diy sump/fuge baffle silicone help

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sparky5785

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Any body on here good at siliconing baffles in sumps?

I just failed trying to do it myself.

Its a 40Breeder 4 baffles.

Please let me know if you can help.


Thanks
 
sparky5785 said:
Nope tried glass for the first time im going back to acrylic baffles.
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Silicone won't stick to plexi
I got glass panels cut at a glass shop
Got 5 panels for like 20.00 bucks
The trick is u want them just a hair narrower than the inside of your tank
About an 1/8 total
So that way when you put the panel in you have about 1/16" gap on each side to squeeze silicone into

If u use plexi it will eventually fail
 
Here is mine with glass
I used cd cases stacked to space them apart and hold them off the bottom
Their glass panels
IMG_3721_zpsc2209178.jpg
 
It's filter floss
To keep the churning of the water down
It's just laid over the elbow
Without it I get foam and bubbles from the water churning up
 
I never did glass on glass, but this is the 4th or 5th time I've done acrylic on glass. Never had issues with longevity. A sump I made 8 years ago is still going strong for a friend.
 
I siliconed plexi to glass in my sump, it's been up and running for about five months now and still stuck just fine.
 
Well I was going to have BamBam build it for me but the wifey wasnt happy about that because we agreed before to try to actually do all this ourselves so I went to menards got a 24"x48" sheet of .220" acrylic I bought a circular saw and a 186 tooth plywood finishing blade and a caulk gun. I didnt see the right silicone there so I stopped at pet supplies plus and picked up 2 tubes of aqueon aquarium silicone.

The cutting went ok not bad but not quite a manufactured edge .

I used a lot of silicone. I figured too much was better than not enough.

So now its curing.

Pic to follow.

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