Aquarium seals, how long?

External Since: Apr 12, 2004 Posts: 29

How long are seals "reliable" for? I have some pretty old tanks and have been
thinking about resealing. The joints all look very good but the inner seals are
looking pretty sad.

TIA

External Since: Jul 14, 2003 Posts: 134

"Paulio629" <paulio629.DeleteThis@aol.com> wrote in message
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> How long are seals "reliable" for? I have some pretty old tanks and
have been
> thinking about resealing. The joints all look very good but the inner
seals are
> looking pretty sad.
>
> TIA

My personal longest is 20 years on a all glass silicone glued tank,
29H..... Then it got a little leak, so I resealed it. I cut out the
old and added new. I did not disassemble the glass sections.....I did
on the top and bottom frames, and reset and re-sealed those though.