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bettachris     Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004   | i have all-glass aquarium silicone. a few questions does it have to be used only for glass? iam using tank diverders (cut up) so i want to seal it to the tank. will it work? |
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kankushok Hobbyist Posts: 50 Kudos: 51 Votes: 12 Registered: 18-Jun-2005 | Yeah, it should work; I've done it. |
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| bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004 | i might just use gravel to hold dividers. thanks \ update: it worked out fine, they all love it. Last edited by bettachris at 15-Jul-2005 18:39 |
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| tanker Hobbyist Posts: 99 Kudos: 113 Votes: 4 Registered: 04-May-2005 | Just an FYI, silicone works great at bonding and holding glass, however due the the chemical makeup of plexi and plastic silicone is far less effective at bonding on these materials. For non load bearing applications such as a divider silicone is fine with plexi and plastic, however if planning a load bearing structure, such as a tank, when using plexi or plastic always use a solvent to bond the materials together. Plexi and plastic will only bond well when fused together and silicone just wont do that for you. Think of it like liquid welding. |
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jasonpisani  *Ultimate Fish Guru* Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003  | IMO it's better to use Silicone than Gravel for permanently keeping dividers. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos http://www.geocities.com/s8xi5heh/classic_blue.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buzaqq/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com |
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