Aquarium safe tapes?

[rrubberbandman]

Hey all, 50% of my filtration on the 20 gallon is by a Seachem Tidal 35 filter......I want to close of some of the water inlet as to create more top draw for surface yuck. Is there a tape that has been deemed saltwater safe?

Thanks!

Bryan

[wildcrazyjoker81]

Since tapes use some form of glue adhesive and the only glue adhesive we strictly use in the hobby is cyanoacrylate, I would lean on the side of caution of trying any tape at all. Now silicone sounds like it might work for exactly what you are trying to attempt, just going to have to give it a some cure time. Plus it is fairly easy to remove silicone with no damage to the filter. 

[rrubberbandman]

Thanks so much. I am thinking a piece of plexiglass and a coulpe of zip ties might be the better route.

[DaJMasta]

Is there any space inside the filter behind the slits where you could put something to block it?  Even something porous would block the flow partly, so while a chunk of sponge would vary as it filled with gunk, some smaller chunks of media may do the trick.

Most food safe plastics should be good choices too, so if you have something like a piece of a take out container that you can cut up and put in there, it may be one of the simpler/easier to reverse options you can find.

[rrubberbandman]

On 5/3/2022 at 1:34 PM, DaJMasta said:

Is there any space inside the filter behind the slits where you could put something to block it?  Even something porous would block the flow partly, so while a chunk of sponge would vary as it filled with gunk, some smaller chunks of media may do the trick.

Most food safe plastics should be good choices too, so if you have something like a piece of a take out container that you can cut up and put in there, it may be one of the simpler/easier to reverse options you can find.

Great ideas! thanks!

[treesprite]

I have had silicone repair tape from the hardware store in the past, which I used on tiny leaks in pipe joints, and used it on a pump I used to have. I'm not sure if there is something in it besides silicone, but I don't think the little bit I had in the tank on that pump caused any kind of problem. I think I got it at Home Depot, one time I had clear and another time I had black. It just sticks to itself, doesn't have any glue substance on it. It's stretchy, so it can be pulled tightly, and pressing on it will help it adhere more to itself. After a while it kind of melds onto itself. I don't know if this is the brand I had, but it's the same sort of thing: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Nashua-Tape-1-in-x-3-33-yd-Stretch-and-Seal-Self-Fusing-Silicone-Tape-in-Black-1743082/100206050

 

 

Edited July 7, 2022 by treesprite

[rrubberbandman]

On 7/7/2022 at 1:07 AM, treesprite said:

I have had silicone repair tape from the hardware store in the past, which I used on tiny leaks in pipe joints, and used it on a pump I used to have. I'm not sure if there is something in it besides silicone, but I don't think the little bit I had in the tank on that pump caused any kind of problem. I think I got it at Home Depot, one time I had clear and another time I had black. It just sticks to itself, doesn't have any glue substance on it. It's stretchy, so it can be pulled tightly, and pressing on it will help it adhere more to itself. After a while it kind of melds onto itself. I don't know if this is the brand I had, but it's the same sort of thing: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Nashua-Tape-1-in-x-3-33-yd-Stretch-and-Seal-Self-Fusing-Silicone-Tape-in-Black-1743082/100206050

 

 

Very interesting.