I Got a Leak!

fishnu · 04-26-2008, 11:07 AM

OK, Barb, no wet spot joke.

My tank is up and running, but I have a slow leak on the pressure line in the back. (this is unrelated to the TEE I had to re-solvent yesterday). Pro-lem is, it is 100+ gallons against the wall, and before I try to slide it out and reassemble the pressure line, does anyone have any great ideas?

I figure butter and red meat coated my arteries....I could try to buld up some tank-schlerosis.... or what was that stuff people used to put in their gastanks to friction coat their engine cylinders / valves?

sasquatch · 04-26-2008, 11:27 AM

there is a plumbers tape, it looks like black electricians tape but its almost all rubber, you pull it and stretch it and wrap the joint, works real good

SJS · 04-26-2008, 11:32 AM

I also found a putty that works like plumbers tape - comes in a tube - I'll see if I can find it and give you a name brand...

BarbMazz · 04-26-2008, 11:32 AM

.......I was gonna say, "payback's a b..." but I won't. How's that?

road2runner · 04-26-2008, 11:32 AM

yeah i agree... plumbers tape is the way to go

fishnu · 04-26-2008, 11:38 AM

OK. All I gotta do now is run out to the hardware store and get plumers tape, bring in my jack from the car, and start jacking....

I will have to see if the plastic furniture sliders I put under my tank pay off.

fishnu · 04-26-2008, 11:54 AM

Steph: Pluming epoxy putty! Thanks.

Has anyone else used this? Is there a reson I should do tape instead?

John

fishnu · 04-26-2008, 12:17 PM

Hmmmm. Aquamend. Recommended for use with coral as well. Anyone tried this?

Snelly40 · 04-26-2008, 12:23 PM

i have a great putty that hardens likea a rock, just because i'm paranoid i would use that and plumber's tape to hold it in place and you have it reinforced

jnohs · 04-27-2008, 07:13 PM

i would use the tape first then if you have a problem then use the epoxy. because once the epoxy is used that is it your done.

fishnu · 04-27-2008, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jnohs

i would use the tape first then if you have a problem then use the epoxy. because once the epoxy is used that is it your done.

Doh.

tbittner · 04-27-2008, 08:56 PM

I was wondering about that too. Isn't that the object? To be done?

04-26-2008, 11:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
fishnu Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Naperville, IL Posts: 998 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	I Got a Leak! OK, Barb, no wet spot joke. My tank is up and running, but I have a slow leak on the pressure line in the back. (this is unrelated to the TEE I had to re-solvent yesterday). Pro-lem is, it is 100+ gallons against the wall, and before I try to slide it out and reassemble the pressure line, does anyone have any great ideas? I figure butter and red meat coated my arteries....I could try to buld up some tank-schlerosis.... or what was that stuff people used to put in their gastanks to friction coat their engine cylinders / valves? __________________ *I'd rather be good slow than bad fast.* Fishnu, Lord of Fishes Mantis Shrimp Club My Tank Thread The Wisdom of Fishnu - Mistakes on the path. 75 Gal Refurbished and Refinished Dutch Aquariums System Tank drilled with 2 1.5" bulkheads and 30 Gal Sump / Refugium Combo; 90 Lbs Fiji LR; ASM G2; OR6500 Pump; 2 Koralia Nanos; 2 150W HQI 2 96W Actinics; Gamma 25w UV; Kent Maxxima Hi S 60GPD RO/DI. Amphiprion percula (OMEN); Sphaeramia nematoptera (CODY); stenopus hispidus (PIMP THE SHRIMP); Selected hermits and snails. Euphyllia divisa, Euphyllia glabrescens, Pink Acanthastrea (Lord?), Zoas, selected mushrooms (Rhodactis, Actinodiscus, Sarcophyton ...). Looking for mermaid.

04-26-2008, 11:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
sasquatch Brunt of all Jokes~ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the very farthest west coast of canada Posts: 8,981 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: I Got a Leak! there is a plumbers tape, it looks like black electricians tape but its almost all rubber, you pull it and stretch it and wrap the joint, works real good

04-26-2008, 11:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
SJS Achilles Tang Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: SO CAL - Rancho Cucamonga Posts: 846 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: I Got a Leak! I also found a putty that works like plumbers tape - comes in a tube - I'll see if I can find it and give you a name brand... __________________ Steph 300 gallon dt, 90 gallon fuge, 35 gallon fuge, 35 gallon sump, 4 Ecotech Vortechs, T-5 lights

04-26-2008, 11:32 AM	#4 (permalink)
BarbMazz Madame Klanganator Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Near Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 4,054 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: I Got a Leak! .......I was gonna say, "payback's a b..." but I won't. How's that? __________________ A Snail's Pace Beginning: an old lady's first reef http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...tml#post366161 ~not knowing how near the truth is we seek it far away~

