tank at the front, put the piece of glass in place pushed it in and down and taped it, I had already ran ...
- Fri Apr 14, 2023 18:43 pm
- Forum: Aquarium Decor, DIY and Equipment.
- Topic: Juwel 240L Re-Seal the tank help and advice
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Re: Juwel 240L Re-Seal the tank help and advice
No i havent, when ive re bonded the glass and sealed the tank, i will put the top trim back on with silicone as it was, then make a centre brace from 3" wide plastic 16" long to span the tank and bond it at each end like it was originally
- Fri Apr 14, 2023 15:07 pm
- Forum: Aquarium Decor, DIY and Equipment.
- Topic: Juwel 240L Re-Seal the tank help and advice
- Replies: 20
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Re: Juwel 240L Re-Seal the tank help and advice
Ive done it, its nearly killed me, anyone got a leaking nuclear reactor? use silicone, shits gonna be FINE after a good silicone.
Now to clean it all up and tackle the glass re sealing
Now to clean it all up and tackle the glass re sealing
- Fri Apr 14, 2023 12:41 pm
- Forum: Aquarium Decor, DIY and Equipment.
- Topic: Juwel 240L Re-Seal the tank help and advice
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Re: Juwel 240L Re-Seal the tank help and advice
I honestly dont think im going to get this top trim off all in one go, but it looks like its 4 peices joined at the corners, can i just take the front and back trim off and re join them again? I plan o wrapping it in a darker colour wood effect anyway because it doesent match anything in my house? h...
- Fri Apr 14, 2023 12:21 pm
- Forum: Aquarium Decor, DIY and Equipment.
- Topic: Juwel 240L Re-Seal the tank help and advice
- Replies: 20
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Re: Juwel 240L Re-Seal the tank help and advice
Im going to start it now, if i cant get this scraped and cleaned and completely silicone free with all this stuff im doing something wrong, only the best tools really 
- Fri Apr 14, 2023 9:22 am
- Forum: Aquarium Decor, DIY and Equipment.
- Topic: Juwel 240L Re-Seal the tank help and advice
- Replies: 20
- Views: 933
Re: Juwel 240L Re-Seal the tank help and advice
I am going to attempt it today, I will get another really thin filling knife, some thin stanly blades, a razor scraper, acetone and get the top trim off and get it all cleaned and prepped for sealing, really nervous, do i leave a 1mm gap between the front panel and the other glass? looks to be quite...