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The tank is nice and dry with no leaks. But I have not been able to get any driftwood from my only lfs as they tend to have a very poor stock and be extremely overpriced.otherwise I have decided with a naturual colored pea gravel with a white sand strip cutting the tank in half. Ill be using 2 110 a...

sorry it took so long for a update ive been swamped with other things, the seal applied nice and easily and so far is holding water of course im only filling 10-20% water every 2-3 days. I did decide to make the bottom bead of silicone that goes around the tank thicker just for my own self assurance...

Well 25 years seems pretty long for silicone to last but every tank is different , a good way to check if your silicone could be coming close to fail is inspect the silicone look for airbubbles and spots where you can slip your finger nails under if you have to many thats when you want to consider r...

Its pretty easy to use a finger for consistancy but if you fear youll have inconsistency than you could always go to a homedepot or lowes type store and pick up a plastic thing made for caulking corners. Im lucky that im a general contractor so I caulk things everyday. I didnt need to use any aceton...

Yeah if you are going to reseal all old silicone needs to be removed otherwise if you try to stick new silicone to old silicone it wont have a proper adhesion.depending on the top of the tank you may or may not have to remove the plastic top gaurd.(caution. when cutting any silicone with a razor bla...

Oh yeah ill upload everything as i go with good description and plenty of pics , I think my first part of the tank is ill be putting a new silicone seal in it and if you guys want I can even upload some pictures as I go when I do that (of course with aquarium safe silicone only). Just because pnce t...

Beautiful tank and loaches. I think ive figured out my setup. Ill start peicing the tank together this week and ill probaly upload pictures as I go. Thanks for the help.

I currently have 3 little 2 inch clowns in a 55 with 6 tetras ive had the clowns for around a month. I picked up this 125 g and all ive got so far for it is the stand a heater and 2 power heads. What should I turn this tank into? I want this to be specifically with the clowns in mind as I do need at...