stupid question?

[blondie]

I am buying a 59 gal oceanic aquarium with a canopy and wood stand for $200, from a friend of a friend. the tank is empty. is there anyway (other than making the seller fill it up) that i can check for leaks? The tank is glass. i hate to spend $200 and have nothing.

 

[whipple]

You can take there word it dont leak or just use a water hose and fill it up real quick but i would go for the fill up it can save you the heart ache later and $ 200.00 is a good deal.

 

[greenpea]

if somone does know a way of checking for a leak without filling the tank i would love to hear about it too

 

[broomer5]

There is no practical way of telling if a new or used tank leaks ... unless you fill it with water.
new tanks come with a warranty .. enuf said.
I would ask the seller of the used tank to give you a week "no-leak" warranty on the used tank ..... in writing ... or sit there and watch him fill it with water.

 

[fshhub]

watch it run, before taking it, good question, and as was said, if they won't get a warranty if you want, but me:
if they can't prove it is ok, i would not take it , i would also ask questions like what was in it, any problems(disease), if so what did they use to treat it with, if they used copper based meds at all, beware

 

[wrigley11]

As for the tank you are talking about - even if the tanl leaks you are getting a good deal. Fixing leaks is pretty straight forward. Simply look at the silicon seals and make sure they are in good shape. If so... even if there is a leak your only a few dollars of silicon away from a fix.

 

[royce]

How DO you go about fixing leaks? I have a 55 in which the seals dried out. I'm trying to sell it cheap to a DIY person because I heard that it was a pain to try to fix.

 

[thor]

ROYCE although im 100% positive if the leaks in the corner you can just scrape out the existing silicon then just use silicon back over the glass
like i said im not 100% for sure but i seem to remeber reading this somewhere
[ December 14, 2001: Message edited by: Thor ]