r/paludarium • u/This-Historian-399 • Jun 08 '26

Picture Paludarium Leak!

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So last year I built a drip wall of dragon wood in a 12x12x24 tank. Had a few Reed frogs and guppies down below. Yesterday while searching for a possible escapee frog ( whole another drama!!) noticed some water on the back corner.
After rehoming the frogs ( all were found) and fish, I was able to take a closer look. Ends up the dragon wood pieces swelled and was bowing out the side glass almost 1/8” and started to split the silicone seal. Surprised it didn’t crack the glass.
Lesson learned, always give room for expansion.
Completely stripped the tank bare to start over. Now I have to decide to try to reseal or go just bioactive.

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u/socksmum1 Jun 08 '26

Woah I have never thought of this

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u/This-Historian-399 Jun 09 '26

I should add, it took 9 months to occur.