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**scolley** · 03-25-2006, 06:21 AM

Well, I went to take seam pics and I found things were not quite as I recalled... so you will find these pics aren't exactly as I previously said they would be. So much for having a decent memory.

Also, because of where my aquarium is located in the room, with a wall against the back and the left side, and with another aquarium by its right side, my camera angles were limited.

Here is a front seam - left front actually. This is looking at the tank from the front. The front pane of glass extends all the way to the far left and right. The side panes are behind this front pane. So this seam is where a side pane attaches to the front. This is RTV108 silicone.

This is the opposite corner - the right front corner. But this is a view from the right side of the tank. The thick glass on the left is the front up against the right side that this shot faces head on. That silicone is also RTV108.

Now THIS is the same right side, but showing the seam of the back pane instead. Now the wild thing is, this is clearly a small seam too, and it is NOT RTV108 but regular aquarium silicon I believe. So I suppose this demonstrates that even though I had a LOT of leaks with regular aquarium silicon, some seams can be small and still not leak.

And now here is the mother of all bottom seams. This is the front pane, which sits on top of the bottom pane. The bottom pane is not visible because it's hidden by the wood trim on the my stand. It's RTV108 and it's HUGE because I just got sick of the bottom leaking and decided to stop messing around with little bottom seams. It is massive overkill I'm sure, and a bad example, but you gotta read my thread to understand that by the time I laid this one down, I had about had it. So this is the "never gonna leak again in a million years" seam.

And finally here is a shot of the tank itself, so you can get an idea of the size of the seams when looking at the tank.

So much for seam pics. I hope that helps.

Oh yeah - one other thing... in the bottom pic you can see why next time I might go black in stead of translucent. Since you can still see the seam, and since it is an algae magnet, why not just make it black. The edges of the tank have kind of a natural darker boarder due to the color of the edges of the glass on the sides. I think a skinny black seam might blend in better with that natural dark blue border than the bright whitish - maybe be mess noticeable. My two cents...

03-25-2006, 06:21 AM	#15 (permalink)
scolley Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (11/100%) Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: connecticut Posts: 3,210	seam pics Well, I went to take seam pics and I found things were not quite as I recalled... so you will find these pics aren't exactly as I previously said they would be. So much for having a decent memory. Also, because of where my aquarium is located in the room, with a wall against the back and the left side, and with another aquarium by its right side, my camera angles were limited. Here is a front seam - left front actually. This is looking at the tank from the front. The front pane of glass extends all the way to the far left and right. The side panes are behind this front pane. So this seam is where a side pane attaches to the front. This is RTV108 silicone. This is the opposite corner - the right front corner. But this is a view from the right side of the tank. The thick glass on the left is the front up against the right side that this shot faces head on. That silicone is also RTV108. Now THIS is the same right side, but showing the seam of the back pane instead. Now the wild thing is, this is clearly a small seam too, and it is NOT RTV108 but regular aquarium silicon I believe. So I suppose this demonstrates that even though I had a LOT of leaks with regular aquarium silicon, some seams can be small and still not leak. And now here is the mother of all bottom seams. This is the front pane, which sits on top of the bottom pane. The bottom pane is not visible because it's hidden by the wood trim on the my stand. It's RTV108 and it's HUGE because I just got sick of the bottom leaking and decided to stop messing around with little bottom seams. It is massive overkill I'm sure, and a bad example, but you gotta read my thread to understand that by the time I laid this one down, I had about had it. So this is the "never gonna leak again in a million years" seam. And finally here is a shot of the tank itself, so you can get an idea of the size of the seams when looking at the tank. So much for seam pics. I hope that helps. Oh yeah - one other thing... in the bottom pic you can see why next time I might go black in stead of translucent. Since you can still see the seam, and since it is an algae magnet, why not just make it black. The edges of the tank have kind of a natural darker boarder due to the color of the edges of the glass on the sides. I think a skinny black seam might blend in better with that natural dark blue border than the bright whitish - maybe be mess noticeable. My two cents... __________________ steve You wanna know what I really think? You can see at www.wetplantlogic.com. 180g high tech, "generally" low maintenance, planted discus tank Last edited by scolley; 03-25-2006 at 03:21 PM.