masterofpuppets
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Hi all,
I was doing some cleanup in my flower room the other day and in trying to prop up my tank (terrible idea in retrospect...) Long story short, I punched a hole about the size of a pencil into the bottom of my aeroflo 60 res. Needless to say it was a chaotic scene! After debating all kinds of silly shit, I finally glued strips of rubber (bike tubes) to the inside of the tank using pvc cement, dried it for an hour and then refilled. Amazingly this has held for a week. Now, I know that cured pvc cement is not supposed to leach toxic stuff when wet, and I'm guessing the same for the rubber... but after time and with exposure to nutes... just dunno.
I went to the depot and looked around for a permanent fix, but of course all the serious sealants are toxic as hell. Since it's held, I'm tempted to wait until the cycle's done. Ain't broke don't fix it has been best in my growing exp. I picked up a screw and nut that has thick rubber grommet type washers on either side, and was thinking that combined with some waterproof silicone caulk might be a cleaner fix at some point...
Anybody have any experience fixing these tubs? Should I get that tire out of there ASAP? Gotta find a non toxic, permanent fix that will hold the pressure... I'd hate to have to buy a new res - things are probly $300 and i dunno if u can order w/o the lid!
Appreciate it!
PS: the hole is right in one of the inset grooves on the bottom - not flat![Crying or Very sad :cry: :cry:](/styles/smilies/icon_cry.gif)
I was doing some cleanup in my flower room the other day and in trying to prop up my tank (terrible idea in retrospect...) Long story short, I punched a hole about the size of a pencil into the bottom of my aeroflo 60 res. Needless to say it was a chaotic scene! After debating all kinds of silly shit, I finally glued strips of rubber (bike tubes) to the inside of the tank using pvc cement, dried it for an hour and then refilled. Amazingly this has held for a week. Now, I know that cured pvc cement is not supposed to leach toxic stuff when wet, and I'm guessing the same for the rubber... but after time and with exposure to nutes... just dunno.
I went to the depot and looked around for a permanent fix, but of course all the serious sealants are toxic as hell. Since it's held, I'm tempted to wait until the cycle's done. Ain't broke don't fix it has been best in my growing exp. I picked up a screw and nut that has thick rubber grommet type washers on either side, and was thinking that combined with some waterproof silicone caulk might be a cleaner fix at some point...
Anybody have any experience fixing these tubs? Should I get that tire out of there ASAP? Gotta find a non toxic, permanent fix that will hold the pressure... I'd hate to have to buy a new res - things are probly $300 and i dunno if u can order w/o the lid!
Appreciate it!
PS: the hole is right in one of the inset grooves on the bottom - not flat
![Crying or Very sad :cry: :cry:](/styles/smilies/icon_cry.gif)