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Just wondering if when I get the Marinaboard in the tank, if I should silicone it in there and wait the two days?? Or just let it be and get the whole thing over with in one day??
-Kris
-Kris
To silicone or not to silicone?
- Thread starter nanoreefer22
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i would silicon it kris it aint worth rushing it. do it once and do it right. take your time. having patience sucks yea i no........
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Tru Tru...patience is hard to come by these days. Just wondering if most of the guys silicone it down or just let it be????Rich, Steve, Shaun, John, Dace, Tom, Kasei??????
dude i dont think i could have all my stuff in garbage cans for two days plus my coraline in my tank took me forever to grow. sorry but i dont want to lose it. also my 5 year old and 1 1/2 year old would probly be bathing in the cans when i got home, can take that chance. i guess i might end up evicting my kids.lolnanoreefer22 said:
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Daceman89 said:dude i dont think i could have all my stuff in garbage cans for two days plus my coraline in my tank took me forever to grow. sorry but i dont want to lose it. also my 5 year old and 1 1/2 year old would probly be bathing in the cans when i got home, can take that chance. i guess i might end up evicting my kids.lol
LoL...got ya one that. I don't have much coralline yet, but I think I might go with it. If I had as much as you I wouldn't want to do it either. LoL..the kids bathings in the garbage cans would be classic...lol..
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anyone .....???
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kris i no it sucks to wait 2 days trust me on this one and silicone it down....
but if you do silicone it make sure its siliconed down very good around the edges especially.
well good luck.
but if you do silicone it make sure its siliconed down very good around the edges especially.
well good luck.
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Kris, I'm drying out my tank this weekend (because of ick) so I'm planning on siliconing the starboard down. Its really worth it! I'm worried about messing it up though.
Does anyone know of anyone who does seams well?
Does anyone know of anyone who does seams well?
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i plan on just setting my marinaboard in with no silicone
Me too - No silicone that is.
My reasoning being that unless you set the marina board on a bed of silicone chances are you will never get a perfect seal and then you'll have a pocket of stagnant water between the board and the bottom.
That and i'm just too impatient the wait for the silicone.
My reasoning being that unless you set the marina board on a bed of silicone chances are you will never get a perfect seal and then you'll have a pocket of stagnant water between the board and the bottom.
That and i'm just too impatient the wait for the silicone.
I did not silicone my board.
THe amount of detritus getting under the board is minimal.
I even have a bottom bracing that creates a 1/2 plenum under the board, I was not worried about it.
If you so silicone just know that the silicone will not bond to the cutting board well.
It will work when dry, but when adding water make sure you keep some heavy rocks on the board or it might break the seams and pop up.
paul, to get a professional looking seam lay down the board and using masking tape, tape a 1/4 or so above the board on the glass. then tape around the inside of the board the same distance. run the silicone along the edge and use a wet finger to push the silicone into a even seam. when down give the silicone time to dry a bit then peel the tape away, you should have a perfect seam.
remember it will not stick to the board that well, so do not let it dry completely before taking the tape off the board. if it does dry on the tape you may lift the silicone off the board when removing it.
good luck guys
THe amount of detritus getting under the board is minimal.
I even have a bottom bracing that creates a 1/2 plenum under the board, I was not worried about it.
If you so silicone just know that the silicone will not bond to the cutting board well.
It will work when dry, but when adding water make sure you keep some heavy rocks on the board or it might break the seams and pop up.
paul, to get a professional looking seam lay down the board and using masking tape, tape a 1/4 or so above the board on the glass. then tape around the inside of the board the same distance. run the silicone along the edge and use a wet finger to push the silicone into a even seam. when down give the silicone time to dry a bit then peel the tape away, you should have a perfect seam.
remember it will not stick to the board that well, so do not let it dry completely before taking the tape off the board. if it does dry on the tape you may lift the silicone off the board when removing it.
good luck guys
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jhale - so thats how you do it. Thats a great idead, thanks!! Will the silicone hold well to an acrylic tank? And any suggestions on how to polish acrylic for scratches (I know way off topic but I'm giving my tank the full service)?
The problem I'm finding is not the detritus under the board but the stuff in the cracks. All sorts of poop gets stuck in there and when I feed pellets they always find a way to get lodged in there.
The problem I'm finding is not the detritus under the board but the stuff in the cracks. All sorts of poop gets stuck in there and when I feed pellets they always find a way to get lodged in there.
I just siphon between the cracks.
silicone does not stick to acrylic well either, but as long as it's not serving a structural purpose there should be no problem. just make sure you weigh the boards down before you add water, that joint won't be very strong.
I've never had an acrylic tank so I'm not sure the best way to get the scratches out.
I remember your tank, did you take apart your rock work after you spent all that time on it? You used the racks, right?
silicone does not stick to acrylic well either, but as long as it's not serving a structural purpose there should be no problem. just make sure you weigh the boards down before you add water, that joint won't be very strong.
I've never had an acrylic tank so I'm not sure the best way to get the scratches out.
I remember your tank, did you take apart your rock work after you spent all that time on it?
You used the racks, right?
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lol, yep I threw away the rock rack, wasn't worth the trouble. And I decided to go for a different look but since I got ich in the tank I decided to dry the tank out and fix some things. I'm going to be cooking my rocks and I setup a quaratine tank (with that free 30g I got from inkblue) for my fish.
Exactly what I want to avoid and sometimes the stuff gets stucks.jhale said:
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I was worried about the detritus getting under the board as my main reason for putting silicone in. If its minimal then, I'll skip on the step cause I know my and silicone dont get along well. A good reason to no do it for me is to save the corals the stress of being in rubbermaids for 2 days without light.
The bracing is outside of my tank so the board should sit pretty close to the glass.
Another ???? how'd you guys cut the board?? Would a saw work on it or just mess it up?
The bracing is outside of my tank so the board should sit pretty close to the glass.
Another ???? how'd you guys cut the board?? Would a saw work on it or just mess it up?
I used a bosche jigsaw.
by the way try to cut the board outside.
when cutting the little particles become static charged and stick to EVERYTHING.
I unfortunately cut mine in the kitchen, even using the saw at it's slowest setting i was vacuuming plastic bits off my cabinets for hours.
by the way try to cut the board outside.
when cutting the little particles become static charged and stick to EVERYTHING.
I unfortunately cut mine in the kitchen, even using the saw at it's slowest setting i was vacuuming plastic bits off my cabinets for hours.
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Got ya ..I'm Anti-Silicone(Saves me money and time )
Is there a blade that will get through extra easy or will any blade work?
..I'm Anti-Silicone(Saves me money and time )Is there a blade that will get through extra easy or will any blade work?
i think what i'm going to do is cut my board to fit the tank as snugg as possible but leave a 1/8 of inch in the back. i will slide the board all the way to the front of the tank and will use some epoxy ( the one for coral bonding) to seal the seam in the back and the sides. i will be doing this with the tank empty. it will be a very small seem. i know my protein skimmer will be going crazy the first day but its ok.then i will place some rocks in tank before i put water in to keep the board from floating and damaging the seem. i know that the epoxy hardens very quickly so hopefully i can get a good seem.
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Will the epoxy have any effects on the silicone thats holding the tank together???
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