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[RecycledAgain]

Its not necessary, But I still use a little my self first. I don't coat the silicone, I make a few dabs that stick out and end in a curly Q. That way I have little tabs for the Gs to wrap around and hang onto. Its not necessary but it makes me feel as if its a bit more secure.

Dan

[envirosci]

Cool, that's a good idea ^^.

[WannabeVivMaster]

I've laid a thin layer of black silicon on back and sides of glass that may be visible from the outside. I actually only did the sides and some of the back (basically the back corners of the tank) IMO, it looks better than great stuff.

[roxxygroup1]

hey i did 2 layers of black silicone on the glass in the areas where the gs was going that way you wont see gs from the outside of the tank and i found out the hard way to put the silicone further than you need for the gs and let the silicone dry fully before addinf the second layer of silicone then once thats dry you can start the gs... and leave the extra silicone on until after you do the coco fiber because its alot easier and once the coco fiber install is dry you can just take a razor blade and cut where you want the backround to end then lay the razor almost flat and scrape up to where you cut and the silicone comes right off no problem...... it may leave a little residue on your first pass takeing off the most of the silicone but you can just go back and use the blade to get it totaly clean

take a look at my retf build that im doing right now and you will see what im talking about... its titled my RETF viv Build... my 3rd viv Build!!! its in the viv-general section