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Unfortunately, silicone does not stick to silicone - so resealing is a crap shoot.
If you go the rebuild route you might want to look at Klean Strip Xylol Xylene from the Home Depot. It apparently dissolves silicone. On the downside, if you don't use the stuff outdoors you may burn your...
I have a cheaper 5' T5 model. Only complaints are that the blue LED night lights all stopped working a few months after I got it. On the model I have, the bulbs are held in place with plastic clips. They get brittle and break easily. Aside from that, it works.
I have two you can have for nothing ~ I'm not impressed with them and I'm probably not caring for them as well as I should be.
Caveat: I think these are both a good 24" tall.
Pickup in 07039.
Thank you for a great write-up Paul!
The tiny white bugs you have are springtails (Collembola). Poison dart frog hobbyists culture them to feed juvenile thumbnail frogs that are too small to eat flightless melanogaster fruit flies. Many PDF hobbyists also use the flood-the-culture method to...