04-26-2008, 11:32 AM	#5 (permalink)
road2runner Tunicate Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada Posts: 9 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: I Got a Leak! yeah i agree... plumbers tape is the way to go

04-26-2008, 11:38 AM	#6 (permalink)
fishnu Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Naperville, IL Posts: 998 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: I Got a Leak! OK. All I gotta do now is run out to the hardware store and get plumers tape, bring in my jack from the car, and start jacking.... I will have to see if the plastic furniture sliders I put under my tank pay off. __________________ *I'd rather be good slow than bad fast.* Fishnu, Lord of Fishes Mantis Shrimp Club My Tank Thread The Wisdom of Fishnu - Mistakes on the path. 75 Gal Refurbished and Refinished Dutch Aquariums System Tank drilled with 2 1.5" bulkheads and 30 Gal Sump / Refugium Combo; 90 Lbs Fiji LR; ASM G2; OR6500 Pump; 2 Koralia Nanos; 2 150W HQI 2 96W Actinics; Gamma 25w UV; Kent Maxxima Hi S 60GPD RO/DI. Amphiprion percula (OMEN); Sphaeramia nematoptera (CODY); stenopus hispidus (PIMP THE SHRIMP); Selected hermits and snails. Euphyllia divisa, Euphyllia glabrescens, Pink Acanthastrea (Lord?), Zoas, selected mushrooms (Rhodactis, Actinodiscus, Sarcophyton ...). Looking for mermaid.

04-26-2008, 11:54 AM	#7 (permalink)
fishnu Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Naperville, IL Posts: 998 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: I Got a Leak! Steph: Pluming epoxy putty! Thanks. Has anyone else used this? Is there a reson I should do tape instead? John __________________ *I'd rather be good slow than bad fast.* Fishnu, Lord of Fishes Mantis Shrimp Club My Tank Thread The Wisdom of Fishnu - Mistakes on the path. 75 Gal Refurbished and Refinished Dutch Aquariums System Tank drilled with 2 1.5" bulkheads and 30 Gal Sump / Refugium Combo; 90 Lbs Fiji LR; ASM G2; OR6500 Pump; 2 Koralia Nanos; 2 150W HQI 2 96W Actinics; Gamma 25w UV; Kent Maxxima Hi S 60GPD RO/DI. Amphiprion percula (OMEN); Sphaeramia nematoptera (CODY); stenopus hispidus (PIMP THE SHRIMP); Selected hermits and snails. Euphyllia divisa, Euphyllia glabrescens, Pink Acanthastrea (Lord?), Zoas, selected mushrooms (Rhodactis, Actinodiscus, Sarcophyton ...). Looking for mermaid.

04-26-2008, 12:17 PM	#8 (permalink)
fishnu Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Naperville, IL Posts: 998 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: I Got a Leak! Hmmmm. Aquamend. Recommended for use with coral as well. Anyone tried this? __________________ *I'd rather be good slow than bad fast.* Fishnu, Lord of Fishes Mantis Shrimp Club My Tank Thread The Wisdom of Fishnu - Mistakes on the path. 75 Gal Refurbished and Refinished Dutch Aquariums System Tank drilled with 2 1.5" bulkheads and 30 Gal Sump / Refugium Combo; 90 Lbs Fiji LR; ASM G2; OR6500 Pump; 2 Koralia Nanos; 2 150W HQI 2 96W Actinics; Gamma 25w UV; Kent Maxxima Hi S 60GPD RO/DI. Amphiprion percula (OMEN); Sphaeramia nematoptera (CODY); stenopus hispidus (PIMP THE SHRIMP); Selected hermits and snails. Euphyllia divisa, Euphyllia glabrescens, Pink Acanthastrea (Lord?), Zoas, selected mushrooms (Rhodactis, Actinodiscus, Sarcophyton ...). Looking for mermaid.

04-26-2008, 12:23 PM	#9 (permalink)
Snelly40 Manta Ray Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 3,098 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: I Got a Leak! i have a great putty that hardens likea a rock, just because i'm paranoid i would use that and plumber's tape to hold it in place and you have it reinforced __________________ Snelly's 90gal Reef-O-Rama *Member-"Crabs Are Evil" Society*

04-27-2008, 07:13 PM	#10 (permalink)
jnohs Plate Coral Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: copiague long island Posts: 700 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: I Got a Leak! i would use the tape first then if you have a problem then use the epoxy. because once the epoxy is used that is it your done. __________________ GO SLOW

04-27-2008, 08:56 PM	#12 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,563 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: I Got a Leak! I was wondering about that too. Isn't that the object? To be done? __________________ Terry 150g predator tank full of killers. Soon to be upgraded to a 360g. 450g reef 300g sump.

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