Tank Journal Archive

[dimitri]

just gave the 525XL a whipe down and found a hole in the silicone... baboww

 

[Sam Parker]

ouch that is a nasty looking hole too.... I'm guessing you haven't water tested the tank yet?

 

[sugar]

just gave the 525XL a whipe down and found a hole in the silicone... baboww

Oh no that sucks...

 

[dimitri]

ouch that is a nasty looking hole too.... I'm guessing you haven't water tested the tank yet?

nope just gave it a clean

i sent pics to the shop, they are going to send someone down tomorrow to assess it, i might squirt some water into the corner and see what happens but at a educated guess i say it wouldn't leak now but might fail in the future, at which point it could be a catastrophe..



I'd pref a tank swap-over personally, not really keen on doing fixer uper on a brand new tank that cost that much

I can touch the back glass with a screwdriver tip down the back of that silicone, wouldn't take much to delaminate over time..

 

[Sam Parker]

yeah they should do full swap over, not a patch job. As you say, its not a cheap piece of equipment!

 

[dimitri]

they recon it looks non structural...

we'll see.

 

[Wrangy]

If the shop won't honour it contact Red Sea themselves, they have some of the best customer service I've seen :)