Hot Glue : The misadventures of a noob! PT1

[Jason]

Sooo my tank collapsed . seems there are a couple different kinds of hot glue and some cant take the humidity or much pressure.. i joined my false bottom egg crate to 2 sides and one front piece with some crap i found in my wife's craft bucket...3 weeks later the weight of the gravel pushing in on the sides cracked alll the joints and filled my water supply with dirt, choked my Fluval and burnt it out. a couple heavy stones i used as filler under the soil to reduce the amount needed to fill shifted and i came home to a swamp and a powerhead spraying sludge all over the front sheet of glass and soil blasting the plants leaf's right off. Death Toll = 3 plants 2 clumps of mold and 1 ego ..but the family of fruit flys made it out ok

[Green Ghost]

ouch!

[Green Ghost]

Get back on the horse, bud...

[bareass]

maybe yiou should try some sort of silicone... from suggestion from one newb to another!

[Jason]

Aye, maybe silicone is the way to go or an Aquarium safe epoxy. But fret not im rebuilding as we speak, mostly on paper this time lol.

[Green Ghost]

Yup silicone - GE Type I if you can get it.

[Green Ghost]

So where's part 2?

[Jason]

LOL.. part 2 is comeing .. of this i can be sure, not all with the smart i am

[captaincarot]

silicone the parts together, then give them a couple of spots of hotglue just to hold them in place while the silicone cures

[janelc]

Thank god the fruit flies made it out. I was worried-there are so few of them left in this world........