ok, i'm building a sump/refugium out of a 20 gallon long tank for my 75 gallon tank. i had decided to use 4 sheets of glass for the bubble trap(3 sheets) and the divider between the fuge and the return area(1 sheet). i siliconed in the sheet that would be the middle of the bubble trap. i did it first because it's off the ground and i wanted to get both sides really good. the piece for the return divider is in place also with silicone on both sides. i the started to put in the first sheet of the bubble trap and saw that i was running out of silicone and also that i was going to have a very difficult time getting to the side between the 1st and 2nd and the 2nd and 3rd plates. do i really need to fashion some way to get the silicone down in there or will the one side be enough?
Do i need to put silicone one both sides of refugium baffles?
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Bifferwine
I am a girl
One side is enough. As long as you use enough silicone to hold the baffles in place, that's all that's important.
Piggy
Reef enthusiast
I did one side and they are holding up real good.
Piggy
Reef enthusiast
My bubble trap the one that's off the ground I did both sides the other two I did one side because ther was no way to get the other. The rest I did both sides.
fishbait
I found Nemo
one side is fine since you are using glass baffles. silicone bonds very well to glass. if you were using plexiglass I would suggest doing both sides. silicone doesn't bond very well to plexi, so it would need both sides for support.
